For over 25 years, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival called the Castro Theatre home. With the iconic theater now closed for a year-plus-long renovation, Sfsff has relocated to the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, located in a beautiful park created for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition at the north edge of the Presidio. The auditorium, primarily a performance space, seats nearly a thousand and features a spacious foyer where passholders could visit and relax between shows (particularly useful on chilly weekends).
Sfsff prides itself on mixing landmark productions and audience favorites with rediscoveries, revelations, and rarities, often recently uncovered and restored. And for its 27th edition this year, the festival presented 20 features and six short films over five days, all with live musical scores by some of the finest silent film accompanists in the world.
The opening night film, Albert Parker’s 1926 swashbuckler The Black Pirate, certainly qualifies as both landmark and favorite.
Sfsff prides itself on mixing landmark productions and audience favorites with rediscoveries, revelations, and rarities, often recently uncovered and restored. And for its 27th edition this year, the festival presented 20 features and six short films over five days, all with live musical scores by some of the finest silent film accompanists in the world.
The opening night film, Albert Parker’s 1926 swashbuckler The Black Pirate, certainly qualifies as both landmark and favorite.
- 4/20/2024
- by Sean Axmaker
- Slant Magazine
The great-grandchildren of Clara Bow are feeling the love after Taylor Swift named a song after the iconic 1920s actress on The Tortured Poets Department.
In a new interview with People, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — the granddaughters of Bow’s son Rex Bell Jr. — shared that they felt “chills” after listening to Swift’s song dedicated to the iconic actress, calling both Swift and Bow “it girls.” Track 16, “Clara Bow,” serves as the closing track of the standard edition of Tortured Poets.
“[They’re] both raw and amazingly talented artists,...
In a new interview with People, Nicole Sisneros and Brittany Grace Bell — the granddaughters of Bow’s son Rex Bell Jr. — shared that they felt “chills” after listening to Swift’s song dedicated to the iconic actress, calling both Swift and Bow “it girls.” Track 16, “Clara Bow,” serves as the closing track of the standard edition of Tortured Poets.
“[They’re] both raw and amazingly talented artists,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, has arrived. Update: Swift has released a surprise double album version of The Tortured Poets Department, featuring 15 new songs.
First announced onstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards in February, The Tortured Poets Department is Swift’s 11th studio album, and the first original release to arrive since the launch of her historic “Eras Tour” last year. Spanning 16 songs, it was written by Swift along with frequent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, and features appearances by Post Malone and Florence + the Machine.
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Speaking about it onstage during a recent stop of the “Eras Tour,” Swift, our 2023 Artist of the Year, explained that the album reminded her “why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life.” Emphasizing the imperative feelings of creativity she had, she said “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting...
First announced onstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards in February, The Tortured Poets Department is Swift’s 11th studio album, and the first original release to arrive since the launch of her historic “Eras Tour” last year. Spanning 16 songs, it was written by Swift along with frequent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, and features appearances by Post Malone and Florence + the Machine.
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Speaking about it onstage during a recent stop of the “Eras Tour,” Swift, our 2023 Artist of the Year, explained that the album reminded her “why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life.” Emphasizing the imperative feelings of creativity she had, she said “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting...
- 4/19/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
“You look like Clara Bow in this light,” Taylor Swift sings on the final track of “The Tortured Poets Department,” titled after the 1920s sex symbol. She goes on to name-check two more immediately recognizable women — Stevie Nicks and one Taylor Swift — but what attracted Swift to reference a silent movie star on an album that also includes a throwaway Charlie Puth reference?
A movie star by the age of 20, Bow’s career was over at 28. Now Swift might have positioned her to win over a new generation of fans.
Known as the “It Girl” for both her starring role in the silent comedy “It” and her place as one of the pre-eminent sex symbols of ’20s Hollywood, Bow wasn’t washed up because her box office slipped. She was washed up because her scandal-plagued life made her a liability, both for the studios and for her own mental health.
A movie star by the age of 20, Bow’s career was over at 28. Now Swift might have positioned her to win over a new generation of fans.
Known as the “It Girl” for both her starring role in the silent comedy “It” and her place as one of the pre-eminent sex symbols of ’20s Hollywood, Bow wasn’t washed up because her box office slipped. She was washed up because her scandal-plagued life made her a liability, both for the studios and for her own mental health.
- 4/19/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Nara Smith is sharing the baby names she didn’t use.
Last week, the 22-year-old influencer and her husband Lucky Blue Smith welcomed their third child together, a baby girl named Whimsy Lou.
In a new TikTok, Nara revealed some of the “controversial” girl names she and Lucky, 25, considered before landing on Whimsy.
Keep reading to find out more…“We were almost going to name her Tink,” Nara shared, adding that she “loved the name Bow” for a middle name.
Nara went on to share that she also “really liked fruit names” such as Lemon, Plum and Clementine, before adding, “I also really liked Pippen, or Pip for short, and Dottie, or Dot for short. And then Ivy as well, just because that would have almost been my name.”
As for boy names, Nara admitted that she and Lucky found those a “bit trickier” to come up with.
“But we...
Last week, the 22-year-old influencer and her husband Lucky Blue Smith welcomed their third child together, a baby girl named Whimsy Lou.
In a new TikTok, Nara revealed some of the “controversial” girl names she and Lucky, 25, considered before landing on Whimsy.
