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Girl Shy and the Birth of the Romantic Comedy
The Harold Lloyd comedy helped invent the modern rom-com, a frothy form of sentimental escapism.
The Harold Lloyd comedy helped invent the modern rom-com, a frothy form of sentimental escapism.
A recap of what happened in San Franscisco last week at the silent film festival, a major event for film lovers.
A roster of the esteemed film voices attending the 25th anniversary of Roger Ebert's annual film festival.
How film and pop music have intersected for generations.
A collection of some of our best interviews of the year.
A look at the new Criterion set dedicated to Jackie Chan.
An interview with the writer/director of Passages.
An interview with Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick films.
A look back at the artist tributes from this year's Santa Barbara Film Festival.
Veteran character actor Paul Dooley talks about playing 25 movie dads, commercials for every letter in the alphabet, and why he loves Buster Keaton.
An excerpt from the new book by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.
An interview with Dana Stevens about Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century.
A review of the splendid new book by Slate film critic Dana Stevens.
A tribute to a legend, Peter Bogdanovich.
An interview with Leonard Maltin about his new book.
A tribute to the late Monte Hellman, director of Two-Lane Blacktop, The Shooting, and more.
An essay about Gene Kelly, as excerpted from the latest edition of Bright Wall/Dark Room.
An interview with co-writer/star/director Michael Angelo Covino and co-writer/star Kyle Marvin about The Climb.
The best films of 2020, according to each individual contributor.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming includes a Criterion edition of Portrait of a Lady on Fire and 4K restorations of Gladiator and Jaws.
The Fortson family on "Rated"; Deborah Kampmeier on "Tape"; William Paul Clark on Tarantino; Tribute to Kenneth Turan; 19 Classic Tex Avery Cartoons.
Our Managing Editor and staff give some love to Music Box on its 90th birthday.
A recap of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
An interview with John C. Reilly about his performance as Oliver Hardy in the Laurel and Hardy film, Stan & Ollie.
A great lead performance and some nice moments can't compensate for a disappointingly reactionary framework.