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(Nearly) Complete Copy Of METROPOLIS Found!

July 7, 2008 Rich Drees

One of the greatest films of the silent era is Metropolis. A Gothic science-fiction tale and social critque, it is now taught in both film and literature courses in colleges and universities and continues to [click for more]

THE PIXAR TOUCH: Sample Chapter

June 22, 2008 Rich Drees

Without a doubt the biggest success story in films in the past two decades has been the rise of PIXAR Animation Studios. A small sidebusiness started by George Lucas but sold off to Steve Jobs, [click for more]

Poster: Coen Brothers’ BURN AFTER READING

June 18, 2008 Rich Drees

If there’s one thing I like about the Coen Brothers, it is that there films routinely show a wide knowledge of film history. Classic genres as diverse as slapstick, farce, suspense and film noir all [click for more]

Restoring THE GODFATHER

June 9, 2008 Rich Drees

Film preservation is not focused solely on rescuing and restoring crumbling black and white films from the earliest days of Hollywood. Preservationists’ sites can be focused on films needing repair from as recent as the [click for more]

Newsarama Counts Down the Top "Genre" films by Decade

June 5, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Making lists is a fun way to get attention to your newly refurbished website. Readers will discuss how happy their favorites are on the list or how mad they are that their favorites aren’t on [click for more]

Larry Gross Remembers Making 48 HOURS

June 2, 2008 Rich Drees

Long before it was a CBS investigative journalism show, 48 Hours was known as the movie that launched the film career of Saturday Night Live performer Eddie Murphy as well as gave rise to the [click for more]

Wither John Hughes?

March 28, 2008 Rich Drees

The release of the comedy Drillbit Taylor last weekend has sparked a rather curious phenomenon, a resurgence in interest in the films of John Hughes and in the writer/director himself, who hasn’t been seen in [click for more]

Happy 75th Birthday KING KONG

March 2, 2008 Rich Drees

Although his cinematic trip to Manhattan didn’t turn out as planned, King Kong‘s debut at the Radio City Music Hall 75 years ago today launched the oversized ape from Skull Island to instant icon status, [click for more]

Sundance’s Best Films- 2 Views

January 17, 2008 Rich Drees

With the Sundance Film Festival kicking off in Park City, Utah this weekend, a couple of sites have decided to take a look at the festival’s history and offer up what they think are the [click for more]

Top 50 Lost Films

January 11, 2008 Rich Drees

We all know that the early years of cinema are not known for their farsightedness in preserving the history was being creating. To many on the business side of things, movies were a disposable commodity. [click for more]