It's summer, time for Shakespeare in the park, blockbusters at the multiplex, and best of all, silent movies with live musical accompaniment. In case you never noticed, your opportunities to enjoy this sublime hybrid of canned and live entertainment increase when the kids are out of school. We have two weekend-long silent film festivals every … Continue reading The Silent Summer Season

Every so often, someone complains about remakes. Not only are they sacrilege--"How dare they fiddle with that masterpiece?"--but they're proof of Hollywood's decline: "No one is capable of an original idea." A lack of original ideas has nothing to do with it. It's far cheaper to rip off an old plot than to buy it … Continue reading Remakes