The Graphic Genius of Movie Posters (Assouline) is helping to document their contributions with a curated collection of lobby cards, circulated by the filmmakers to promote the movies. In an interview ...

Seventy years ago, the Hollywood studio system was in slow decline, with constant reshuffling in corporate suites and reduced attendance spurred by the rise of television. By the 1955–56 season, the ...

All sorts of stories can—and have been—told within this genre, and it has resulted in some truly exceptional gems. It was ...

Silent film star Florence Lawrence also created an early turn signal concept, linking cinema history with automotive innovation.

Long before product placement, cars defined class and aspiration in Hindi cinema. Through Studio Joyride, historians and ...

Konami loves Bomberman, and for good reason. There are other great Hudson Soft games that deserve that kind of attention, too ...

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a ...

Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

Howard Hughes’ Hell’s Angels was an ambitious early war film that took 3 years to make and was so dangerous that it led to ...

Each of the five films in the series, which began Sept. 14, at the Cleveland Museum of Art includes a live component, some combination of artists on hand contributing everything from sound effects to ...

A celebration of the world’s best loved comedy double act, Laurel and Hardy, is among the highlights of Scotland’s silent film festival next month. The 16th annual HippFest will feature the world ...

The Sedona International Film Festival invites audiences on a cinematic journey as a French orchestra brings Georges Méliès’ silent films to life with a live score on Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Sedona ...