Love Letter: Buster Keaton’s One Week, 100 Years On Jess Goodman September 1, 2020 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia “Who would not wish to live a hundred years in a world where there are so many people who remember with gratitude and affection a little man with a frozen face who made them laugh a bit long years ago when...
Debate: Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, or Buster Keaton? Carmen Paddock January 8, 2019 Analysis, Debate, Features Stan & Ollie – a lovingly constructed biopic of an ageing Laurel and Hardy – hits cinemas this week. To celebrate, One Room with a View’s Naomi, Louise, and Tom have come together to argue the merits...
A Beginner’s Guide to Silent Cinema Eddie Falvey September 28, 2014 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Film is now most often perceived as a vehicle for telling stories, but that was not always the case. Despite the fact that key aspects of the narrative film such as scripts, sets, and acting ensembles, had...
A Love Letter to… Sunset Boulevard Lina Jurdeczka September 11, 2014 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia A few years ago I took a Film Studies course at university. One of the classes dealt with cinephilia – the love of film. At the beginning of the session, the lecturer asked an interesting question that...
Big Screen/Small Screen: Orphan Black, Dr Strangelove, and a lot of Buster Keatons Calum Baker May 19, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features With the recent return of BBC America's brilliant cloning drama Orphan Black - and its award-winning star Tatiana Maslany - we explore the long tradition of screen actors playing several different characters...
