Silent Volume

One of the pleasures of silent film is that there’s no such thing as a definitive viewing. There’s always a new take on an old film—b...

What kind of an individual looks at Mount Everest and says, “I will overcome that”? A person of rare drive, I think; a lot of courage an...

If I could point to one scene in The Racket that sums up the whole thing, it would be the first gun fight. Two rival gangs of mob...

I gave up trying to sell people on silent film a long time ago. Like many things, it’s best appreciated by those curious enough to seek i...

A friend asked me the other day if documentaries were common in the silent era. I told him I’d seen a few— Nanook of the North (192...