Lillian Gish tries to hide how horny she is for hunky highlander Norman Kerry. There's also clan warfare and lots of shirtless scenes of sweaty, muscular men. 10/10, poetic cinema.
This is the kind of excellent entertainment that partially makes the late silent era my favorite period of cinematic history. The direction is strong and playful, relying more on gesture, montage, and clever staging than title cards. And then there's the way ANNIE LAURIE represents the well-oiled machine of the…
Very strong, satisfying western. It's one of the bad man redeemed by love stories Hart tended to do so well during his career. The barroom brawl in particular was very well-edited and thrilling. I can see why audiences ate this kind of thing up.
How is this film not on best Christmas films of all time lists?
Hell, how is this film not listed among the best psychological thrillers ever made??
CASH ON DEMAND is a B-movie chamber piece about an uptight, unpleasant bank manager thrust into hell one nightmarish December 23rd when a devious criminal holds his family hostage. Both the writing and Peter Cushing deserve mountains of credit for how dynamic this character is. You go from hating his guts to sweating…
Kevin Brownlow once said 1925 was arguably the best year of the silent era. Around this period, the basic grammar of filmmaking was firmly established and the studios had plenty of money to lavish upon their massive productions. This 1925 BEN-HUR is a great showcase for silent filmmaking at its peak. The ambition and scale of the movie is staggering: life size galley ships and expansive matte paintings and two-strip Technicolor and some of the most thrilling action sequences you'll…
