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Top 25 Films of the 1920s
25. Haxan (Christensen, Sweden, 1922) Benjamin Christensen’s fascinating documentary/narrative hybrid begins by alternating static shots of paintings and drawings with intertitles that provide a...
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Dziga Vertov: Wild Man of Soviet Montage
Dziga Vertov is currently the subject of an extensive retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. This includes a symposium on the great Russian director’s work, featuring scholars, artists and...
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A Silent Soviet Cinema Primer
Today, the silent Soviet cinema is primarily thought of as either the birthplace of “montage editing” (the use of quick cutting to compress time, space or action in a collage-like fashion) or as an...
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Top 10 Home Video Releases of 2015
My top 10 favorite new home video releases of 2015 (and 20 runners up): 10. The Band Wagon (Minnelli, 1953, Warner Blu-ray) Warner Brothers has a track record of putting out impeccable high-def...
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