Fresh off the pairing of Radiohead albums with screenings of Nosferatu, Blue Starlite Entertainment’s Silents Synced series has announced the next installment featuring R.E.M.’s music. Beginning in February 2025, the band’s albums Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi will be used to soundtrack screenings of the 1924 Buster Keaton comedy Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
- 10/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
Fresh off the pairing of Radiohead albums with screenings of Nosferatu, Blue Starlite Entertainment’s Silents Synced series has announced the next installment featuring R.E.M.’s music. Beginning in February 2025, the band’s albums Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi will be used to soundtrack screenings of the 1924 Buster Keaton comedy Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
Sherlock Jr. x R.E.M. was created with the band’s approval. Its world premiere will take place on February 1st at the historic Morton Theatre in Athens, Georgia, as well as the Ciné art house cinema. Get more information at the Silents Synced website.
“Buster Keaton is one of my favorite actor/director/writers in movie history,” R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck said in a statement. “I’m honored that in some small way R.E.M. is collaborating with him from beyond the grave.”
The band’s longtime manager Bertis Downs added, “The guys were...
- 10/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Pairing classic movies with modern soundtracks is always fun—like playing The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz at the same time—and it works especially well with silent films. When one of Buster Keaton’s masterpieces, Sherlock Jr., is re-released in theaters in February, the music will come from R.E.M.’s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi albums. Full details are on producer Blue Starlite Entertainment’s “Silents Synced” series website.
A trailer for the release begins with old-timey music before kicking into R.E.
A trailer for the release begins with old-timey music before kicking into R.E.
- 10/14/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
As the calendar turns over to October, so, too, does the programming of arthouse theaters turn to the spooky — and royalty-free — hallmarks of silent horror cinema. F. W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" is one popular choice for repertory screenings and live musical performances, and this year, the new Austin-based Silents Synced series is taking things a step further. Thanks to their hard work, "Nosferatu" will play in theaters all month long accompanied by a new soundtrack: Radiohead's seminal albums "Kid A" and "Amnesiac."
For some, the idea of mixing silent cinema with modern artists may feel like a YouTube video that has escaped its cage and run amok through the halls of film distribution. But having experienced the "Nosferatu" and Radiohead mashup for myself, I think there's more to the series than a cool poster. With this film and future releases — such as Buster Keaton's "Sherlock, Jr." mixed with...
For some, the idea of mixing silent cinema with modern artists may feel like a YouTube video that has escaped its cage and run amok through the halls of film distribution. But having experienced the "Nosferatu" and Radiohead mashup for myself, I think there's more to the series than a cool poster. With this film and future releases — such as Buster Keaton's "Sherlock, Jr." mixed with...
- 10/7/2024
- by Matthew Monagle
- Slash Film
A hundred years later, the sequence still radiates an otherworldly aura: a man wearing a porkpie hat walks down the aisle of a movie theater, steps up onto the stage, and slips into the motion picture screen. The film we have been watching — a conventional enough story of a boy who loses his girl due to a dumb misunderstanding — flows fluidly into another cinematic realm, where the boy is a brilliant detective who outwits the bad guys, solves the crime, and gets the girl. One Hollywood fantasy is switched for a more beguiling Hollywood fantasy.
The film, of course, is Sherlock Jr. (1924), directed by and starring Buster Keaton, the greatest of all silent film comedian-auteurs. (Team Chaplin is welcome to dissent.) It is the usual Keaton concoction of ingenious gags, trick photography and jaw-dropping stunt work, but the film, true to its name, is also an investigation into the role...
The film, of course, is Sherlock Jr. (1924), directed by and starring Buster Keaton, the greatest of all silent film comedian-auteurs. (Team Chaplin is welcome to dissent.) It is the usual Keaton concoction of ingenious gags, trick photography and jaw-dropping stunt work, but the film, true to its name, is also an investigation into the role...
- 8/29/2024
- by Thomas Doherty
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A pair of Radiohead albums will be used as the soundtrack for screenings of the silent horror film Nosferatu this fall. Kid A and Amnesiac will be paired with the 1922 classic as the first installment of the Silents Synced series.
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
- 8/21/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
A pair of Radiohead albums will be used as the soundtrack for screenings of the silent horror film Nosferatu this fall. Kid A and Amnesiac will be paired with the 1922 classic as the first installment of the Silents Synced series.
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
The world premiere of Silents Synced Presents Nosferatu will take place at Los Feliz Theater in Los Angeles on September 21st. Get tickets here.
After that, it’s slated to open wide on October 4th. Find out more information at the Silents Synced website,
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” creator and CEO Josh Frank told Deadline earlier this summer. “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their homes outside of Hollywood blockbuster films? While traditional moviegoers will always be our lifeblood, music fans will go...
- 8/21/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
In a bold move to reinvigorate the cinema-going experience, Blue Starlite Entertainment and CineLife Entertainment have announced “Silents Synced,” a innovative series that pairs classic silent films with iconic rock albums. This unique project aims to blend the visual artistry of early cinema with the powerful soundscapes of modern rock music, creating a fresh and immersive viewing experience.
The series will kick off with a screening of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 horror classic “Nosferatu,” accompanied by Radiohead’s albums “Kid A” and “Amnesiac.” Following this, plans are in place to pair Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock, Jr.” with music from R.E.M. The companies are also in talks with other renowned bands such as Pearl Jam, Pixies, Amon Tobin, and They Might Be Giants for future pairings.
Josh Frank, CEO and creator of Silents Synced, explained the rationale behind the project: “Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas...
The series will kick off with a screening of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 horror classic “Nosferatu,” accompanied by Radiohead’s albums “Kid A” and “Amnesiac.” Following this, plans are in place to pair Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock, Jr.” with music from R.E.M. The companies are also in talks with other renowned bands such as Pearl Jam, Pixies, Amon Tobin, and They Might Be Giants for future pairings.
Josh Frank, CEO and creator of Silents Synced, explained the rationale behind the project: “Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas...
- 7/8/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Blue Starlite, an independent drive-in theater in Austin, Texas, has announced its first national cinema event series, Silents Synced, where classic silent movies will be paired with rock music from Radiohead, R.E.M., They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Pixies, and Amon Tobin.
Silents Synced series 1 is the first of multiple series to be produced by Blue Starlite Entertainment, the new content arm of the independent drive-in.
The content screenings will be distributed this fall via a partnership with independent event cinema distributor CineLife Entertainment, a division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, which is now booking independent indoor and drive-in cinema networks domestically.
