Today, silent films still are celebrated and enjoyed at film festivals – even some festivals that only screen silent films. September 28 of this year was deemed National Silent Film Day. Companies ...

British actor, director, screenwriter and producer Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin and American actor Tom Murray in a scene from "The Gold Rush." While there are modern silent classics, such as ...

As we rapidly absorb new information and often take our surroundings for granted in this modern age, we are long overdue for a day of reflection and slowing down. Silent Movie Day on Sept. 29 is the ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. This month marks the return of composer and multimedia artist Chris Strouth’s ...

The film historian and accompanist talks to IndieWire about his work as a "missionary" for silent movies and his company's physical media releases of new restorations of two classic Tom Tyler Westerns ...

Last March, the Balboa Theatre in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter marked its 100th anniversary. But one of the theater’s slightly younger historic features will be the centerpiece of the new Silent Movie ...

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There is more to be said about the short film “Color Blind” than is said in the film itself. It’s a fairly straightforward plot — a girl and boy meet and, suddenly, their black and white world bursts ...