For the release week of March 12th: Garv’s Pick of the Week:The Kid Brother [Blu-ray / Criterion]: It has been too long since Criterion released
Tag: Silent Comedy
Fans of silent slapstick have reason to rejoice, because Undercrank Productions has announced that their 2-DVD set, The Alice Howell Collection, will be released on March 5th.
Stan & Ollie, a new biopic about the comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, is beginning
Salutations, disc devotees, Those of you that have visited my site before know that I post a weekly column, “Garv’s Pick of the Week,” where I
The Criterion Collection announced its March 2019 lineup, including one of Harold Lloyd’s greatest silent comedies, The Kid Brother (1927), and a masterpiece of low-budget
Every year a collection of film historians, archivists, and fans gather at the Library of Congress campus at Culpepper, VA for a three day workshop
More silent film on Blu-ray is always welcome, and this week, Flicker Alley announced a Blu-ray upgrade of their very first DVD, The Garden of
Eleven months ago, Dave Glass held a Kickstarter to digitally scan, remaster, restore, and release six silent short comedies by forgotten comedian Lloyd Hamilton. The
In recent years, Kickstarter has proven to be an effective tool to aid the restoration and release of rare films on DVD and Blu-ray. This
Pierre Étaix is probably the greatest movie comedian of which you’ve never heard; or if you have heard of him, it is doubtful that you’ve seen
Movie audiences never had the opportunity to see W.C. Fields as a young man. The great comedian’s youth was spent traveling worldwide, performing amazing feats
For the release week of March 13th: Garv’s Pick of the Week:It’s the Old Army Game [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: W.C. Fields is the funniest