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” said Josh Frank, CEO and creator of Silents Synced.
Frank continued, “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their...
Silents Synced series 1 is the first of multiple series to be produced by Blue Starlite Entertainment, the new content arm of the independent drive-in.
The content screenings will be distributed this fall via a partnership with independent event cinema distributor CineLife Entertainment, a division of Spotlight Cinema Networks, which is now booking independent indoor and drive-in cinema networks domestically.
“Silents Synced is a strategic format to draw new audiences to cinemas for a communal music experience like no other,” said Josh Frank, CEO and creator of Silents Synced.
Frank continued, “The question for independent theater operators has become what can we do to inspire people to leave their...
- 6/26/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd were the clown jewels of silent comedy. Chaplin was off the screen in 1924; he was a year away from the release of one of his feature masterpieces “The Gold Rush.” Lloyd followed the blockbuster success of 1923’s “Safety Last!” in 1924 with the gems “Girl Shy” and “Hot Water.” And Keaton dazzled critics and audiences with the innovative “Sherlock Jr.” and the riotous “The Navigator.”
“Sherlock Jr.”, which opened in May 1924, was just Keaton’s third feature. Running a brisk 45 minutes, “Sherlock Jr” pushed the cinematic envelope. The stoic, deadpan comic plays a projectionist and janitor at a small-town movie theater who dreams, literally, of becoming a detective. He also discovers that he has a slick rival (Ward Crane) for his sweet girl (Kathryn McGuire). The slick even steals the pocket watch of the girl’s father and puts the blame on Buster. Banished from the house,...
“Sherlock Jr.”, which opened in May 1924, was just Keaton’s third feature. Running a brisk 45 minutes, “Sherlock Jr” pushed the cinematic envelope. The stoic, deadpan comic plays a projectionist and janitor at a small-town movie theater who dreams, literally, of becoming a detective. He also discovers that he has a slick rival (Ward Crane) for his sweet girl (Kathryn McGuire). The slick even steals the pocket watch of the girl’s father and puts the blame on Buster. Banished from the house,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Returning for its 15th annual edition this weekend, the TCM Classic Film Festival will turn Hollywood Blvd. into the center of the movie universe again for four days, for that very obsessive and loving subset of film fans that has the network’s vintage fare as part of their weekly and daily lives. And just what time span “classics” falls into is exemplified by the big opening and closing night films.
The gala opening night picture is 1994’s “Pulp Fiction,” which festival director Genevieve McGillicuddy says “is one of the most contemporary films that we are showing this year, along with ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and ‘Little Women,’ the 1994 version. ‘Seven,’ I think, is the most recent film we’re screening; that’s 1995. Just like with the network, we don’t have any official cutoff in terms of the years of films that we’re showing. But, interestingly — it’s the opposite of a cutoff,...
The gala opening night picture is 1994’s “Pulp Fiction,” which festival director Genevieve McGillicuddy says “is one of the most contemporary films that we are showing this year, along with ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and ‘Little Women,’ the 1994 version. ‘Seven,’ I think, is the most recent film we’re screening; that’s 1995. Just like with the network, we don’t have any official cutoff in terms of the years of films that we’re showing. But, interestingly — it’s the opposite of a cutoff,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Sherlock Jr..I don’t know what I expected. For some reason, when booking my plane ticket from Chicago to Muskegon, Michigan, I just assumed it would be a “normal,” albeit probably smaller, plane that would chariot us intrepid travelers to the neighboring state. So when I turned up at O’Hare, I thought nothing of being asked to provide my weight and having my carry-on bags weighed as well, nothing of the smaller-than-usual waiting area, nothing of taking an elevator directly to the tarmac rather than descending via the usual jet bridge. The sight of the nine-seat Cessna shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did. More disconcerting was the passenger who reveled in telling the lot of us why the plane flew around Lake Michigan, not across it: in case it crashed, it could more easily be found. This seemed an appropriate way to get to the International Buster Keaton Society's 2023 Convention,...
- 2/5/2024
- MUBI
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has a full slate of programming set for this year, as the classic movie home celebrates its 30th anniversary.
The 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April will honor film historian Jeanine Basinger with the Robert Osborne Award, and pay tribute to actor Billy Dee Williams and makeup artist Lois Burwell.
Additionally, The Plot Thickens, TCM’s official podcast about movies and the people who make them will debut later in the year following the release of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, TCM’s latest podcast in tandem with Max.
Extending beyond the screen, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood will introduce a WB/TCM Classic Movie Tour in April.
“With the 30th year of TCM upon us, we both look back at all that’s been built over the last several decades and look ahead at what is undoubtedly one of the most exciting times in TCM’s history,...
The 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April will honor film historian Jeanine Basinger with the Robert Osborne Award, and pay tribute to actor Billy Dee Williams and makeup artist Lois Burwell.
Additionally, The Plot Thickens, TCM’s official podcast about movies and the people who make them will debut later in the year following the release of Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast, TCM’s latest podcast in tandem with Max.
Extending beyond the screen, Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood will introduce a WB/TCM Classic Movie Tour in April.
“With the 30th year of TCM upon us, we both look back at all that’s been built over the last several decades and look ahead at what is undoubtedly one of the most exciting times in TCM’s history,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Turner Classic Movies has a lot going on as it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
On Friday, execs from the beloved cable channel unveiled a new podcast, 2024 programming initiatives, a new branded studio tour of the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank and details about the 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April.
On Jan. 16, TCM and sister streamer Max will debut Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast. TCM host Ben Mankiewicz will join filmmakers and actors as they discuss “their earliest film memories, favorite movies, creative influences and guilty pleasures,” with guests including Mel Brooks, Nancy Meyers and Patty Jenkins.
The TCM podcast The Plot Thickens is returning this year for a fifth season, with the subject yet to be disclosed.
In April, TCM will introduce a new franchise, Two for One, with prominent filmmakers co-hosting a double feature of their choice on Saturday nights. Guests will include Jenkins,...
On Friday, execs from the beloved cable channel unveiled a new podcast, 2024 programming initiatives, a new branded studio tour of the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank and details about the 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April.
On Jan. 16, TCM and sister streamer Max will debut Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast. TCM host Ben Mankiewicz will join filmmakers and actors as they discuss “their earliest film memories, favorite movies, creative influences and guilty pleasures,” with guests including Mel Brooks, Nancy Meyers and Patty Jenkins.
The TCM podcast The Plot Thickens is returning this year for a fifth season, with the subject yet to be disclosed.
