To celebrate the 120th anniversary of Ozu’s birth, Criterion commissioned a handful of writers to praise some of his lesser-sung … More
Tag: silent comedy
100 years of Safety Last!
To celebrate the centenary of this nail-biting slapstick great, I spoke to Harold Lloyd’s granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd for the Guardian.
Slapstick Alley
For the Guardian, I wrote about the campaign to name an alley in Hollywood after the slapstick directors who filmed … More
Mabel Normand
People often ask me if there is a female equivalent to Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton in the silent comedy … More