So, you have the silent-film aesthetics—Louise Brooks as the inspiration for Pamina, Buster Keaton for Papageno ... To match the silent-film aesthetic, the spoken dialogue typically featured ...

Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard” has been called the greatest story about Hollywood ever filmed, conceived by a beloved writer-director with an equally admired aesthetic: a free-spirited ...

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even ...

No genre suits itself to silent cinema better than slapstick comedy, and no one did slapstick comedy better than the brilliant Buster Keaton. Named for his uncanny ... offers a nice sampler of the ...

Gromit, the Buster Keaton of the sitcom age, is still as expressive as he ... proudly embraces a less-is-more aesthetic. There is, after all, a distinct charm to watching clunky puppeteering and basic ...

Definitely ahead of his time, Buster Keaton was a comedian, director, stuntman, and master storyteller when motion pictures ...

Saturday, Feb. 8: 8 p.m.• Wednesday, Feb. 12: 7:30 p.m.Silents Synced is back! Following the success of last year’s Nosferatu paired with Radiohead, this year’s event combines Buster Keaton’s iconic ...

Buster Keaton's character helping the Confederate Army hasn't aged well. Everything else has. A bit of a bomb in its time, The General is stunning now thanks to its clockwork inventiveness and ...

Dedicated to the Scene’s late longtime editor and critic, our poll asks cinephiles, critics and industry insiders about 2024 ...

Olympic swimmer Keaton Jones competed in the sixth Ice Swimming World Championships this month in Molveno, Italy, where the water temperature was a chilling 35 degrees Fahrenheit. A sophomore at ...

Synonymous with the rich and famous, Beverly Hills has been the cozy home of celebrities since the 1920s, where the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton resided here. Today, its residents ...

22, 2024. The Pirates led 1-0 after four innings. / Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images ESPN analyst Buster Olney listed his "Five Most Improved MLB Teams in 2025," and ...