In April, TCM will introduce a new franchise, Two for One, with prominent filmmakers co-hosting a double feature of their choice on Saturday nights. Guests will include Jenkins,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While "Star Trek" takes place in a technological utopia -- a utopia wherein people can teleport great distances, live in holographic environs, or replicate any food or drink they should want -- there still appears to be room for old media. While the characters on "Star Trek" are typically military officers, they are often careful to attend the theater to see plays, where Shakespeare might still be performed.
On "Star Trek: The Next Generation," there are many, many classical music concerts, and performers still seem to have access to traditional brass, woodwind, and string instruments. Entire libraries may be accessed on a Padd, and Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating) once noted that he was attempting to make his way through James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake." But other characters may be more comfortable holding an actual printed book on bound paper. One might be able to create a force field in the future,...
On "Star Trek: The Next Generation," there are many, many classical music concerts, and performers still seem to have access to traditional brass, woodwind, and string instruments. Entire libraries may be accessed on a Padd, and Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating) once noted that he was attempting to make his way through James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake." But other characters may be more comfortable holding an actual printed book on bound paper. One might be able to create a force field in the future,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
While we’ve known the results of Jeanne Dielman Tops Sight and Sound‘s 2022 Greatest Films of All-Time List”>Sight & Sound’s once-in-a-decade greatest films of all-time poll for a few months now, the recent release of the individual ballots has given data-crunching cinephiles a new opportunity to dive deeper. We have Letterboxd lists detailing all 4,400+ films that received at least one vote and another expanding the directors poll, spreadsheets calculating every entry, and now a list ranking how many votes individual directors received for their films.
Tabulated by Genjuro, the list of 35 directors, with two pairs, puts Alfred Hitchcock back on top, while Chantal Akerman is at number two. Elsewhere in the top ten are David Lynch, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Orson Welles, Yasujirō Ozu, and Stanley Kubrick, and tied for the tenth spot is Wong Kar Wai and Ingmar Bergman.
Check out the list below,...
Tabulated by Genjuro, the list of 35 directors, with two pairs, puts Alfred Hitchcock back on top, while Chantal Akerman is at number two. Elsewhere in the top ten are David Lynch, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Orson Welles, Yasujirō Ozu, and Stanley Kubrick, and tied for the tenth spot is Wong Kar Wai and Ingmar Bergman.
Check out the list below,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Before Frank Capra directed the 1946 classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, he made 1934’s It Happened One Night. It’s a romantic comedy that made Hollywood history as the first movie to perform a “clean sweep” at the Oscars‘ top five categories – Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adaptation. Here’s why the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made the right choice.
‘It Happened One Night’ revolutionized the rom-com genre L-r: Clark Gable as Peter Warne and Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews | Donaldson Collection/Getty Images
The rom-com genre goes all the way back to the days of William Shakespeare, which continues to find its way into contemporary takes on the genre. His plays inspired movies such as 2002’s 10 Things I Hate About You, 2006’s She’s the Man, and 2013’s Warm Bodies.
Buster Keaton’s 1924 classic film,...
‘It Happened One Night’ revolutionized the rom-com genre L-r: Clark Gable as Peter Warne and Claudette Colbert as Ellie Andrews | Donaldson Collection/Getty Images
The rom-com genre goes all the way back to the days of William Shakespeare, which continues to find its way into contemporary takes on the genre. His plays inspired movies such as 2002’s 10 Things I Hate About You, 2006’s She’s the Man, and 2013’s Warm Bodies.
Buster Keaton’s 1924 classic film,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Deadline has reported that Rami Malek is set to star in Amateur, a CIA thriller which James Hawes will helm.
Gary Spinelli wrote the most recent draft of Amateur, which follows “a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them. When it becomes clear they won’t act due to conflicting internal priorities, he blackmails the agency into training him and letting him go after them himself.” James Hawes is best known for helming the first season of Slow Horses on Apple, so he certainly knows his way about spy-craft stories. Hawes has also directed episodes of Raised by Wolves, Snowpiercer, Black Mirror, Penny Dreadful, and more. No start date has been set for Amateur, but it could wind up being Rami Malek’s next project.
Related Rami Malek in talks to star in Buster Keaton series from...
Gary Spinelli wrote the most recent draft of Amateur, which follows “a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them. When it becomes clear they won’t act due to conflicting internal priorities, he blackmails the agency into training him and letting him go after them himself.” James Hawes is best known for helming the first season of Slow Horses on Apple, so he certainly knows his way about spy-craft stories. Hawes has also directed episodes of Raised by Wolves, Snowpiercer, Black Mirror, Penny Dreadful, and more. No start date has been set for Amateur, but it could wind up being Rami Malek’s next project.
Related Rami Malek in talks to star in Buster Keaton series from...
- 2/17/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Rami Malek has been snagged to take on the role of the iconic comedy silent movie star Buster Keaton in a limited series from Warner Bros Television.
Known for his deadpan expression, actor-director Keaton starred in such movies as ‘The Playhouse,’ ‘Cops,’ ‘The Electric House,’ ‘Sherlock Jr’ and ‘The General’ among several others; the latter is considered to be his masterpiece. Born into a vaudeville family, Keaton’s career waned after he inked with MGM and lost his artistic independence. His wife divorced him, and he became an alcoholic. His career rebounded in the 1940s; he remarried and earned an Academy Honorary Award in 1959.
Also in news – 2023 BAFTA Film Awards nominations announced – ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ hit big
James Curtis’ Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life is being eyed as the source material for the series, with negotiations underway by the studio to secure the book.
Known for his deadpan expression, actor-director Keaton starred in such movies as ‘The Playhouse,’ ‘Cops,’ ‘The Electric House,’ ‘Sherlock Jr’ and ‘The General’ among several others; the latter is considered to be his masterpiece. Born into a vaudeville family, Keaton’s career waned after he inked with MGM and lost his artistic independence. His wife divorced him, and he became an alcoholic. His career rebounded in the 1940s; he remarried and earned an Academy Honorary Award in 1959.
Also in news – 2023 BAFTA Film Awards nominations announced – ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ hit big
James Curtis’ Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life is being eyed as the source material for the series, with negotiations underway by the studio to secure the book.
- 1/23/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Warner Bros. Television is in talks to develop a limited series based on the life of silent film star Buster Keaton. The project would star Rami Malek as Keaton.
“The Batman” director Matt Reeves would direct the limited series and produce via his 6th and Idaho Productions banner, which is under an overall deal at Warner Bros. TV. Malek and David Weddle also produce, with Ted Cohen in talks to serve as executive producer and writer. James Curtis’ 2022 biography “Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life” may serve as source material for the series, as the studio is negotiating the rights for the book.
