This is my last update of the year, and only the second that doesn't feature a new podcast episode. From now on, updates will contin...

The Favorites  is a series briefly exploring films I love, to find out what makes them - and me - tick. Gone With the Wind (1939/USA/dir...

The Favorites  is a series briefly exploring films I love, to find out what makes them - and me - tick. The Civil War (1990/USA/dir. Ken...

Think of it like those old early thirties posters, advertising the vocal debut of some silent film star: "Lincoln Talks!" We...

This is an entry in "The Big Ones," a series covering 32 classic films for the first time on The Dancing Image. There are spo...

Gone With the Wind , 1939, directed by Victor Fleming (with uncredited assistance from George Cukor and Sam Wood) Story: In an age of ...

In 1915, D.W. Griffith released a masterwork, a full-length feature film with historical sweep, intimate detail, and a nimbleness unseen in ...