Tag: classic film
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La Petite merchande d’allumettes (1928) Review
La Petite merchande d’allumettes (1928) Director: Jean Renoir ★★★★☆ “The Little Match Girl” is a beautiful and dreamy short Renoir silent film. It is difficult to find a bad Renoir film. “The Little Match Girl” is a sad little story, but the cinematography and editing in this film makes incredible use of the camera -from […]
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Robin Hood (1922) Review
Robin Hood (1922) Director: Allan Dwan ★★★★☆ Robin Hood is a splendid epic film of the silent era. First, a bit of trivia about the film: the title was actually copyrighted in 1922 as “Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood” in order to market the production alongside the King of Hollywood. It was one of the […]
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Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) Review
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem: How He Came Into The World) (1920) Director: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese ★★★★☆ The Golem is a visually stunning film: its scenes are impressive, particularly with regard to the towering set designs. It beautifully captures an old European-Jewish ghetto while the terrible golem creature is […]
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The Short Films of the Edison Studio
On the Short Films of the Edison Studio Blacksmithing Scene (1893) Director: W.K.L. Dickson The aptly-named “blacksmithing scene” is a short clip which is significant for being the first publicly shown Kinetograph motion picture. It was first screened in May of 1893 and it features a stationary camera recording of three blacksmiths hammering on an […]
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The Kid Brother (1927) Review
The Kid Brother (1927) Director: Ted Wilde (though there were several directors) ★★★☆☆ The Kid Brother is another fun movie from Harold Lloyd. As usual, the Criterion Collection did a masterful job of revitalizing this Harold Lloyd film, though I prefer Lloyd’s most popular film, Safety Last! Nevertheless, it is an amusing film worth seeing for lovers of […]
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The Littlest Rebel (1935) Review
The Littlest Rebel (1935) Director: David Butler ★★★★☆ The film is a beautiful and classically heart-warming tale of a Southern plantation family during the American Civil War. It was released in 1935, and became a top box-office film, along with Shirley Temple’s signature performance in Curly Top, which was also released in 1935. Shirley Temple stars alongside Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, […]
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