Keaton, who lived from 1895 to 1966, is thought of as one of the most prominent stars of the silent film era aside from Charlie Chaplin. He got his start as a child in vaudevile acts alongside his parents, who were traveling performers, before transitioning into film in the late 1910s.
“The Batman” director Matt Reeves would direct the limited series and produce via his 6th and Idaho Productions banner, which is under an overall deal at Warner Bros. TV. Malek and David Weddle also produce, with Ted Cohen in talks to serve as executive producer and writer. James Curtis’ 2022 biography “Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life” may serve as source material for the series, as the studio is negotiating the rights for the book.
Keaton, who lived from 1895 to 1966, is thought of as one of the most prominent stars of the silent film era aside from Charlie Chaplin. He got his start as a child in vaudevile acts alongside his parents, who were traveling performers, before transitioning into film in the late 1910s.
- 1/20/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Buster Keaton was one of the biggest names in early cinema, famous for his physical comedy. He thrived on an ability to improvise these gags; Keaton grew up as a vaudeville performer, and spent his childhood improvising slapstick routines with his father onstage. As a Hollywood filmmaker, Keaton continued to rely on improvisation for his comedy — but this required him to follow one simple rule.
Keaton got his start as an entertainer traveling in a company alongside Harry Houdini. It was here that he learned to improvise fluidly and hilariously. His first time in front of a camera was in Fatty Arbuckle's "The Butcher Boy." "[Arbuckle] only had to turn me loose in the set and I'd have material in two minutes, because I'd been doing it all my life," Keaton explained (via A Hard Act to Follow).
When it came to his own films, Keaton made sure there was...
Keaton got his start as an entertainer traveling in a company alongside Harry Houdini. It was here that he learned to improvise fluidly and hilariously. His first time in front of a camera was in Fatty Arbuckle's "The Butcher Boy." "[Arbuckle] only had to turn me loose in the set and I'd have material in two minutes, because I'd been doing it all my life," Keaton explained (via A Hard Act to Follow).
When it came to his own films, Keaton made sure there was...
- 9/4/2022
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
One of the biggest comedians in silent cinema, Buster Keaton, was offered a weekly television series at a low point in his career — but, to everyone's surprise, he turned it down.
Keaton was a legend of the silver screen and a master of physical comedy, but things took a turn for the worse when silent film went the way of the dodo. Guest spots on television shows like "The Donna Reed Show" and "The Twilight Zone" presented new opportunities for Keaton to showcase his talents. He was resistant to doing a regular weekly show, but it wasn't because he was reclusive. In fact, the star had one very specific reason for turning down his own series.
Transitioning Into Movies
Keaton is best known for the silent films he made in the 1920s like "The General" and "Sherlock, Jr.," but he actually started out in vaudeville theater. After being featured in...
Keaton was a legend of the silver screen and a master of physical comedy, but things took a turn for the worse when silent film went the way of the dodo. Guest spots on television shows like "The Donna Reed Show" and "The Twilight Zone" presented new opportunities for Keaton to showcase his talents. He was resistant to doing a regular weekly show, but it wasn't because he was reclusive. In fact, the star had one very specific reason for turning down his own series.
Transitioning Into Movies
Keaton is best known for the silent films he made in the 1920s like "The General" and "Sherlock, Jr.," but he actually started out in vaudeville theater. After being featured in...
- 8/29/2022
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
The Power of the Dog walked away a big winner at the Critics Choice Awards for movies while Ted Lasso scored big for TV.
“The Power of the Dog led the winners in the film categories, earning four awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, and Best Cinematography for Ari Wegner. Belfast and Dune followed closely behind in the trophy count with three awards each. In the series categories, Ted Lasso took home four trophies, winning Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Jason Sudeikis, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Hannah Waddingham, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Brett Goldstein.”
Read more about the Critics Choice Awards here
Oscar-winning actor and MCU regular William Hurt has passed away at the age of 71.
“Veteran actor William Hurt has passed away at 71 after a long battle with prostate cancer.
“The Power of the Dog led the winners in the film categories, earning four awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, and Best Cinematography for Ari Wegner. Belfast and Dune followed closely behind in the trophy count with three awards each. In the series categories, Ted Lasso took home four trophies, winning Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Jason Sudeikis, Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Hannah Waddingham, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Brett Goldstein.”
Read more about the Critics Choice Awards here
Oscar-winning actor and MCU regular William Hurt has passed away at the age of 71.
“Veteran actor William Hurt has passed away at 71 after a long battle with prostate cancer.
- 3/14/2022
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: The Temenos screening in Lyssarea, Greece.Registration for Temenos 2022, which will premiere a new section of avant-garde master Gregory Markopoulos's epic Eniaios, is now open. This very special event, which usually takes place every four years, will be taking place June 9-19 in Lyssarea, Greece. For more information on the Temenos screenings and the ongoing restoration of Eniaios, visit here.Hou Hsiao-hsien has announced two new projects: the long-gestating, Shu Qi-led film Shulan River, an adaptation of the Hsieh Hai-meng novel about a river goddess; and a yet unnamed project starring Chang Chen about "an elderly father and his son." Filmmaker, painter, writer, Nick Zedd has died. In addition to his darkly funny no-budget films like They Eat Scum (1979) and his zine Underground Film Bulletin, Zedd is coining the term "Cinema of...
- 3/2/2022
- MUBI
Exclusive: With production on Indiana Jones 5 hitting the home stretch, James Mangold is getting his future dance card in order, with his attention now on a film centered around one of Hollywood’s most iconic talents. Sources tell Deadline that Mangold and 20th Century Studios are in development on a project about the life of filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton, with Mangold set to direct and produce. The film is based on the book Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase by Marion Meade, and execs have made this a top priority as they meet with writers to adapt the book.
An icon of American cinema, Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton was a pioneer in the the early days of silent movies and to this day is considered one of the great physical comedians in movie history. His stunt work on such classics like The General and Sherlock Jr. are still...
An icon of American cinema, Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton was a pioneer in the the early days of silent movies and to this day is considered one of the great physical comedians in movie history. His stunt work on such classics like The General and Sherlock Jr. are still...
- 2/23/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
“You can see now?”
