Mary Pickford: THE MUSE OF THE MOVIES   MARY PICKFORD: MUSE OF THE MOVIES: Michael York is narrating a new documentary on Mary ...

Pordenone Silent Film Festival will run between 4-11 October.Events scheduled for the 27th edition of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival include the opening musical event, one of Mary Pickford's finest films, SPARROWS (1926; director William Beaudine).Festival sections will be dedicated to French comedy of the 1920s; "Hollywood on the Hudson" (New York-made features); the silent films of W.C. Fields; and the 12th and final section of the Giornate's monumental Griffith Project.A central feature w...

In its third and final feature film announcement, the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, today released the line-up for its Spotlight, Showcase and Restored/Rediscovered sections along with its Special Events for the seventh annual Festival. The Festival will take place April 23 – May 4, 2008 in Lower Manhattan. “Our Spotlight section presents a group of films already acquired for U.S. distribution but not yet released, including hotly-anticipated new titles by JosÃ...

47th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 15-29) April 15th is tax day. But all the stress of income tax preparations and payments evaporated when the rousing theme song from San Francisco, the 1936 movie starring Jeannette MacDonald and Clark Gable, blasted from the pipes of the Castro Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ. Everyone in the 1400-seat movie palace clapped along. As Wu-Tang Clan producer and Kill Bill composer RZA proclaimed about the 1922 historic landmark: â€...