'Sparrows', the silent Mary Pickford-produced masterpiece, features certainly one of cinema’s most despicable villains with a concep...

What a magnificent Criterion discovery, a long since forgotten (at least in mainstream cinephilia) silent masterpiece comparable to the reve...

The second of Chaplin’s feature films (after 1921’s 'The Kid') loses nothing over time, easily gliding past all technical innov...

Wings (1927) dir. William Wellman Starring: Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper **** By Alan Bac...

Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) dir. Carl Dreyer Starring: Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz **** By Alan Bacch...

Sunrise (1927) dir. F.W. Murnau Starring George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor **** “Sunrise” is essential viewing in understanding the history of...