Essays, interviews, archives, and video resources on early cinema — curated reading on films, directors, and movements across the silent and early sound eras.
Festival resource on Hitchcock's directorial debut and early thematic concerns.
Festival resource on Browning's unique approach to grotesque cinema.
Festival analysis of Dupont's revolutionary mobile camera techniques.
Festival documentation of Kinugasa's pioneering avant-garde masterpiece.
Festival documentation of Keaton's personal favorite and commercially successful comedy.
Festival resource on Vidor's romantic tragedy and Gish's acclaimed performance.
Festival resource on Garbo and Gilbert's chemistry and film legacy.
Analysis of the film's unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling in Weimar Berlin.
Essay examining the film's transgressive elements and cultural significance during Nazi era.
Essay on Sternberg's visualizations of obsessive desire and cinematic exoticism.
Critical analysis of Sternberg's direction and Dietrich's iconic performance as Lola Lola.
Essay on Ford's Will Rogers comedy and its complex legacy of humor alongside racial insensitivity.
Book-length study of the film's relationship to mass culture and Dietrich's star image.
Analysis of Pabst's effective realism and brilliant use of sound in this anti-war film.
Review of this important war film that interprets and stretches the boundaries of aviation cinema.
Essay on how the film uses Shirley Temple's innocence as counterpoint to adult corruption and crime.
Analysis of Hawks' direction of World War I aviation drama and Academy Award-winning story.
Critical examination of legends surrounding the film and analysis of its composition and reception.
Criterion release with essay on Pabst's pacifist war film and its innovative sound design.
Essay analyzing Ozu's blend of comedy and social critique in his exploration of class and family.
Essay on Bette Davis's groundbreaking performance and the film's dark portrayal of obsession.
Critical analysis of George Albert Smith's innovative use of point-of-view cinematography and film grammar.
Ebert's great movies essay on Sternberg's surrealist approach to historical drama.
Festival resource on one of cinema's greatest comedies.