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The Cameraman / Spite Marriage
Our Buster Keaton series comes to a conclusion as his period of creative independence does, with his first two features for MGM: THE CAMERAMAN and SP…
3 years, 4 months ago
College / Steamboat Bill, Jr. with John Hodgman
After his “blank check” for THE GENERAL bounced, Buster Keaton found himself creatively and financially shackled. Thus, 1927’s COLLEGE lands on the …
3 years, 4 months ago
Battling Butler / The General with Jamelle Bouie
One of narrative cinema’s earliest training sequences, and one of cinema’s most famous trains - that’s right, we’re covering Buster Keaton’s 1926 fil…
3 years, 4 months ago
Seven Chances / Go West with Jamie Loftus
This week’s Keaton double feature sees our unflappable hero chased by two types of terrifying crowds: angry would-be brides, and a herd of cattle. Ho…
3 years, 4 months ago
Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak
Buster Keaton released two features in 1924 - “Sherlock Jr.”, a film that was considered a commercial disappointment at the time but has grown in sta…
3 years, 4 months ago
Three Ages / Our Hospitality with Dana Stevens
The Great Stone Face…The Little Boy Who Couldn’t Be Damaged…whatever you call him, Buster Keaton is one of the most important figures in film history…
3 years, 5 months ago
Yesterday with Zach Cherry
Our Danny Boyle series comes to an end with a mind-bending movie that dares to ask the question, “What if The Beatles didn’t exist?” Severance’s Zach…
3 years, 5 months ago
T2 Trainspotting with Scott Aukerman & Shaun Diston
First they were addicted to heroin, now they’re addicted to *nostalgia* (but also still heroin)! Danny Boyle returns to the squalid Scottish world of…
3 years, 5 months ago
Steve Jobs with Olivia Craighead
Calling all Sorkinistas - we’re walking, talking, and putting 1,000 songs in your pocket! Based on Walter Isaccson’s best-selling biography of the or…
3 years, 5 months ago
Trance with Nia DaCosta
Probably the only film in history to hinge on the shaving of pubic hair as crucial plot point, Danny Boyle’s 2013 film TRANCE is…certainly something!…
3 years, 6 months ago