The Year 1897 in Film: The Debuts of Vitagraph, Mitchell & Kenyon, Denmark and Venezuela
A review of significant events and principle players in the year 1897 in film. Includes a YouTube playlist of 275 films.
Category: British Cinema
The Year 1905 in Film: The Debuts of Max Linder, China, Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia
A review of significant events in the year 1905 in film and profiles of the principle players behind them. Includes a YouTube playlist of over 13 hours.
The Year 1907 in Film: The Debuts of Éclair, Essanay and Kalem
A review of significant events in the year 1907 in film and profiles of the principle players behind them. Includes a YouTube playlist of nearly 18 hours.
The Year 1896 in Film: The Debuts of Georges Méliès, Pathé frères, American Mutoscope, Gaumont and Argentina
A review of significant events and principle players in the year 1896 in film. Includes a YouTube playlist of 256 films.
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1976-1983)
Film review by Dan Willard. The first three films by Terence Davies, the British director known for The House of Mirth (2000) and Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988).
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Film review by Dan Willard. Though visually impressive with good performances by Conrad Veidt and Sabu, coming to this as an adult I can only regard the film as juvenile popcorn fare.
Journey’s End (1930)
Film review by Dan Willard. Though shot in Hollywood to take advantage of the new sound stages, this British production marks the debut of James Whale as a film director and is Colin Clive’s first screen appearance.