Keep reading to find out more…“We were almost going to name her Tink,” Nara shared, adding that she “loved the name Bow” for a middle name.
Nara went on to share that she also “really liked fruit names” such as Lemon, Plum and Clementine, before adding, “I also really liked Pippen, or Pip for short, and Dottie, or Dot for short. And then Ivy as well, just because that would have almost been my name.”
As for boy names, Nara admitted that she and Lucky found those a “bit trickier” to come up with.
“But we...
- 4/18/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Every time a presumed-lost silent film is rediscovered, it’s cause for celebration. When elements were found to restore complete versions of “The Passion of Joan of Arc” and “Metropolis,” the resulting restoration premiere was a major cinematic event. For his part, the silent film historian Kevin Brownlow told me he thinks a treasure trove of lost silents is just awaiting rediscovery in the archives of the Cinemateca de Cuba.
One major new find occurred right in the United States, however. Filmmaker Gary Huggins was hoping to buy a celluloid reel for a cartoon as part of the auction of films an Omaha-based distributor had held, after the distributor folded. He had to purchase a number of other films as well in order to get the one he wanted, and among those other titles? A presumed-lost 1923 movie with silent film megastar Clara Bow called “The Pill Pounder.”
A fun broadcast...
One major new find occurred right in the United States, however. Filmmaker Gary Huggins was hoping to buy a celluloid reel for a cartoon as part of the auction of films an Omaha-based distributor had held, after the distributor folded. He had to purchase a number of other films as well in order to get the one he wanted, and among those other titles? A presumed-lost 1923 movie with silent film megastar Clara Bow called “The Pill Pounder.”
A fun broadcast...
- 3/10/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
It’s Monday so you know what that means, it’s time for our weekly review of Aew: Rampage! This week’s show was broadcast from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey and featured Excalibur, Ian Riccaboni and Tony Schiavone on commentary. Now let’s get to the review…
Match #1: Mark Briscoe & The Hardys (Jeff & Matt) def. Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Mark Briscoe locked up with Kip Sabian. Mark escaped a wrist lock and then applied a side headlock to Kip. Kip Sabian hit Mark with a shoulder block and then taunted the Hardys. The Hardys double suplexed Kip after a quick series of tags. Blade ate a boot from Jeff Hardy. Butcher and Matt Hardy tagged in for their respective teams. Matt slugged away at Butcher and then rammed Butcher’s head into the turnbuckles. Matt splashed Butcher from the ropes,...
Match #1: Mark Briscoe & The Hardys (Jeff & Matt) def. Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Mark Briscoe locked up with Kip Sabian. Mark escaped a wrist lock and then applied a side headlock to Kip. Kip Sabian hit Mark with a shoulder block and then taunted the Hardys. The Hardys double suplexed Kip after a quick series of tags. Blade ate a boot from Jeff Hardy. Butcher and Matt Hardy tagged in for their respective teams. Matt slugged away at Butcher and then rammed Butcher’s head into the turnbuckles. Matt splashed Butcher from the ropes,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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With bridal season in full bloom, designers are rolling out a fresh crop of wedding-worthy hair accessories to elevate any hairdo on the big day and beyond. For inspiration, we looked to the exquisite matching Jess Collett x Alexander McQueen headpieces worn by Princess of Wales Kate Middleton and her daughter, 8-year-old Princess Charlotte, at the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6. These silver-and-crystal headpieces with three-dimensional leaves made a show-stopping statement as an update on the expected tiara.
The 2023 Met Gala (themed Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty) also showcased an array of stunning hair accessories. Salma Hayek adorned her ponytail with three pretty floral hair clips, Elle Fanning wore a floral crown of fresh daisies, and sleek hair bows dressed up the tresses of Nicole Kidman,...
With bridal season in full bloom, designers are rolling out a fresh crop of wedding-worthy hair accessories to elevate any hairdo on the big day and beyond. For inspiration, we looked to the exquisite matching Jess Collett x Alexander McQueen headpieces worn by Princess of Wales Kate Middleton and her daughter, 8-year-old Princess Charlotte, at the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6. These silver-and-crystal headpieces with three-dimensional leaves made a show-stopping statement as an update on the expected tiara.
The 2023 Met Gala (themed Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty) also showcased an array of stunning hair accessories. Salma Hayek adorned her ponytail with three pretty floral hair clips, Elle Fanning wore a floral crown of fresh daisies, and sleek hair bows dressed up the tresses of Nicole Kidman,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Ingrid Schmidt
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Black Mirror, The Bachelor, The X-Files and Nashville!
1 | In Black Mirror‘s “USS Callister” episode, did you A) spot Jesse Plemons’ real-life girlfriend Kirsten Dunst strolling through an office scene and/or B) recognize Aaron Paul as the voice of the gamer at the very end? Also, how did the “Arkangel” writers goof so badly by suggesting an “emergency contraceptive pill” (as described on-screen) could terminate a pregnancy?
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1 | In Black Mirror‘s “USS Callister” episode, did you A) spot Jesse Plemons’ real-life girlfriend Kirsten Dunst strolling through an office scene and/or B) recognize Aaron Paul as the voice of the gamer at the very end? Also, how did the “Arkangel” writers goof so badly by suggesting an “emergency contraceptive pill” (as described on-screen) could terminate a pregnancy?
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- 1/5/2018
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Michael Ausiello, Kimberly Roots, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Ryan Schwartz, Rebecca Iannucci and Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
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