Hollywood Releases Preview – July, 2010
by HELEN GEIB
Has it really been a month already? It feels like only a few days since I wrote the last one of these…. Read more 
Free-Talking on Cinema, Movies, and Film (2)
by HELEN GEIB
Free-Talking Series: Next Post
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AUGUST 24, 2010- DVD WISH LISTS
A byproduct of attending old movie festivals and revival screenings is the ever-expanding wish list. That is, the “I wish that was on DVD so I could see it again” list. Some of the titles on my wish list are sound films, but most are silents. That’s not so much a reflection of a greater interest in silents (although I do love ‘em) as it is a comment on how few silents have been released on DVD. Thankfully that situation is slowly changing with the small but steady flow of releases by companies like Image, Flicker Alley, and Criterion and the growing number of silents in the Warner Archives DVD-on-demand catalog. Even better, most of the current crop are high quality transfers with original scores. Read more
