The Early Years

The Broadway Melody (1929) — The Pressures of Show Business

Ladies and gentlemen... The Best Picture…

Pandora's Box (1929) — Confessions of a Dishonorable Woman

Louise Brooks had had it with Hollywood…

“The Manxman” (1929) by Alfred Hitchcock

What past films reveal about our values today

Land o' Cotton (1929) — A Racist "Aesop's Fable"

America in the 1920s isn't exactly remembered as a…

The Silent Classic ‘Nosferatu’ (1922) Creeps Underneath Your Skin

One hundred years later, and he’s still lurking.

Public Domain Day 2025

A discussion of the state of the public domain, and a list of 150 films from…

“A Double Life” (1848) by Pavlova

A Russian romantic manifesto hidden for too long.

Marriage & Tyranny in “The Mating Call”

This article contains spoilers.

Favorite Images — Clara Bow, with the help

Taylor Swift's star power can revive interest in anything — football (yawn), Biden (double yawn), and apparently the careers of film stars from 97 years ago. Say what?!