The whole idea of a Silent Film Smackdown or kickboxing match to pronounce a "winner" in the end is an act bordering on a level of absurdity so profound its virtually without equal. At the same time the idea of bunching these two supernatural films together just set upon me five minutes ago

A rare peek at the lighter side of the man. (IMG: Fox films) Cinema to me will always be embodied by the DNA of the output of two men: James Whale in the sound era, and F.W. Murnau in the silent era. This isn't necessarily because I claim historical supremacy of these two particular men above

Versus the manic pace that the world of silent cinema once presented to the collector via the endless number of releases in the period running roughly 2000-2009--I want to point out that I am specifically talking about the realm of home video on digital disc--the present market is very slender

The first of the year's truly critical home video releases has arrived, and it is one incredibly mixed bag of emotions.  On one hand we have the superatomic orgasm that constitutes the result of digesting the news that Variete itself has been restored on 35mm fine grain and scanned at HD and coded