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At 11:30 a.m. (ET) on Saturday, June 28, Aereo suspended service to subscribers in the eleven U.S. television markets it served – including as many as 135,000 in New York City. I was one of them. For me, the Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday that the company violated U.S. copyright law by retransmit read more

Was recently reminded of this short. It has the accolades, but had it not been for Michigan’s 90s cameos and his stint as mascot for the WB Network he might by far less renowned now than he is. Michigan J. Frog – 1955 – One Froggy Evening from Ikarus on Vimeo. read more

By Fritzi Kramer on June 28, 2014 in Article, Blog, The Lighter Side Hey, let’s have some fun! I saw the $15 Casting Challenge over at The Motion Pictures and decided to swipe it for the silent era. Here are the rules that were put forth: (Do check out Lindsey’s original for a classic H read more

This is a series about films that have tempted my palate and inspired me to expand my culinary horizons. The inaugural post on this topic could not have started with any other film besides The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Now not only is it a pivotal scenes in the film read more

By Fritzi Kramer on June 27, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review A sort of orphanage-western-drama-comedy, Zander the Great was one of Marion Davies’ big hits and her first film for the newly-merged MGM. She is an orphan who takes in a small boy and then sets out in search of his fathe read more

This is my entry in the MGM Blogathon, hosted by silver Scenes. Click HERE for more, more, more about the greatest studio of Hollywood's greatest age.  Hear me roar! With more stars than the heavens, MGM supported their stars with the crème de la crème of directors, writers, set and cos read more

I'm excited to announce that I am both a Grand Juror AND Presenter at the upcoming 2014 La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival! Called the "Cannes of Fashion Films," this festival brings in filmmakers and other fashion industry professionals from all over the world.  As one of the read more

Better late than really, really late, I sometimes say. With that in mind, more than two months after the 2014 Turner Classic Movies film festival (TCMFF) screened its last movie, sold its remaining souvenirs, and served up its final cocktail, I am finally getting around to writing about my experienc read more

By Fritzi Kramer on June 22, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review What a dramatic title! Is it about Salem witch trials? The horrors of war? Terrors unknown? Nope! It is the wacky tale of a wandering wife called Elle and the mysterious detective known only as Z, who has been charged with retu read more

  Today we travel to 1967 in Film for a blogathon co-sponsored by Silver Screenings and The Rosebud Cinema. Canada celebrated its Centennial in 1967 and the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, Expo '67, made Montreal a happening destination.  I received my first wristwatc read more

I think SNL even aired this once, then it popped up again online not too long ago. Mike Judge’s development of Office Space is not unlike a lot of other works inasmuch as it took a few forms. These shorts were all about Milton. In an animated short, an awkward, oppressed doormat can be the foc read more

1967 proved a pivotal year in the movies as it marked the beginning of what was in essence a film revolution.  It was also a great year for standard entertaining fare.  While tensions of war and racial unrest grew throughout the country American audiences were making a definitive shift toward truth read more

If Wait Until Dark (1967) had been filmed 15 years earlier, and in black and white, it would be considered film noir. Wait until dark, indeed. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna, this thriller shows a few short hours in the life of a blind woman whose life is turned upside down b read more

The late 1960s were a turbulent time of new cultures, changing norms, and shifting values, and one place that was immediately obvious was in Hollywood. With the downfall of the studio system, the impending doom of the Code, and the radical growth of political cinema around the world, the American read more

Hannay (Robert Donat) and the spy Like most of us, I’m not fond of clichés, of dark and stormy nights and ladies in distress, of hearts described as broken, or stomachs filled with butterflies. But when watching classic films, I sometimes find that what was then original has today become commonplace read more

Like most of us, I’m not fond of clichés, of dark and stormy nights and ladies in distress, of hearts described as broken, or stomachs gorged with butterflies. But when watching classic films, I sometimes find that what was then original has today become commonplace. The 39 Steps includes many of read more

The city of Chicago, Illinois has been featured in hundreds of theatrical films. There's no other big city that looks (or feels) like Chicago. You can't fake Chicago--although that hasn't stopped a number of producers and directors from trying in recent years. WORLD FILM LOCATIONS--CHICAGO, edited read more

The city of Chicago, Illinois has been featured in hundreds of theatrical films. There's no other big city that looks (or feels) like Chicago. You can't fake Chicago--although that hasn't stopped a number of producers and directors from trying in recent years. WORLD FILM LOCATIONS--CHICAGO, edited read more

1967 in Film Blogathon: Bonnie and Clyde Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty star in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Let me begin this blogathon post by stating the obvious: Bonnie and Clyde is the sort of film that, once seen, makes yourself want to shout out: what the fuck just happened?? But, if yo read more

By Fritzi Kramer on June 15, 2014 in Blog, Feature, Silent Movie Review Moscow is in the grips of highly contagious disease: Chess Fever! An ongoing chess tournament has turned Russia’s addiction to the game into a frenzy. One young man in particular has a dire case. In fact, it’s so ba read more