Jackass is both a celebration of poor taste and a welcome elevation of the slapstick comedy tradition.

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange ...

Director Patty Gallagher said Santa Cruz has a strong relationship with the play, which was performed four times by ...

It’s a double feature coming to a heritage center near you — the Washington County Heritage Center (1862 S. Greeley St., Stillwater) will be hosting a showing of two short ...

"Would I experience the same escapism and exhilaration that viewers in 1926 felt while watching?" he wondered. Here’s what he ...

UCSC Department of Performance, Play and Design professor Patty Gallagher reimagined the classic comedy to set the production ...

This 20-film set moves from the twilight of the silent era to the late 1930s in highlighting the evolving talent of a ...

The Courant’s arts picks for Feb. 2-8 includes an immigration-themed concert, country crooners and a side of comic relief.

Written and directed by director Matthew Rankin, the comedy presents a Persian-language-inflected Canada, getting at timely questions of homeland and belonging.

During the silent film era between the mid-1890s and the late 1920s, movies were almost always accompanied by live music. … ...