Dizzying though it was, the shot paid off. In the silent era, when the camera was a gigantic apparatus not easily given to smooth, sweeping movement, special tracks had to be built to give us some of ...

Though The Passion of Joan of Arc has an impressive legacy, it causes Werner Herzog to faint every time he watches it.

Even sampled more widely, silent films do have their problems when viewed from a century’s distance. You often have to work to wrap your head around who on the screen is supposed to be ...

Ben Model's new book defines the visual language and lasting impact of silent cinema.

The National Park Service theorizes that a century-old sketch made by a worker in the Lincoln Memorial’s undercroft depicts Theda Bara, silent film’s first “Vamp.” ...

Students from Lyons Township High School participated in the Student Silent Film Festival at the Tivoli Theater in Downers Grove.

Lon Chaney's legendary performance in Universal's silent Phantom of the Opera created a horror legacy, but nobody can find the original cut.

Besides the original 1922 vampire film, we recommend "The Phantom Carriage," "Faust" and "Haxan" The post 7 Silent Horror Films to Watch After Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ appeared first on ...

The films include a newly restored drama directed by William Wyler, a classic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock, and a boxing comedy that became Buster Keaton’s top-grossing film of the silent era. The ...

Because many silent film stars found it difficult to “find their voice” in the new Hollywood medium, the talkies ended a lot of careers. But here are seven actors who succeeded—and prospered ...

The Denver Silent Film Festival will play out with live music for each of the films.

Arts on the Square in Harrisburg will host a New York City organist to provide a “dramatic and poignant” accompaniment to a classic silent film.