Backlots Posted by Lara on May 30, 2014

This evening’s kickoff for the 19th annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival was an event of epic proportions. In honor of the anniversary of World War I, the festival opened with the monumental Rex Ingram/Rudolph Valentino collaboration The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), a movie t   read more

Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on May 29, 2014

The film responsible for the tango craze and gaucho pants. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) I am embarrassed to admit that until tonight, I had never seen a Rudolf Valentino picture in its entirely; only sepia-toned clips in histories of film documentaries and such. N   read more