WHEN WAS THE last time you saw a movie in a theater? Today, many stream movies from anywhere but theaters. No surprise, given society’s embrace of the convenience and selectivity of the internet. So ...

This weekend the San Francisco Film Preserve and the Tenderloin Museum are celebrating the history of silent film in the Tenderloin neighborhood. The event this Saturday at the Great American Music ...

Looking back now, there is the impression that all old silent films were black and white, the advent of sound in the mid-to-late 1920s marking the first great milestone on the march to our 3D, ...

On Nov. 13, the Orinda Theatre hosted the annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival — a festival exploring the archives from the silent movie era of the 1920s that have since awaited their time to ...

In the film, Lincoln agonizes over signing an execution warrant for a deserter. Historic Films Archive During his internship at a Long Island film archive, Dan Martin made a startling discovery: ...

“The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library on Long Island. By Derrick Bryson Taylor No intern task is too small. Not ...