THE GENERAL (1926)
How to Risk Your Life with a Ten-Ton Steam Engine, Zero Safety Gear, and a Completely Blank Stare It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse…
METROPOLIS (1927)
How to Bankrupt a Movie Studio, Invent Sci-Fi, and Make Rich Men with Monocles Lose Their Minds It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper,…
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)
How to Start a Communist Revolution with Rotten Meat, a Baby Carriage, and Some Serious Editing Flex It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse sandpaper,…
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)
How to Make a Masterpiece by Torturing Your Lead Actress and Building a Castle You Don’t Even Show It’s 3:15 AM. My eyes feel like they’ve been rubbed with coarse…
The Cinematic Wild West: What is the Public Domain?
If you’ve spent any time on this blog, you’ve heard me talk about “Public Domain” films. I treat them like buried treasure—because, quite literally, they are. But what does it…