Looking Back on 2024, I share what it was like appearing on the Gold Standard–The Oscars Podcast and discussing METROPOLIS (1927).
Looking Back on 2024, I share what it was like appearing on the Gold Standard–The Oscars Podcast and discussing METROPOLIS (1927).
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival‘s annual Silent Winter closed with the grand sounds of the Mighty Wurlitzer last night. I had to sit in my seat overwhelmed by the last film and the day for a moment. Before the festival’s end, we were treated to fairy tales, laughs, romance, heartbreak, and redemption. All this…
Thanks to Project Rungay, I discovered designer John Galliano used comedian Charlie Chaplin as chief inspiration for the staging of his latest menswear show. It started with a model in Charlie Chaplin drag popping out of a clock reminiscent of the one from Modern Times while a sound excerpt from another Chaplin film, The Great…