A century ago, the premiere of two silent films led to the start of an entertainment movement that bestowed Utah with the nickname “Little Hollywood.” “The Covered Wagon” and “The Deadwood Coach” were ...

The last time Abel Gance’s nearly six-hour 1927 silent film “Napoleon” screened in New York City, it was in a truncated version — only four hours. In 1981, Francis Ford Coppola rented out Radio City ...

The 16th San Francisco Silent Film Festival reached a triumphant conclusion Sunday after four full days of nonspeaking – but not mute – cinema at the Castro. Founded in 1994 by a small band of ...

The 2024 Cannes Classics sidebar will open with a restored version of French filmmaker Abel Gance’s silent epic Napolean. A major work of the silent era, Napolean has taken sixteen years to restore.

After a colossal 16-year restoration effort, Abel Gance's seven-hour silent classic "Napoleon" will finally return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers said Thursday. The ...