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  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 6

    by Brent Reid 7th June 2018

    1995 and 2006 Restorations Nosferatu’s metamorphosis continues: two new versions, many new sets of intertitles Both are equally complete and the only ones available on Blu-ray and HD digital video …

  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 5

    by Brent Reid 7th June 2018

    David Shepard and Eureka Versions After years of cult popularity, Nosferatu finally made its quality home video début Its source was the same print that spawned the so-called “public domain …

  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 3

    by Brent Reid 7th June 2018

    Surviving Prints and Public Domain Version Casting light on the shadows of Nosferatu’s greatest myth: that only one print survived There are lots of archived extant early copies but they’re all …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 7

    by Brent Reid 22nd May 2018

    Shorts and Features 1918–1967 We move on to Chaplin’s best known works: his later shorts and feature films on DVD Iconic movies are the bedrock of the Little Tramp’s enduring …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 6

    by Brent Reid 21st May 2018

    Essanay and Mutual Restored in HD Covering the definitive editions of the Little Tramp’s pivotal short films They’re the closest ever to the versions Chaplin’s original audiences saw Now with …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 5

    by Brent Reid 21st May 2018

    Essanay and Mutual 1980s–2000s Restorations For many years the Little Tramp’s mid-1910s films were inaccessible and languished in poor condition In the 1980s, film preservationist David Shepard fully restored them …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 4

    by Brent Reid 21st May 2018

    Keystone 1914 The Little Tramp makes his first foray into film and refines the art of motion picture comedy More than mere early sketches, Chaplin’s earliest films offer much broad …

  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 30th November 2016

    1920s Screenings Every known première and 1920s screening of the tenacious vampire film that refused to die Even legal action from the widow of Dracula’s author couldn’t halt the spread of its …

  • The Birth of a Nation: Controversial Classic Gets a Definitive New Restoration

    by Patrick Stanbury 17th February 2016

    Giveaway: Win Two Brilliant BFI Birth of a Nation Blu-ray Sets! Landmark film still generates headlines and fierce debate over a century after original release Photoplay’s Patrick Stanbury recounts the tale …

  • Nosferatu: History and Home Video Guide

    by Brent Reid 18th November 2015

    “Nosferatu – Does this word not sound to thee like the midnight call of the Bird of Death? Take care in saying it, otherwise the images of life will fade …

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