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Outside the Law stars the legendary “Phantom of the Opera” and is written and directed by the creator of Dracula and Freaks—but don’t expect a horror film. This movie has more in common with the pioneering crime fiction of Dashiell Hammett, who became synonymous with stories set in the San … [Read more...] about Outside the Law

A master of 20th century cinema, the Swedish director and actor Victor Sjöström is best remembered for his moving performance as the elderly physician reflecting on his life in Wild Strawberries (1957). As a director, his highly acclaimed 1921 adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s novel The Phantom … [Read more...] about The Outlaw and His Wife

You can read the program essay for our 2009 screening of Our Hospitality here Although The General (1926) is Buster Keaton’s best-known and admired film, his 1923 feature Our Hospitality is one of his most perfectly constructed works. A period piece, Our Hospitality is set against the unmarred … [Read more...] about Our Hospitality

Almost a century after her brief career and scandalous marriage, Helen Lee Worthing’s name means nothing. Yet in our own woke era, she deserves remembrance. Here was a woman persecuted, prosecuted, and pronounced insane because of who she chose to love. The Other Woman’s Story—her most substantial … [Read more...] about The Other Woman’s Story

FILMS Trolley Troubles; Oh, Teacher; Great Guns; Mechanical Cow; All Wet; The Ocean Hop; Bright Lights; Oh What a Knight Created and Produced by Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, 1927–1928 Donald, Goofy, Pluto, and… Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. That’s how the list of major Disney animated characters might … [Read more...] about Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, 1927–1928