You have expended the energy to tell me I am wrong, why not expend a bit more to let me know the specific way in which I am? “Google the details” is the response of a sloth and a laggard.
The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, 1928 - ★★★
Other than some nice late American-style expressionism, the insight that Hollywood the industry has been crushing dreams since the very beginning is pretty much all we get here.
The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice, 1929 - ★★★
It's pretty interesting to see Man Ray’s fascination with French architectural modernity predate Tati’s lampooning of its newfangled faddishness in Mon oncle by 30 years.
Bordwell and Thompson Best of 90 Years Ago, 1917–1932
The compiled films from the annual best-of lists presented by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell on their blog, Observations on Film Art. Each year they list their favorite 10-or-so films from 90 years earlier.
1917: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2007/12/28/happy-birthday-classical-cinema/
1918: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2008/12/31/the-10-best-films-of-the-year-1918/
1919: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2009/12/30/the-ten-plus-best-films-of-1919/
1920: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2010/12/05/the-ten-best-films-of-1920/
1921: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2011/12/29/the-ten-best-films-of-1921/
1922: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/12/31/the-ten-best-films-of-1922/
1923: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2013/12/29/the-ten-best-films-of-1923/
1924: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2014/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1924/
1925: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2015/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1925/
1926: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2016/12/26/the-ten-best-films-of-1926/
1927: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2017/12/27/the-ten-best-films-of-1927/
1928: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2018/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1928/
1929: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2019/12/26/the-ten-best-films-of-1929/
1930: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2020/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1930/
1931: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2022/01/01/the-ten-best-films-of-1931/
1932: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2022/12/31/the-ten-best-films-of-1932/
- The Clown
- Easy Street
- The Girl from the Marsh Croft
- The Immigrant
- Judex
- The Mystery of the Night of the 24th
- The Narrow Trail
- A Revolutionary
- A Romance of the Redwoods
- A Man There Was
...plus 188 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Cemetery Man, 1994 - ★★★★
Why did this invoke the idea of horror-movie Charlie Kaufman for me? (All the same-looking girlfriends maybe.)
Royal Warriors, 1986 - ★★★
Probably the only movie in cinema's long history where the heroes ride a coffin on rails through a quarry while dodging explosions.
Oh, Doctor!, 1917 - ★½
Probably the weakest of the Arbuckle/Keaton shorts. Not much to redeem this one.
