New footage might finally make Fritz Lang’s silent masterpiece complete.
Bloody-Disgusting calls Plan 9 From Outer Space “arguable one of [Ed Wood's] only ‘good’ films” [sic], but the general consensus is that it’s one of the worst films of all time. But, um, maybe the remake will be better! Motivated by no logical reason other than the fact that they could have it ready in [...]
February 19, 2008 – 2:36 pm
Cory Doctrow at BoingBoing points to this scanned article from a 1933 issue of Modern Mechanix, which goes inside the Hollywood makeup studio of the era. Much of the story concentrates on how Boris Karloff (as you know, my classic horror movie hearthrob) was made up to look like Frankenstein and The Mummy, but my [...]
February 8, 2008 – 2:00 pm
I made a New Year’s Resolution to watch a lot of Fassbinder movies and write about them. First up: THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT.
January 14, 2008 – 2:32 pm
News hit the web late Friday that Maila Nurmi, the actress, model and TV host best known as Vampira, died last week at the age of 86. As always, David Hudson at GreenCine has the most comprehensive round-up of obits; I thought I’d do my part by rounding up a few video clips that demonstrate [...]
If there are no new stories under the sun, why would there be new animation frames?
February 28, 2007 – 10:25 am
A nostalgia for silent films is growing, but so is a whole paradigm shift for bringing together silent filmmaking and new technology.
