An Eclectic Film Series invites you to venture into the world of the Silents to discover the world of two star-crossed lovers ...

Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ireland worked as a filmmaker before making the leap into decorating and textile design, propelled by an offhand comment from a ...

The 29th Kansas Silent Film Festival offers free admission to classic films, featuring Buster Keaton's granddaughter.

The surest path for a famous actor to win an Oscar? Play another famous dude. The Academy Awards have long held biopics in high favor, and Oscars have feted many best actor winners for their ...

In the earliest days of movie history, women played key roles on screen and behind the scenes. Dwight Cleveland, author of ...

Professional benshi silent film narrator Ichiro Kataoka and silent film piano accompanist Makia Matsumura performed live at ...

Kathryn M. Ireland’s design career brings new meaning to the term home-schooled. Though officially educated at various British schools, she acquired the knowledge that has fueled her success through ...

The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson is often cited as marking the end of the silent era, with its synchronized recorded music ...

A major retrospective dedicated to Georgian silent cinema is in progress in Paris at the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé. Titled “Georgian Silent Cinema ...

From From Around the World in 80 Days to Green Book, these are the all-time worst Best Picture winners that make us question the Academy's taste.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day throughout the Bay Area with parades, pub crawls, live music, runs and family-friendly festivities happening before, on and after March 17.