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I recently had the pleasure to speak to some of Toronto’s talented musicians who sit regularly sit down and provide musical accompaniment at silent film screenings. As silent film fans know, the best way to see a silent is in a theatre, with an audience, and live musical accompaniment, and To read more

This is going to sound terribly narcissistic but often as I’m flipping through my RSS feeds I see a new post and think “Oh that sounds interesting!” Then it turns out to be my own. Wait, maybe that just makes me sound a bit senile? At any rate, and in my defense, there are a lot o read more

This is going to sound terribly narcissistic but often as I’m flipping through my RSS feeds I see a new post and think “Oh that sounds interesting!” Then it turns out to be my own. Wait, maybe that just makes me sound a bit senile? At any rate, and in my defense, there are a lot o read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. My Weddings in Film series explores the different stages of getting married as seen through classic movies. The first film, Seven Chances (1925), starts at the very begi read more

While many avid readers are opposed to their favorite books being butchered by serious plot changes and mediocre actors, I’m not opposed to film adaptations in the least. I find enjoyment in comparing books with their film counterparts, as you may have guessed by reading TMP (especially this m read more

This is June’s edition of Comet Over Hollywood’s classic film references in music videos. In honor of Marilyn Monroe’s 86th birthday on Friday, June 1,  Comet is spotlighting a Madonna’s 1985 music video “Material Girl.” I remember seeing this music video when I was read more

Just when you think summer is here to stay the weather devolves into a rainy, chilly mess. Fortunately, Pretty Clever Film Gal has been on a bit of an order/recording bender lately, so she’s got no end of indoor pursuits to keep her amused. Hopefully it’s sunny and warm where you are, b read more

Just when you think summer is here to stay the weather devolves into a rainy, chilly mess. Fortunately, Pretty Clever Film Gal has been on a bit of an order/recording bender lately, so she’s got no end of indoor pursuits to keep her amused. Hopefully it’s sunny and warm where you are, b read more

Eisenstein’s The Film Sense is a book I had never even seen in print anywhere before. I happened to find it when I was in Brazil searching through a rather large bookstore’s film section. You know a bookstore is good when you find many foreign language offerings, and I was able to pick u read more

Previously I had heard from one of my professors that few student films he ever saw were good in and of themselves. Meaning that no student caveat was needed. I believe he cited Scorsese as one of the few exceptions. Now, I’ve finally viewed some examples: First, a New Wave-inspired taleR read more

by Kendra Bean I’ve been obsessed with the movies for as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until my freshman year of college that I really learned to appreciate them. The film class at Sierra College in Rocklin, California was an elective course that attracted the lazy-minded, and those wanderin read more

Summer is officially on in Toronto, friends and neighbors! The pools are open, the barbeques are fired, and the Cup finals are a wash (the Kings and the Rangers, puh-lease). And this if of course a perfect day for… sitting in a dark theatre or on a cozy couch and watching movies? Yes, yes it read more

Summer is officially on in Toronto, friends and neighbors! The pools are open, the barbeques are fired, and the Cup finals are a wash (the Kings and the Rangers, puh-lease). And this if of course a perfect day for… sitting in a dark theatre or on a cozy couch and watching movies? Yes, yes it read more

My grandma owned Gone with the Wind in a two-tape VHS set much like this one. (Image via etsy.com) I distinctly remember the first time that I watched Gone with the Wind. My family was living in Nashville at the time, and I was in elementary school. My grandma decided while watching my sister and I read more

Hey everyone! As you may have noticed, there’s no blog this week.  Instead, I had the fun challenge of discussing the eight “Harry Potter” movies in 300 words over at the Film Fresh blog.  Not an easy task, I assure you. Film Fresh is a movie-streaming website with the kind of dive read more

On August 22, 2011, on a now-defunct personal blog, I published this FR (S) review of George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story.  A recent conversation about watching old movies on PBS in the pre-cable era got me thinking about this film, which I first saw on PBS with my late grandmother … read more

Here’s one by Jim Henson and I swear that even if I hadn’t told you that you’d likely have guessed. This is pre-Muppets and Sesame Street but his author’s voice is the same. This film was commissioned so there’s some background which needs to be given. I have quoted the read more

  Okay, so I’m sure most of you know about the For the Love of Film Blogathon to benefit the National Film Preservation Foundation. And I’m sure most of you know that Pretty Clever Film Gal was totally in for it! I mean totally in. And I’m sure many of you are also familiar w read more

In the interest of drumming up more support for the For the Love of Film fundraiser, I have decided to dedicate today's Classic Links to Hitchcock. I didn't need to dig deep to find lots of interesting information. Hitchcock may remain as much in the news today as he did when he was making movies. read more

Christine Clay (Pamela Carme) is a film star on the rise. Her husband, who has apparently been away for several years, accuses her of cheating on him with other men. A fiery confrontation during a heavy storm ends with Christine slapping her husband several times, after which he goes out onto the ba read more