Kevin Brownlow – The Kitty Packard Pictorial

June 16, 2011

Summer of Silents at The Academy

Attention Los Angeles-based Pictorial readers: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a summer long celebration of silent film with their new screening series Summer of Silents.The focus here is quite intriguing: Photoplay magazine, once the undisputed king of movie fan rags, bestowed upon America’s most popular films an award called the … Continue reading Summer of Silents at The Academy

May 1, 2011May 8, 2011

Magic at the TCM Film Festival: The Cameraman

From the very beginning, motion pictures were… magic. Of course, the medium has evolved to become one of the most important means of artistic expression that we’ve ever had– complex, subjective and ever-evolving. But sometimes all we want– indeed, all we need– is a little magic. Perhaps the magic of cinema is found, in its … Continue reading Magic at the TCM Film Festival: The Cameraman