Charlie Chaplin in City Lights (1931) and Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924) both screen at The Des Peres Theater December 14th at 7pm. – They are presented by Silents, Please Stl, a local group that aims to promote and preserve the art of silent filmmaking from the early 20th Century through community programming and education. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased in advance Here. (which supports this screening and helps to sustain ongoing programming). Silents, Please Stl‘s Facebook page can be found Here
In City Lights, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl with the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, accumulates money to be able to help her medically. City Lights gets to the heart of the Chaplin’s famous Tramp. It is a beautiful romance about loving someone for who they are and not their social or economic...
Charlie Chaplin in City Lights (1931) and Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924) both screen at The Des Peres Theater December 14th at 7pm. – They are presented by Silents, Please Stl, a local group that aims to promote and preserve the art of silent filmmaking from the early 20th Century through community programming and education. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased in advance Here. (which supports this screening and helps to sustain ongoing programming). Silents, Please Stl‘s Facebook page can be found Here
In City Lights, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl with the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, accumulates money to be able to help her medically. City Lights gets to the heart of the Chaplin’s famous Tramp. It is a beautiful romance about loving someone for who they are and not their social or economic...
- 12/7/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hollywood is a self-reflexive industry, and filmmakers a self-reflexive bunch. Case in point, if Be Reel were to undertake “Movies About Making Movies” as a podcast category, it would include more titles than we could probably watch in a year. Now, there aren’t quite as many films focused on where we watch our movies, but the history of theaters popping up in the pictures stretches all the way back to the transportive fantasy of Buster Keaton’s “Sherlock Jr.
Continue reading An Ode To Movie Theaters In Movies [Be Reel Podcast] at The Playlist.
Continue reading An Ode To Movie Theaters In Movies [Be Reel Podcast] at The Playlist.
- 5/30/2021
- by Chance Solem-Pfeifer
- The Playlist
This news should hardly come as a surprise, but Netflix appear keen to remain in the Sherlock Holmes business for a while yet. Enola Holmes put the famed detective’s kid sister front and center, and went on to break records as one of the platform’s biggest premieres ever.
Millie Bobby Brown looks to have landed herself a starring role in a franchise, and with five more books in the literary series to adapt, it seems a foregone conclusion that the streaming service will officially announce a sequel in the near future, especially once they crunch the numbers and determine just how big of a success the movie really is.
Of course, it would be an understatement to say that Henry Cavill’s Sherlock went down a storm with subscribers, and there have already been whispers that the Dceu’s Superman could get his own solo spinoff, even if...
Millie Bobby Brown looks to have landed herself a starring role in a franchise, and with five more books in the literary series to adapt, it seems a foregone conclusion that the streaming service will officially announce a sequel in the near future, especially once they crunch the numbers and determine just how big of a success the movie really is.
Of course, it would be an understatement to say that Henry Cavill’s Sherlock went down a storm with subscribers, and there have already been whispers that the Dceu’s Superman could get his own solo spinoff, even if...
- 10/12/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Ernie F. Orsatti, best known for his unforgettable fall through a glass skylight in the 1972 movie The Poseidon Adventure, has died. He was 80 and passed Sept. 12 in La Quinta, Calif. from a hemorrhagic stroke, his son, Noon Orsatti, confirmed.
Ernie Orsatti was born in Beverly Hills on Feb. 13, 1940, to opera singer Inez Gorman and Ernie R. Orsatti, a former professional baseball player and double for Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924). The younger Orsatti became a model and competitive swimmer before breaking into show business with appearances in the 1968 film The Acid Eaters and in The Green Berets, starring John Wayne.
He later had roles in the films The Mechanic (1972), The Last American Hero (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Viva Knievel! (1977). He also appeared on TV shows Mannix, The Incredible Hulk, and Hill Street Blues.
In The Poseidon Adventure, the tale of an ocean liner capsized by a huge wave, Orsatti played Terry,...
Ernie Orsatti was born in Beverly Hills on Feb. 13, 1940, to opera singer Inez Gorman and Ernie R. Orsatti, a former professional baseball player and double for Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924). The younger Orsatti became a model and competitive swimmer before breaking into show business with appearances in the 1968 film The Acid Eaters and in The Green Berets, starring John Wayne.
He later had roles in the films The Mechanic (1972), The Last American Hero (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Viva Knievel! (1977). He also appeared on TV shows Mannix, The Incredible Hulk, and Hill Street Blues.
In The Poseidon Adventure, the tale of an ocean liner capsized by a huge wave, Orsatti played Terry,...
- 9/19/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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By Raymond Benson
Most of the available home video options for the works of Buster Keaton consist of his classic—and brilliant—independent films of the 1920s… movies like Our Hospitality, Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, The General, Steamboat Bill Jr., among other features and many shorts. These have separately been repackaged and restored recently by companies like Kino Video and Cohen Media Group.
Now The Criterion Collection is grabbing a corner of the Buster Keaton market with the release of two of his pictures from the late 1920s, after the actor/director was forced to close his indie studio and sign a contract with MGM in order to survive. That’s right, Criterion’s new Blu-ray release of The Cameraman is a double feature! You get not only The Cameraman, Keaton’s 1928 first feature with MGM, but also the second title made with the studio,...
By Raymond Benson
Most of the available home video options for the works of Buster Keaton consist of his classic—and brilliant—independent films of the 1920s… movies like Our Hospitality, Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, The General, Steamboat Bill Jr., among other features and many shorts. These have separately been repackaged and restored recently by companies like Kino Video and Cohen Media Group.
Now The Criterion Collection is grabbing a corner of the Buster Keaton market with the release of two of his pictures from the late 1920s, after the actor/director was forced to close his indie studio and sign a contract with MGM in order to survive. That’s right, Criterion’s new Blu-ray release of The Cameraman is a double feature! You get not only The Cameraman, Keaton’s 1928 first feature with MGM, but also the second title made with the studio,...
- 6/5/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The great Larry Wilmore joins us to share some very personal double features.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
1917 (2019)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Duck Soup (1933)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
A Night At The Opera (1935)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Parallax View (1974)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Jaws (1975)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Party (1968)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Richard Pryor: Live In Concert (1979)
Richard Pryor: Live And Smokin’ (1971)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Lenny (1974)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Lolita (1962)
Caligula (1979)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The Elephant Man (1980)
What Would Jack Do? (2020)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Apartment (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
1917 (2019)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Duck Soup (1933)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
A Night At The Opera (1935)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Parallax View (1974)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Jaws (1975)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Party (1968)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Richard Pryor: Live In Concert (1979)
Richard Pryor: Live And Smokin’ (1971)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Lenny (1974)
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Lolita (1962)
Caligula (1979)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The Elephant Man (1980)
What Would Jack Do? (2020)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Apartment (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid...
