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Release Date:February 12, 1914 Studio:Keystone Director:Henry Lehrman Also Starring:Henry LehrmanChester ConklinMinta DurfeeVirginia Kirtley Tramp:No Worth Watching?As a historical novelty Had I seen a Keystone comedy? asked Mr Kessel. Of course, I had seen several, but I did not tell him that I thought they were a crude mélange of rough and rumble. Chaplin, My Autobiography
Anyone who followed me on Twitter in 2021 probably noticed more posts about Mickey Mouse cartoons than a normal adult should make. I’m not sure I ever fully explained what I was doing. On January 1 of that year, I watched the first Mickey short, Steamboat Willy. On December 31 I watched the most recent, […]
The word of the year is “maximalism.” As we begin to refer to the pandemic in the past tense and crowds return to theaters (a rebuke of 2021’s conventional wisdom that the industry is a relic, as much as the distributors seem intent on ignoring that), the shows on display appear determined to remind audiences […]
Normally every year I make a big write-up of what I think will win and should win at the Oscars. For a variety of reasons I don’t have time to make a granular post this time, unfortunately. But to keep up the tradition I’m going to just dump it here as a list. For the […]
Another year, another rule change. For the first time since 2011, rather than letting some behind-the-scenes math determine the number of Best Picture nominees, there are a flat ten films in the running. The change paid off immediately. It’s always better to recognize more great movies, and almost all of these nominees deserve to be […]
The Academy announced the nominees for this year’s Oscars Tuesday morning. I tried to resist the urge to tweet too much because I’m trying to use the internet less, but, well sometimes duty calls. So I thought I’d lay down my thoughts on the nominations in a more coherent form. I’ll skip the categories where […]