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First there was the crash, then there was the novel, and then there was the film… In 1882, the Union Générale bank collapsed, which subsequently led to the French stock market to crash, causing the worst economic crisis of […]

We admit it… we (along with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival) are still reeling—pun intended—from last month’s announcement of Behind the Door (1919) being named Best Single-Disc Release at the Il Cinema Ritrovato DVD Awards in Bologna, Italy. In […]

Documentaries capture reality — or, to be more precise, a cinematic version of reality. The earliest films by the Lumière brothers are, in fact, short documentaries focused on daily occurrences. As Auguste and Louis Lumière realized, audiences can learn a lot […]

The Cinevent Classic Film Convention is held every Memorial Day weekend in Columbus, Ohio. This four-day event (Thursday-Sunday, May 24-May 27)  features almost 50 hours of film screenings and thousands of square feet of vendor space with all manner […]

People have amazing stories from their first time watching This is Cinerama and Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich. Flicker Alley decided to share a few memories to celebrate Cinerama titles. “Shortly before Windjammer was completed, famed English […]

By Nigel Dreiner Silent films can be a difficult sell to younger audiences. Attempting to “turn” your friends onto silent cinema will often become a frustrating experience; one ends up trying to “defend” a silent film instead of simply […]

The VCS Radio Conservatory recently utilized Flicker Alley’s A Trip to the Moon. What is the VCS Radio Conservatory, you ask? The VCS Radio Conservatory is the arts and broadcasting department at Vacaville Christian Schools.  It’s a music studies program! […]

In celebration of This is Cinerama and Windjammer being re-released, Flicker Alley invites you through a brief tour of Cinerama’s history. “Cinerama was an ultra-widescreen process…where the screen ideally curved around to cover the viewer’s peripheral vision and give them a […]

Composing for film can be incredibly tricky.  The soundtrack makes or breaks the film, sometimes even surpassing the action onscreen.  Where would 2001: A Space Odyssey be without Strauss?  The Dark Knight without Zimmer?  The Lord of the Rings without Shore?  […]

  THE DIRECTOR: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau was born December 28th, 1888. An openly gay German director, he is best known for his work on the film Sunrise, widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. Here’s a Roger Ebert […]

To celebrate both Halloween and Georges Méliès (who enjoyed a costume or two himself), Flicker Alley held a costume contest to win copies of our now out-of-print Digipak edition of Georges Méliès: Encore – New Discoveries (1896-1911). The rules: Dress up […]

Flicker Alley would like to take this opportunity to highlight one of the archival elements included in our bonus feature image gallery of The Lost World Deluxe Blu-ray edition. Thanks to the generous contribution by our friend and colleague […]

“The cinema of today resembles a melody without orchestration.”  —Abel Gance. In celebration of Abel Gance’s birthday (OCT 25th!), here’s a look into the French director’s history. An influential and early director, he is most famous for his films, J’accuse (1918), La […]

Last month in celebration of Lobster Films’ critically-lauded restoration of The Lost World, Flicker Alley announced its first animated video contest. Fans were encouraged to submit short animated videos inspired by Flicker Alley titles in order to compete to […]

The Tramp character that Charlie Chaplin created at Keystone, developed at Essanay, and perfected at Mutual has the incredible ability to transcend circumstance, bringing much-needed laughter to the most unexpected of places. Author Aviva Stein recounts her moving firsthand experience attending […]