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National Silent Films

Explore Criterion’s Silent Cinema

Criterion Collection is spotlighting some of their silent classics, following the recent Oscar win for the silent film The Artist. Criterion states...
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Hollywood movie palace The Egyptian Theater turns 89

  • The Egyptian Theater
  • October 20, 2011
On October 18th the golden age of Hollywood movie palace, the Egyptian Theater turned 89 years old. Located at 6712 Hollywood Blvd. this amazing...
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Classic film releases on DVD 5-3-11

  • Classic movie releases on DVD
  • May 4, 2011
As blu-ray gains more in popularity, we are seeing more classics released in this format. There is a great blu-ray release this week, 'Houdini&...
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Charlie Chaplin on Netflix Instant

Although Netflix has relatively few of Charlie Chaplin's greatest pictures available for instant streaming, you will find a number of shorts...
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Hugo Cabret, Martin Scorsese, and the invention of Brian Selznick

Part fable, part history, and wholly original, Brian Selnick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a fascinating book, an experiment in text and...
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Watch this 1903 version of 'Alice in Wonderland'

  • alice in wonderland 1903
  • March 2, 2011
The very first film made of Lewis Carroll's classic book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was made in 1903. The film starred May...
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Classic films in focus: Modern Times (1936)

Long past the point where Hollywood had turned to sound, Charlie Chaplin continued to believe in the silent film, although Modern Times (1936) does...
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Top Ten American "Silent" Movies

The great movies of pre-talkie era Hollywood have been largely neglected of late. In the 21st century we are unable to fully connect with films...
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