Farran Smith Nehme

July 12, 2017

Single women run the world in a silent film fantasy and its musical remake

June 2, 2017

Staring at the sea: Luchino Visconti’s rarely screened adaptation of Camus can’t outpace the charisma of its star

April 19, 2017

Heart of gold: a not-quite silent Czech film explores the fall (and fall) of a country girl gone bad

February 24, 2017

John Huston plays himself: the new restoration of the auteur's Italian-set caper polishes its shambolic charm to a shine

February 3, 2017

French missing in the USA: on the unique charms of the Port of Shadows actress who never landed (or recovered from) her American crossover

December 22, 2016

Dynasty: the wintry power struggles in Anthony Harvey’s award-winning drama still enthrall

November 4, 2016

Sex, explosions, and nitrate: this boisterous edition of MoMA's annual restoration series would make the Hays Office blush

October 19, 2016

Dance revolution: a new book by James Layton and David Pierce delves into a rediscovered Technicolor musical revue

October 14, 2016

Behind the candelabra: an appreciation of the man who made The Curse of Frankenstein and The Horror of Dracula go for baroque

August 11, 2016

Haute face: Joan Crawford's Oscar-nominated turn as a spurned heiress-playwright offers a new gold standard for 50s melodrama