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UPDATE #4: My Obsessive-Compulsive Guide to the TCM Classic Film Festival

Posted on April 8, 2013 by willmckinley

(UPDATES are in italics.) This is something I look forward to – and dread – all year long. Now that the schedule for the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival has finally been released, the impossible choices must begin. And, with … Continue reading →

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Screening Report: SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum with John Bengtson, Pierre Etaix and a Sing-along!

Posted on October 21, 2012 by willmckinley

Today’s screening of SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum was delightful, with a sold out house, lots of enthusiastic kids and some special guests. The program began with LOOK PLEASANT PLEASE (1918), a one-reel short recently “rediscovered” and restored by the The … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Forum, Screening Report, Silent Film | Tagged Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum, John Bengtson, LOOK PLEASANT PLEASE, Silent Visions: Discovering Early Hollywood and New York Through the Films of Harold Lloyd, Speedy, Speedy Boy | 4 Comments

Take a Trip to 1920s New York City with Harold Lloyd’s SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum

Posted on October 18, 2012 by willmckinley

I’m a late – but tirelessly enthusiastic – convert to silent movies. Though I’ve always been familiar with Harold Lloyd’s bespectacled visage, my introduction to the films of the so-called “third genius” of silent comedy came just a few years ago. My … Continue reading →