Once today’s film fans know how to make sense of the generic elements of silent cinema, they can appreciate the form on its own as a precursor to the hits of today. And to do that, future silent ...

Heck, before audiences heard Al Jolson's voice in 1927's The Jazz Singer, movies were largely silent entertainment. While silent movies are mostly a thing of the past, some filmmakers still ...

Psycho, Rebecca, and Notorious are all among the best black-and-white movies directed by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock.

Together in partnership with the American Theatre Organ Society, The Strand will screen the 1927 silent film classic Metropolis on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 3:00PM. With live accompaniment on ...

But it you ever took a film class or simply enjoy a silent classic, you are familiar with this romantic action-war epic, which opened in theaters in New York City on this day in 1927.

Detroit – A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit's ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands of ...