Twice in Federico Fellini: Interviews, the journalist assigned to the renowned auteur is invited to ride in his infamous black…
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) was an iconic film director and producer of over 50 movies, including Dial M for Murder, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho,…
Federico Fellini was one of those film directors, most of whom were European, who came of age in the mid-twentieth…
1. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16th, 1889 in London, England. His parents, Charles and Hannah, were both…
1. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 film Blackmail is considered to be the first British “talkie,” despite the fact that it actually…
“In the end, everything is a gag.” Not surprisingly, these words were uttered by one of the funniest actors of…
On screen, the Little Tramp appears as a lovable, buffoonish and amusing character, whose mimics elicited many a chuckle in…
Robert Knopf begins his examination of the work of the great film comic Buster Keaton by surveying and describing the…
With Halloween approaching, now is a good time to remember one of the most haunting moments in cinematic history—the iconic…
Richard Schickel has compiled an amazing array of articles and essays on the life and art of Charles Spencer Chaplin.…