Performing Arts
Hopping Vampires and Other Screen Bloodsuckers
Forget Twilight and True Blood, these overlooked vampire gems are perfect for Halloween viewing
October 28, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
“Chinglish” Dramatizes China-U.S. Muddles
In the new Broadway play by David Henry Hwang, an American in Beijing misinterpreting the signs
October 28, 2011 |
By Susan Spano
3-D Movies Through the Years
The current craze has its roots in the 19th century
October 26, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Mixing Movies and Politics
From Mrs. Miniver to Avatar, how big studio films have influenced public opinion
October 24, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Thomas Edison’s Brief Stint As A Homemaker
The famous inventor envisioned a future of inexpensive, prefabricated concrete homes.
October 21, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
George Clooney Meets the Press
The star campaigns for two new movies, one of which might win him an Oscar
October 19, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
To Save and Project: Screening Restored Movies
A film festival at MoMA highlights those titles, either beloved and well-known or obscure yet fascinating, that may never reach the home market
October 14, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Joe Temperley’s Ageless Sax
The Scottish baritone saxophone musician recalls his 60-year career and the famous singers he’s accompanied
October 13, 2011 |
By Jeff Greenwald
Celebrating Home Movie Day
Is there really no such thing as a boring or banal home movie?
October 12, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Dinosaur Drive-In: Tammy and the T-Rex
A 1990s high school romance flick takes an odd turn when an animatronic dinosaur gets the Frankenstein treatment
October 12, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Classic Movie Theaters: The Colonial, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
A recurring series about movie theaters of the past
October 07, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Science on Screen: Explaining Why Zombies Want to Eat You and Other Mysteries of Life
A film series examines how movies make use of science
October 05, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
The Mickey Hart Collection in Rhythm with the World
Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart's curates a 25-album series of world music for Smithsonian Folkways that drops next week
October 05, 2011 |
By Jeff Campagna
Restoring Ben-Hur: Catherine Wyler Reminisces About her Father’s Biggest Film
A million-dollar restoration will help introduce the Oscar-winning film to a new audience
September 30, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Playing It Again: The Big Business of Re-Releases
How rereleases drove—and still drive—the film industry
September 28, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
From Toronto to New York: The Fall Film Festivals
The fall film festival lineup is filled with avant garde movies and Oscar contenders
September 23, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Out Where the West Begins
A new boxed DVD set examines the history of the West in films.
September 21, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Dinosaur Drive-In: Raptor
In it's own weird way, Raptor is the matryoshka doll of awful dinosaur cinema
September 21, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Celebrating the Nicholas Brothers
A compilation tribute to the extraordinary dance team of Fayard and Harold Nicholas
September 16, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Remembering Robert Breer and Donald Krim
Looking at the careers of an avant-garde animator and a crucial film distributor
September 14, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
