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Babylon is The Kind of Wildly Excessive, Self-Indulgent Labor of Love That I Generally Dig But I Actually Hated It!

Babylon is the kind of wildly overreaching mess I usually adore. So why did I hate it?

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1932's Movie Crazy Showcases Harold Lloyd At His Very Best

Silent comedy icon triumphed in the world of early talkies with his 1932 masterpiece Movie Crazy.

Fractured Mirror 2.0Nathan RabinMarch 16, 2023Harold Lloyd, Clyde Bruckman, silent film, silent comedy, talkie, The Fractured Mirror, Hollywood

Singing in the Rain's Enduring Greatness Lies in its Proud Vulgarity

Singing in the Rain is unique among films widely considered the greatest of all time in being thoroughly, unapologetically vulgar and full of raucous fun.

Fractured Mirror 2.0Nathan RabinNovember 2, 2022Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Stanley Donen, Arthur Freed, MGM musical, musical, MGM, silent film

1976's Nickelodeon Is Peter Bogdanovich's Affectionate, Problematic Tribute to Silent Film and Birth of a Nation

Time has been both kind and unkind to 1976’s Nickelodeon, a loving tribute to silent film and Birth of a Nation.

Fractured Mirror 2.0Nathan RabinFebruary 2, 2022Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Ryan O'Neal, Peter Bogdanovich, John Ritter, silent film, physical comedy