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The Other Silent Film To Win An Oscar At This Year's Academy Awards

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, 2012 Oscars, The Artist, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce, Wizard of Oz, 2012 Academy Awards, 2012 Academy Award Winners, Silent Film, Buster Keaton, Movie News, Entertainment News
Thomas Gladysz

Did you know that The Artist wasn't the only silent film to take home an Academy Award at this year's Oscars?

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On The Artist, The Lure of Nostalgia, and Ten Silent Movies Worth Talking Up

John Farr | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Metropolis, The Academy Awards, King Kong, The Artist, Margin Call, Battleship Potemkin, Martin Scorsese, The New York Times, G.W. Pabst, Best Movies on DVD, Buster Keaton, D.W. Griffith, Silent Film, Best Movies by Farr, Best Movies, Silent Movie, Hugo, Thirteen/WNET, Louise Brooks, F.W. Murnau, Charlie Chaplin, Sergei Eisenstein, Ernst Lubitsch, A.O. Scott, City Lights, Fritz Lang, Hollywood, Entertainment News
John Farr

Just when you start believing there's no hope for anything daring and original coming out of Movieland, something gets released that surprises you. The Artist is one such movie -- and what's new about it is that it's old.

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Movie Review: Hugo

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Hugo Movie Review, Ben Kingsley, Frances De La Tour, Buster Keaton, Chloe Moretz, Film Preservation, Brian Selznick, Charlie Chaplin, 3d, Hugo Movie, Hugo Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorcese, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Hugo is transporting, a smart and imaginative treat that would make a great double-feature with Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist. Put it on your holiday movie list.

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The Silents Are Deafening

George Heymont | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Scoring Films, Silent Film Festival San Francisco, Silent Film, Silent Film Festival, Silent-Film-Scoring, Castro Theatre, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Mack Snnett, Buster Keaton, Film, Arts News
George Heymont

The parade of film festivals through San Francisco's arts calender offers a constant source of entertainment. But if I had to choose one, my favorite would undoubtedly be the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

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PHOTOS: Who Is The Greatest American Film Actor Ever?

Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Clint Eastwood, American Actors, Jimmy Stewart, Marlon Brando, Sean Penn, Buster Keaton, John Wayne, Movies, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, Robert De Niro, Actors, Entertainment News

The number of American-born all-time greats in the field of writing, painting, and composing is legion, but given the nation's relative inception (con...

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HuffPost Video Exclusive: Erasure's "A Little Respect," Plus a Holiday Conversation With Mr. Pink Martini

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Erasure wanted to do something a little extra to spread light on this inspiring message of tolerance and to help raise money for an organization that is on the front line for gay and human rights.

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Best DVDs of 2010: Silent Film

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lon Chaney, New Releases, Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Von Sternberg, Slidepollajax, Metropolis, Entertainment News, Buster Keaton, Silent Film, Dvd, Warner Home Video, Entertainment News
Thomas Gladysz

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Should Rock Musicians Accompany Silent Films?

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Gold Rush, Black Francis, Harold Lloyd, Phantom of the Opera, Dennis James, Charlie Chaplin, Matti Bye, Daniel Handler, Nosferatu, Donald Sosin, Stephen Horne, Laurel and Hardy, Silent Film, Buster Keaton, Stephen Merritt, Arts News
George Heymont

The bottom line is that if the music commissioned for a silent film does nothing to support the work being shown on screen, then a genuine effort should be made to hire more talented composers.

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DVDs: Life on Mars, A Single Man and The Crazies

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Ford, Buster Keaton, John Cusack, Dvds, Movies, Life on Mars, TV Shows, The Crazies, Oprah Winfrey, Logan Lerman, Christopher Isherwood, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Chaplin, Timothy Olyphant, Percy Jackson, David Attenborough, Emmy Nominations, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

If for some reason you haven't watched the acclaimed UK original Life On Mars, it's all gathered together in one neat package with audio commentary, behind the scenes documentaries and more.

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So You Wanna Write a Movie Picture?

Julie Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

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Julie Gray

If you find yourself watching a Buster Keaton movie and feeling very smug and intellectual about it, somebody needs to wallop your head with a dead fish.

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PLAN ForYourArt, February 11-14

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meet the Nelsons, Lacma, Conceptual Art, Sumi Ink Club, Baghdad Museum, Sci-Arc, Artists, Buster Keaton, Wes Jones, Los Angeles, Michael Govan, Mel Chin, Pasadena, Political Art, Silent Chances, Foryourart, Valentine, Art, Ucla, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Museums, Farmlab, Comic Book, Redcat, Participation, Cinefamily, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Each Week, ForYourArt highlights select cultural offerings throughout the week ahead to help you Plan ForYourArt.

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Is Blu-ray That Red-Hot?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Farr

With time it was inevitable that the technological innovation called "Blu-ray" would impinge on my particular corner of the movie universe, and I would have to confront it, willingly or not.

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