With her fearless acting, dramatic intuition and natural likability, Lawrence makes Grace a riveting disaster. She's primal, ...

There is more to be said about the short film “Color Blind” than is said in the film itself. It’s a fairly straightforward plot — a girl and boy meet and, suddenly, their black and white world bursts ...

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange ...

The last time Abel Gance’s nearly six-hour 1927 silent film “Napoleon” screened in New York City, it was in a truncated version — only four hours. In 1981, Francis Ford Coppola rented out Radio City ...

In a new book, “The Silent Film Universe,” Ben Model enumerates the characteristics peculiar to the title subject, but once and only once does he indulge in the liberal use of italics, to wit: “There ...

(please note this transcription is autogenerated and may contain errors) JADE HINDMON You're listening to KPBS Midday Edition. I'm Jade Hindman. Musician Ben Model has made a career creating and ...