- 3/10/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
We’ve had a lot of Sherlock Holmes adaptations over the years, and it seems we’re entering a new era of them. But this time, the twist is that they’ll have a young adult bent. Millie Bobby Brown is starring in Warner Bros.’ Enola Holmes movie, for instance, as Sherlock’s younger sister, and we’ve also now caught wind that Netflix is developing another teen-oriented Holmesian reboot titled Sherlock Junior.
According to our sources – the same ones who told us Disney is doing an Aladdin sequel and Lethal Weapon 5 is in the works with Danny Glover and Mel Gibson, both of which have since been confirmed – the streaming giant is working on a fresh, contemporary reworking of Holmes and Watson. The synopsis we’ve been given, meanwhile, teases the film focusing on a modern day young John Watson as teams up with British expatriate and his new neighbor,...
According to our sources – the same ones who told us Disney is doing an Aladdin sequel and Lethal Weapon 5 is in the works with Danny Glover and Mel Gibson, both of which have since been confirmed – the streaming giant is working on a fresh, contemporary reworking of Holmes and Watson. The synopsis we’ve been given, meanwhile, teases the film focusing on a modern day young John Watson as teams up with British expatriate and his new neighbor,...
- 1/31/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Medically speaking, Labyrinth of Cinema shouldn’t exist. The doctors who, three years ago, diagnosed director Nobuhiko Obayashi with terminal lung cancer gave him only months to live, not enough time to see Hanagatami—his lifelong dream project, which was just about to begin production when he got the bad news—through to fruition, let alone sufficient time to complete a follow-up feature. But rather like cinema itself, Obayashi continues to defy prognostications of imminent death. That is not to say, however, that he’s blithely unconcerned about what lies ahead: like the films that comprise his War Trilogy, Obayashi’s newest work treats the continued life of the moving image as an urgent moral question. In fact, in light of the times, it might be the only question. Somewhere amid the flurry of title cards, dedications, and salutations that opens Labyrinth of Cinema, Obayashi cites a few lines from early Shōwa-era poet Chūya Nakahara,...
- 1/28/2020
- MUBI
Sam Mendes’ acclaimed World War I epic “1917” graphically shows how the Great War was indeed hell. And numerous actors and filmmakers were there on the front lines or bravely engaging in dogfights in the sky over France. Just as Mendes’ illustrates in “1917,” the combat took its toll on these soldiers who went on to fame in feature films. Numerous were wounded, gassed and even were POWs. Needless to say, the majority were never the same.
Here’s a look at 10 actors, who became stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood, who participated in World War I
Humphrey Bogart
Long before he uttered “Here’s looking at you kid” in 1942’s “Casablanca,” the Oscar-winning superstar was a teenager when he enlisted in the Navy in May of 1918 where he was assigned to the ship the Leviathan. And it was during this time, he suffered the injury that created the scar on...
Here’s a look at 10 actors, who became stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood, who participated in World War I
Humphrey Bogart
Long before he uttered “Here’s looking at you kid” in 1942’s “Casablanca,” the Oscar-winning superstar was a teenager when he enlisted in the Navy in May of 1918 where he was assigned to the ship the Leviathan. And it was during this time, he suffered the injury that created the scar on...
- 12/30/2019
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
” There is an old proverb which says: Don’t try to do two things at once and expect to do justice to both. This is the story of a boy who tried it. While employed as a moving picture operator in a small town theater he was also studying to be a detective.”
Sherlock Jr. (1924) starring Buster Keaton will be screening at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 E Lockwood Ave) on November 15th at 7:30pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. The film will be accompanied by The Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra. It will be shown with the 22-minute short industrial film Won By A Sweet from 1929. Tickets are $20 and can be found Here
St. Louis’ Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra — a longtime fest favorite — returns to Sliff with original scores and live accompaniment for not one but two silent films: a classic Buster Keaton comedy,...
Sherlock Jr. (1924) starring Buster Keaton will be screening at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 E Lockwood Ave) on November 15th at 7:30pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. The film will be accompanied by The Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra. It will be shown with the 22-minute short industrial film Won By A Sweet from 1929. Tickets are $20 and can be found Here
St. Louis’ Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra — a longtime fest favorite — returns to Sliff with original scores and live accompaniment for not one but two silent films: a classic Buster Keaton comedy,...
- 10/28/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Buster Keaton is the essence of movies." -Werner Herzog. Cohen Media Group has debuted the first official trailer for The Great Buster: A Celebration, a documentary about the iconic silent era actor/filmmaker Buster Keaton. Directed by fellow filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, the film looks back at his entire career, with restorations of archival works, as well as interviews with his friends, family, collaborators, and a broad array of artists. Bogdanovich's personal dive into the Keaton archives reveals a visionary artist who put everything on the line for a laugh in such treasured films as The General (1926), Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928), Sherlock Jr. (1924), and so many others. This has already played at the Telluride and Venice Film Festivals, and it will be showing in select Us theaters next month. A must watch documentary for every true cinephile. Here's the official trailer for Peter Bogdanovich's doc The Great Buster: A Celebration, from...
- 9/25/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
A recent article (based on a very unscientific poll) argued that millennials don’t really care about old movies. Maybe that’s true, and maybe it isn’t, but the fact remains that many people disregard classic cinema on principle. These people are missing out, but it only takes one film — the right film — to change their minds and forever alter their viewing habits.
This week’s question: What is one classic film you would recommend to someone who doesn’t watch them?
Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker), Hello Beautiful, /Film, Thrillist, etc
“Rebel Without a Cause.” I’ll out myself by saying that I’ve only recently seen this film...
A recent article (based on a very unscientific poll) argued that millennials don’t really care about old movies. Maybe that’s true, and maybe it isn’t, but the fact remains that many people disregard classic cinema on principle. These people are missing out, but it only takes one film — the right film — to change their minds and forever alter their viewing habits.
This week’s question: What is one classic film you would recommend to someone who doesn’t watch them?
Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker), Hello Beautiful, /Film, Thrillist, etc
“Rebel Without a Cause.” I’ll out myself by saying that I’ve only recently seen this film...
