The Red Shoes (dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948) – This was awhile ago, but it begs mentioning. A beautiful, nearly sublime film that only early Technicolor could produce.…
Further proof that Chaplin had a gift that has evaded most of modern cinema. How can a film 50 minutes long be so, simply, “good.” This is “good” in the…
It isn’t difficult to see how René Clair’s film À nous la liberté prompted a lawsuit against the production company of Charlie Chaplin’s subsequent film Modern Times. The most endearing…
Is there a more wonderful irony in all of cinema than that of Charlie Chaplin making a silent film about a blind woman? It can be no accident that this…
So it’s totally backwards to watch Charlie Chaplin after you’ve seen the hundreds of stars who emulate his every move. Thankfully, I remember as a kid watching The Gold Rush…
Precious Bodily Fluids 