Topic: Buster Keaton

Several short films from well-known directors premiered in Tallinn, Estonia, last month but they'll never be seen again. The minute-long pics...

The Artist Silent Film

The Artist Silent Film . There's a lot of Oscar buzz around The Artist, a 2011 silent film written and directed by Michael Hazanavicius. A...

He'll never quit

0 View Larger Image . A bit of cinema history comes to San Francisco on Friday with the release of Jackie Chan's 100th film - just two weeks after...

TV noir

0 . The fall TV season has begun, and there are retro shows - "Pan Am," "The Playboy Club" - and groundbreaking noirish shows - "Breaking Bad,"...

Picture of revival in Pelham

In its 90 years, the Pelham Picture House has survived everything from the Great Depression to wacky 1970s decor to near demolition.. . Now, after...
Islamic beauty. Join Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya as he reads from his new novel, "The Storyteller of Marrakesh," about the beauty of Islamic culture.7...
(Buster Keaton in a scene from his classic, The General, to be screened Oct. 29 and 30 at a concert by Seventeen Voyces) Kevin Reeves, director of...
1. Call it philanthropy times three, with a funnybone: The Second City Comedy Benefit for Pakistan Flood Relief brings together Zaib Shaikh (Little...
There are many, many actors and directors coming to this year's Toronto International Film Festival. It's a challenge to talk to everyone, so we...

How Stuntmen Work

The action hero leaps from the roof of a building and grabs onto a hovering helicopter. Then he drops to the seat of a convertible, fires the...