- 8/28/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Great news for fans of classic Hollywood as British distributor Eureka! Entertainment has announced a bevvy of new titles joining their Masters of Cinema series and Eureka Classics label. A trio of classic feature films from silent cinema legend Buster Keaton will be released as part of the Masters of Cinema on 16 October, in a limited edition 3-disc hardbound boxset. Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926) and Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) will arrive in new 4K restorations available on Bluray for the very first time. As well as a bounty of supplemental material, the boxset also comes with a 60-page book featuring new and archival writing about Keaton's work, together with rarely seen photographs and lots more. Buster Keaton: 3 Films is limited to...
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- 7/31/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Everyone loves Bb-8, right? It was always a tall order to fill in for legendary bleeping trash can R2-D2, but his symbolic progeny won the hearts of audiences from the second we saw him roll into action in the first trailer for The Force Awakens, and his many funny (and extremely gif-able) moments in the final film went a long way to capturing that classic Star Wars aura.
Thankfully, the little droid that could will be back for more in The Last Jedi and earlier today during a panel at Celebration, director Rian Johnson compared him to none other than slapstick legend Buster Keaton.
“The best advice I had was from [J.J. Abrams’] editors who said you can’t get enough of Bb-8. He’s the Buster Keaton of [The Last Jedi].”
Keaton is one of the greatest physical comedians of all-time – with his death-defying stunts in films like Sherlock Jr., The General and Steamboat Bill,...
Thankfully, the little droid that could will be back for more in The Last Jedi and earlier today during a panel at Celebration, director Rian Johnson compared him to none other than slapstick legend Buster Keaton.
“The best advice I had was from [J.J. Abrams’] editors who said you can’t get enough of Bb-8. He’s the Buster Keaton of [The Last Jedi].”
Keaton is one of the greatest physical comedians of all-time – with his death-defying stunts in films like Sherlock Jr., The General and Steamboat Bill,...
- 4/14/2017
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Sean Wilson Jan 16, 2017
From the BBC's Sherlock, through Disney, Hans Zimmer and Young Sherlock Holmes: we salute the music of Mr Holmes...
Few characters have enjoyed as much reinvention as Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth Sherlock Holmes, an enduring icon who is as much bound up with the history of cinema (and indeed stage, TV and radio) as he is with literature. Indeed, adaptations of Holmes stories stretch right the way back to the earliest days of film at the start of the 20th century. Fittingly enough given Holmes' penchant for a violin serenade, the musical scores to his adventures are as richly varied as the outcomes to his mysteries are unexpected. Here are Holmes' musical highlights, from Buster Keaton through to Benedict Cumberbatch.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Not, strictly speaking, a Sherlock movie but as the title implies, the legacy of the character casts a long shadow over Buster Keaton's silent classic.
From the BBC's Sherlock, through Disney, Hans Zimmer and Young Sherlock Holmes: we salute the music of Mr Holmes...
Few characters have enjoyed as much reinvention as Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth Sherlock Holmes, an enduring icon who is as much bound up with the history of cinema (and indeed stage, TV and radio) as he is with literature. Indeed, adaptations of Holmes stories stretch right the way back to the earliest days of film at the start of the 20th century. Fittingly enough given Holmes' penchant for a violin serenade, the musical scores to his adventures are as richly varied as the outcomes to his mysteries are unexpected. Here are Holmes' musical highlights, from Buster Keaton through to Benedict Cumberbatch.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Not, strictly speaking, a Sherlock movie but as the title implies, the legacy of the character casts a long shadow over Buster Keaton's silent classic.
- 1/15/2017
- Den of Geek
Before CGI and computer graphics, Hollywood had to get creative to make special effects work. A lot of the stunts in early films look downright dangerous, especially when you can’t imagine how they were pulled off, like this scene starring Buster Keaton in Sherlock, Jr.
Buster Keaton seamlessly combines a matte shot and a crazy stunt in Sherlock Jr. (1924) pic.twitter.com/kSA9hMkcQg
— Silent Movie Gifs (@silentmoviegifs) January 7, 2017
Nothing was as dangerous as it looked, however. There were several tricks that cinematographers created to give the illusion of realistic danger without hurting stars like Keaton or Charlie Chaplin. The fascinating Twitter account Silent Movie Gifs shows behind-the-scenes footage on how they pulled these off.
For example, the above stunt was pulled off by doing this:
By placing a plate of glass partially painted black in front of the camera, Keaton on the motorcycle was filmed separately ...
Buster Keaton seamlessly combines a matte shot and a crazy stunt in Sherlock Jr. (1924) pic.twitter.com/kSA9hMkcQg
— Silent Movie Gifs (@silentmoviegifs) January 7, 2017
Nothing was as dangerous as it looked, however. There were several tricks that cinematographers created to give the illusion of realistic danger without hurting stars like Keaton or Charlie Chaplin. The fascinating Twitter account Silent Movie Gifs shows behind-the-scenes footage on how they pulled these off.
For example, the above stunt was pulled off by doing this:
By placing a plate of glass partially painted black in front of the camera, Keaton on the motorcycle was filmed separately ...
- 1/13/2017
- by Stephanie Weber
- avclub.com
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher will be buried among many other famous stars at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
Reynolds’s son and Fisher’s younger brother Todd Fisher told ABC’s 20/20 that he is planning a joint service with Billie Lourd, 24, his niece and Fisher’s daughter. According to Todd, his mother and sister will be buried “among friends,” at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Fisher, 60, was aboard an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 23, when she went into cardiac arrest. She later died that following Tuesday in the hospital. Reynolds died a...
Reynolds’s son and Fisher’s younger brother Todd Fisher told ABC’s 20/20 that he is planning a joint service with Billie Lourd, 24, his niece and Fisher’s daughter. According to Todd, his mother and sister will be buried “among friends,” at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Fisher, 60, was aboard an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 23, when she went into cardiac arrest. She later died that following Tuesday in the hospital. Reynolds died a...
- 12/31/2016
- by Blake Bakkila
- PEOPLE.com
All hail Buster Keaton! The Great Stone Face's pre-feature output is a comedic treasure trove that allows us to watch a performing genius perfect his filmic persona. Lobster's all-new restorations debut some alternate scenes and fix a number of broken jump cuts. It's the whole shebang -- the earlier Fatty Arbuckle shorts and Buster's later solo efforts. Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray Kino Classics 1917-1923 / B&W / 1:37 flat Silent Ap / 738 min. / Street Date May 24, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 59.95 Starring Buster Keaton, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. . Original Music Robert Israel, Donald Sosin, Stephen Horne, Timothy Brock, Neil Brand, The Mont Alto Orchestra, Sandra Wong, Günther Buchwald, Dennis Scott Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle & Buster Keaton
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
What's this, a full compilation of Buster Keaton Shorts? Kino has released sets of these before, including a 3-disc Blu-ray package from back in the summer of 2011 and overseen by Kino's Bret Wood.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
What's this, a full compilation of Buster Keaton Shorts? Kino has released sets of these before, including a 3-disc Blu-ray package from back in the summer of 2011 and overseen by Kino's Bret Wood.
