Silent
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The Phantom Carriage 1921, directed by Victor Sjöström Rating: 9/10 Another silent film in the Criterion Collection that is in my collection, Victor Sjöström’s The Phantom Carriage is centered around an old myth that the last person to die each year has to spend the next year collecting the souls of the dead until his or her
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Pandora’s Box 1929, directed by G.W. Pabst Rating: 10/10 When I watched this movie in high school, I was deeply unimpressed—mostly because I went in hoping for a silent movie retelling of the actual Pandora’s Box myth which I thought it would be really cool to see with Méliès style effects. What there is instead
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This December, I am going to start posting a movie on Monday and a movie on Friday instead of just one on Wednesday. Because the holidays are approaching, each week’s pair is themed around going places for the holidays as I let the spirit of the season shine on. The first week of December I’ll
The Movie Room 