What to make of Guy Maddin's film homage to his native city, "My Winnipeg," which opened this weekend at the IFC Center in Manhattan and nationwide on select cable and satellite systems via IFC InTheaters. New York Times film reviewer A.O. Scott writes that he was tempted to research some of the film's "facts," such as whether Winnipeg does have a law against throwing away old signs and whether
http://www.uptownmag.com/2008-04-24/page2138.aspx Get out of the multiplex Walter Forsberg offers up some alternatives for your weekend movie date Walter Forsberg While these pages have been busy mourning the death of some treasured movie-going customs in our great city recently, this weekend provides an excellent chance to see some rare non-multiplexed screenings. Long ago, silent movies
This has not been posted on their website yet, but here is a preview of this summer's festival. -- Bruce LEGENDARY STARS AND DIRECTORS RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN AT 13TH SILENT FILM FESTIVAL SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2008 - Harold Lloyd, Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Colleen Moore, Teinosuke Kinugasa and Carl Theodor Dreyer are just a few of the legendary stars and directors who will return
In article <13hjfl1898ah5c3@corp.supernews.com>, Eric Stott <estott@localnetoSPAMcomMODE> wrote: "Bruce Calvert" <silentfilmxspam@verizon.net> wrote in message news:AheSi.61$uE4.37@trnddc07... http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Movies/2007/10/19/4588133-sun.html While not officially the original "talkie", The Jazz Singer was the first to popularize spoken dialogue. It more
Rodney, you're right that the backgrounds of the theater owners would explain a lot of the variations in the programs. I was surprised at how long a token live act -- like Mae Connelly performing the "latest illustrated song hit" -- was included in many theater programs. The theaters may have had long-established audiences for those acts before converting to film. It was also interesting