- 5/21/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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I’m of the firm belief that films work most effectively when their runtime is 90 minutes or less. It forces an economy of story and dialogue which propels the film into its best self. No bloated middle, extended ending, or wasted stories here. This goes double for comedies. They should never outstay their welcome. But they seem to be getting longer, as we recently pointed out here.
So to refresh your movie comedy palette, here are 25 films that are 90 minutes or under. I’ve tried to avoid the more obvious ones, and shine a light on those comedies which might have gone a bit unappreciated over the years, but are well worth a hour and a half of your time. This lean runtime isn’t a guarantee of greatness of course,...
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Need a good laugh, but only got an hour and a half? Might we recommend this little lot...
I’m of the firm belief that films work most effectively when their runtime is 90 minutes or less. It forces an economy of story and dialogue which propels the film into its best self. No bloated middle, extended ending, or wasted stories here. This goes double for comedies. They should never outstay their welcome. But they seem to be getting longer, as we recently pointed out here.
So to refresh your movie comedy palette, here are 25 films that are 90 minutes or under. I’ve tried to avoid the more obvious ones, and shine a light on those comedies which might have gone a bit unappreciated over the years, but are well worth a hour and a half of your time. This lean runtime isn’t a guarantee of greatness of course,...
- 3/2/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Leave it to the Brits to compile a list of the best American films of all-time. BBC Culture has published a list of what it calls "The 100 Greatest American Films", as selected by 62 international film critics in order to "get a global perspective on American film." As BBC Culture notes, the critics polled represent a combination of broadcasters, book authors and reviewers at various newspapers and magazines across the world. As for what makes an American filmc "Any movie that received funding from a U.S. source," BBC Culture's publication states, which is to say the terminology was quite loose, but the list contains a majority of the staples you'd expect to see. Citizen Kane -- what elsec -- comes in at #1, and in typical fashion The Godfather follows at #2. Vertigo, which in 2012 topped Sight & Sound's list of the greatest films of all-time, comes in at #3 on BBC Culture's list.
- 7/21/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
The first and most important thing that happened as a result of the staging of "Sticks and Stones" at the Met Theater as part of the Act One Festival was that Scott Swan and I got our first agent. Barbara Baruch worked for Ambrosio/Mortimer, a smaller boutique agency at the time, and from the moment we met her, she seemed like what I imagined an agent to be. She was nurturing, she was a cheerleader, she was a ballbuster, and she was always, always, always in our corner. Our time with her was unfortunately too short, and by the time the agency imploded in accusations of embezzlement, we were already repped by Gersh out of New York. Barbara was first, though, and she was the first one to start pushing people to come see our show and to read our work. The strangest thing about those early days is...
- 6/11/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The College of Performing Arts at The New School will present the first annual UnSilent Film Night, in which music ensembles from the College's performing arts schools-the Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz, and the School of Drama-will perform live with screenings of landmark silent films. This inaugural program, hosted by Matthew Broderick, marks the debut of the Mannes Theatre Orchestra, which, under the baton of Charles Neidich, will perform a new score by Craig Marks to the Buster Keaton film Sherlock Jr. 1924. The screeningconcert will also feature the School of Jazz Improvisation Ensemble, led by Alexis Cuadrado, presenting the premiere of Cuadrado's original score to the 1917 Charlie Chaplin classic The Immigrant.
- 4/9/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
“A Madcap Manhattan Weekend”
By Raymond Benson
Easily one of Woody Allen’s best films, The Purple Rose of Cairo, released in 1985, is a treat. It’s got laughs and pathos and is an excellent treatise on the conflict between fantasy and reality. Purple Rose represents a period when Allen was at the peak of his powers, when he was considered one of America’s greatest auteurs, and before there was the stigma of scandal hovering over his work. In 1985, Allen could do no wrong, and The Purple Rose of Cairo does everything right.
Allen doesn’t appear in the film. The picture belongs to Mia Farrow, and she delivers one of her best and most poignant performances as Cecilia, a meek and unhappy housewife/waitress in New Jersey during the Depression area. She is married to Monk (Danny Aiello), who is abusive and pays little attention to her needs.
By Raymond Benson
Easily one of Woody Allen’s best films, The Purple Rose of Cairo, released in 1985, is a treat. It’s got laughs and pathos and is an excellent treatise on the conflict between fantasy and reality. Purple Rose represents a period when Allen was at the peak of his powers, when he was considered one of America’s greatest auteurs, and before there was the stigma of scandal hovering over his work. In 1985, Allen could do no wrong, and The Purple Rose of Cairo does everything right.
Allen doesn’t appear in the film. The picture belongs to Mia Farrow, and she delivers one of her best and most poignant performances as Cecilia, a meek and unhappy housewife/waitress in New Jersey during the Depression area. She is married to Monk (Danny Aiello), who is abusive and pays little attention to her needs.
- 2/21/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
There are roughly 900,000 tribute pieces online this week about the 1985 John Hughes film "The Breakfast Club," and I understand the motivation. If you were the right age when the film was released (I was 15 at the time), that movie felt like a lightning bolt right to the face. Hughes treated teenagers like they were actual people with complex emotional lives worthy of respect, and while that would seem to be a logical approach to writing about any character, it certainly didn't feel average when he did it. He wrote about that secret world of teenagers with what felt like laser accuracy, and he basically created an entire industry of movies that tried to tap into that same audience. So certainly, there is much to celebrate when looking back at that particular film, but when I went to look at a list of the films that came out in 1985, a year...
- 2/20/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The American Film Institute is probably best known for those lists of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time (y'know... if it's an American production in some way). Well, every year they hold their own awards, because every group of people has to have awards. They recognize the ten best films (for this year, it's eleven due to a tie) and the ten best television programs of the year. There are not winners in these categories, but each one gets celebrated. On that front, I kind of like the AFI approach to awards. Along with the awards, AFI has put together this four and a half minute montage chronicling the last 120 years of film. Now, it would be ridiculous to cover every single year. Instead, they start with 1894's Strong Man and jump every ten years, showcasing films like Rear Window, The Godfather: Part II, Pulp Fiction, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind...
- 1/12/2015
- by Mike Shutt
- Rope of Silicon
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