Farewell, Chris Farley … Conan’s Onanistic Bear … NYPD Blues … Peter...
It’s now an absolutely perfect holiday season because the funniest and at the same time most beautiful comedian of the American screen will be represented by eight-count ‘em, eight!-of the most...
View ArticleThe Man Who Would Do Anything for a Laugh
Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) is about due for resurrection and revaluation now that the roaring 20′s have resurfaced as the booming 90′s and the Film Forum is obliging with nine Mondays dedicated to the...
View ArticleOur Hospitality 1923, and Sherlock Jr. , 1924.
Between 1914 and 1928, people laughed longer, louder and more often than at any other time in history. The reason why is that during those 14 extremely turbulent years around the world, a group of...
View ArticleDVD’s, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables
One-Man Show The two-disc TCM Archives: The Buster Keaton Collection, released this week, picks up where our hero, one of the greatest comedians of silent film’s golden age, is about to pull off what...
View ArticleIt Isn’t Groundhog Day, But Ramis’ Latest Is a Strange Trip
Harold Ramis’ The Ice Harvest, from a screenplay by Richard Russo and Robert Benton, based on the novel by Scott Phillips, plays out as a blacker and bleaker film noir than anything Mr. Ramis, Mr....
View ArticleTributes to a Film Genius: Brave and Ruthless Chaplin
Last year in Paris, I went to a Chaplin exhibit at the Jeu de Paume. There were artifacts, stills, posters and very well done video projections of scenes from his films. One of the scenes being shown...
View ArticleExploring the Meanings of Time and Freedom in Jazz
Jazz at Lincoln Center has been exceptional this season, but that’s hardly surprising: Wynton Marsalis has had a potent inspiration.
View ArticleCan Watching Science Fiction Help Us Answer What It Means to Be Human?
Science fiction, when done right, isn't simply a projection of the future, but rather a timely critique of today's most pressing issues.
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