Federation of Magic Pop UFOS

The Los Angeles Silent Film Festival screened The Devil’s Circus last night at the Los Feliz 3 with a live score. That title becomes considerably more interesting when you notice the director: Benjamin Christensen. The Danish filmmaker had already made the astonishing 1922 witchcraft/documentary/horror hybrid Häxan before Hollywood brought him to America. The Devil’s Circus, released by MGM in 1926 and starring Norma Shearer, was Christensen's first American feature. It is also one of only four of his seven U.S. films known to survive. � Screenline Films +1 The movie concerns a young trapeze performer, a pickpocket and a lurid circus world—exactly the kind of melodrama silent cinema could turn into nightmare architecture. Last night's presentation paired it with the 1920 short Cinderella Cinders and included live musical accompaniment. � Screenline Films +1 Documented: director, survival status, screening and festival. Interpretation: Christensen's American work...

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This movie has received a pretty good buzz since release on the big screen and it had been at least a year since the last time I went to the inconvenience of going to a movie theater to enjoy a movie. We went to the Regal Theater (get your Regal Gift Card!) in Granada Hills and overall it was a generally good experience. Arrival lived up to hype, in my opinion. It was smart, Jeremy Renner was only a little annoying, and Forest Whitaker was admirable in his role. Amy Adams also was surprisingly good in her role as an affected human with the right skills to help the world address the situation at hand. There was plenty of wonderful philosophical points made, and excellent characterizations that make this film palpable. If the closest comparison is Contact (Jodi Foster), I'd say it was less dogmatic and tried less - effectively doing more and it was appreciated. Apparently, the aliens feel writing is a abhorrent waste of energy so I'll stop wasting your time with t...

The History of Future Folk is one of my favorite movies I've ever found on Netflix.  If you caught this gem and love it like I do, give it a shout-out! HONDO!