Benjamin Christensen in HAXAN gives himself the ultimate directorial walk-on, knocking Hitchcock into a cocked hat. (Was this another Paul suggestion? Somebody suggested it. Thanks, somebody!) Well, … more →
shadowplaydcairns wrote 6 months ago: Benjamin Christensen in HAXAN gives himself the ultimate directorial walk-on, knocking Hitchcock in … more →
dcairns wrote 7 months ago: Part 3 of Abel Gance’s AU SECOURS! See previous posts for parts 1 and 2. Silent comedy wa … more →
dcairns wrote 7 months ago: One year on! Shadowplay first hit the cyber-streets on December 1st, 2007. We’ve climbed from … more →
dcairns wrote 7 months ago: My last post of Shadowplay Year One! Comic redundancy in Abel Gance’s AU SECOURS! (HELP!), st … more →
dcairns wrote 8 months ago: The outstanding Max Linder in BE MY WIFE (1921). In order to impress his girlfriend and her uns … more →
Joseph Demme wrote 11 months ago: You can blame this on MovieMan0283 at The Dancing Image for starting this up and T.S. at Screen Savo … more →
Christian Hayes wrote 1 year ago: If your attention was caught by the recent release of La Roue on DVD, then you’ll definitely … more →
Christian Hayes wrote 1 year ago: A very exciting 2-disc DVD has just been released: La Roue (1927), a monumental silent directed by … more →
bennythomas wrote 1 year ago: Napoléon-1927 Napoleon is a remarkable attempt by any filmmaker, by any standards to have embarked u … more →
celluloidrequiem wrote 1 year ago: Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Abel Gance’s anti-war film J’accuse may not offer audiences a pocke … more →