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Reading Room — Kino-polis

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Essays, interviews, lectures and archives on the films of the silent and early sound eras. Read about a film, then watch it.

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Fatty + Buster: The Comique World of Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton (opens in a new tab)
Imogen Sara SmithSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020
On Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton
Essay
Think Slow, Act Fast: Buster Keaton Shorts, 1920–21 (opens in a new tab)
Richard HildrethSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020
Essay
The Scarecrow (Buster Keaton, 1920) — Bethany Lee's Film Studies Blog (opens in a new tab)
On The Scarecrow
Essay
A Gag Every Minute: Buster Keaton in The Blacksmith (1922) — The Wonderful World of Cinema (opens in a new tab)
On The Blacksmith
Essay
Our Hospitality: Buster Keaton and gravity — Roger Ebert (opens in a new tab)
On Our Hospitality
Essay
The Crux of Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality Is Ridiculous Tradition — Medium (opens in a new tab)
On Our Hospitality
Essay
Remembering Buster Keaton and The Navigator (1924) — Now See Hear! (Library of Congress) (opens in a new tab)
On The Navigator
Essay
Buster Keaton in COLLEGE (1927) — Aurora's Gin Joint (opens in a new tab)
On College
Essay
The Symmetry of Buster Keaton's The General — Medium (opens in a new tab)
On The General
Essay
The Cameraman (1928): Buster Keaton's Last Great Silent Film — The Everyday Cinephile (opens in a new tab)
On The Cameraman