10 Best Silent Films for Philosophy Students
Historically speaking, cinema came into being at a particularly momentous time, especially in the United States and Russia. Reconstruction brought
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Silent Film
Review: Broken Blossoms (1919), D.W. Griffith’s Interracial Romance
D. W. Griffith was one of the most ambitious and influential American directors of the silent movie era. His camera
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Review: As The Earth Turns (1938) ★★★½
Not to be confused with the 1933 novel and 1934 film of the same name, As The Earth Turns (1938)
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Nosferatu (1922) Review: Plague, Shadows, and the Birth of Screen Horror
F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu remains visually haunting more than a century later, even when its uneven silent narrative struggles to match its images.
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Sherlock Jr. (1924) Review: Buster Keaton and the Dream of Cinema
Silent films don’t always work for me. I can admire their historical importance while feeling that I am completing an
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