The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 27, 2017

In June 1941, right before turning nineteen years old, Eleanor Parker signed on as a contract player at Warner Bros. She had just finished a year at the Pasadena Playhouse. Parker started acting in high school and had been dodging studio screen tests since she was fifteen; she wanted to...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on February 7, 2016

In a dream, in a place and time that never changes, in a piece of film, that is my safe place. No matter how uncertain the world, I can count on: C.C. Baxter and Miss Kubelik playing gin The Little Tramp's joy at realizing the Blind Girl can see Eve...   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on April 21, 2015

Digital power has brought motion pictures to a new audience.  The discs (or the next format) gives us all an opportunity to hold motion picture history.  The recent TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles may have looked at first glance like it was going backward from that. THE RETURN...   read more

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on October 5, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on October 5, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Husband and wife acting duo Mary Pickford and Owen Moore share the screen in this short film about marriage, infidelity and tastes of one’s own medicine. This trifle is a rare example of Pickford’s work during her...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on December 15, 2013

During this past 61 Days of Halloween I discovered a new, and great Lovecraft adaptation. It was produced in Germany and titled Die Farbe, or as it is know here The Color Out of Space. Albeit another adaptation of this oft retold tale it has its own slant and a...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 22, 2012

2011 might have been called the year of the Muppets. With the new movie, The Muppets, hitting theaters back around Thanksgiving, newspapers, magazines, and the internet were all in the throes of Muppet mania. After years on the cultural back burner, Muppets were suddenly in the spotlight again, and   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 22, 2012

2011 might have been called the year of the Muppets. With the new movie, The Muppets, hitting theaters back around Thanksgiving, newspapers, magazines, and the internet were all in the throes of Muppet mania. After years on the cultural back burner, Muppets were suddenly in the spotlight again, and   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on January 22, 2012

2011 might have been called the year of the Muppets. With the new movie, The Muppets, hitting theaters back around Thanksgiving, newspapers, magazines, and the internet were all in the throes of Muppet mania. After years on the cultural back burner, Muppets were suddenly in the spotlight again, and   read more