The Letter (1929) movie review: Jeanne Eagels delivers a tour de force in creaky yet notable drama that happens to be the Broadway legend’s sole extant talkie.
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The Strongest (1929) movie review: Alf Sjöberg’s first feature is a visually splendid Arctic adventure that moves at glacial speed. Hjalmar Peters stars.
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924) movie review: Semi-historical Fritz Lang epic fantasy is a cinematic masterpiece.
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L’Inhumaine (1924) movie review: Marcel L’Herbier silent is a uniquely modernistic effort mixing sex melodrama, revenge thriller, and science fiction.
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The Cave of the Silken Web (1927) movie review: Long-thought-lost Chinese blockbuster remains intriguing thanks to its focus on several fierce women.
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The Donovan Affair (1929) movie review: Frank Capra’s largely forgotten first all-talkie is now an ‘accidental’ silent. Jack Holt and Agnes Ayres star.
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Ménilmontant (1926) and Emak-Bakia (1927) movie review: Avant-Garde Paris’ memorable offerings for those willing to take a chance.
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Midnight Madness (1928) movie review: Clive Brook and Jacqueline Logan star in one hour of unadulterated melodrama that fails to justify its titillating title.
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The Girl in Tails (1926) movie review: Karin Swanström and Hjalmar Bergman show that to fight oppression women must stand up and scandalize.
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The Canadian (1926) movie review: Thomas Meighan and the rugged Alberta setting are the key reasons to check out William Beaudine’s uneven rural drama.
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The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) movie review: Emil Jannings voraciously chews the Ancient Egypt scenery in this hugely disappointing Ernst Lubitsch epic.
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The Goose Woman (1925) movie review: Louise Dresser delivers a great performance in Clarence Brown’s silent classic. Jack Pickford and Constance Bennett costar.
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Huckleberry Finn movie: Lewis Sargent toplines sentimental William Desmond Taylor effort. Huckleberry Finn (1920) movie review: Sentimental fare directed by eventual murder victim William Desmond Taylor Directed by William Desmond …
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Blood and Sand (1922) movie review: Rudolph Valentino is a stellar Juan Gallardo in Fred Niblo’s silent melodrama. Nita Naldi and Martha Mansfield costar.
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The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927) movie review: G.W. Pabst has created a real mystery of a film in this post-Russian Revolution drama. Edith Jehanne stars.