Buster Keaton

Each week, Now in Rep Cinema compiles the best repertory and art house screenings, special presentations, lectures, and limited engagements.     Buster Keaton Short FilmsTrinity-St. Paul’s United Church (427 Bloor Street West) February 14, 8 p.m.     Slumber Party MassacreToronto Underground Cinema (186 Spadina Avenue) February 16, 9:30 p.m.     D.O.A. and [...]  

FOR WHATEVER REASON, the Oscar nominated animated shorts are always about a million times more fun than those in the live-action category. That's certainly the case this year—the creativity and energy on display in the animated shorts is largely absent ...  

This Oscar-nominated animated short from Moonbot Studios is absolutely delightful and if you don't mist up a teeny bit you are probably a sociopath. (Apparently the film also served as the basis for a well-received eBook app.) The Hollywood Theatre will be screening the Oscar-nominated shorts—both animated and live-action—beginning February 10. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

Luckily, CIC-ATOS is here to save the day. The Central Indiana Chapter of the American ... CIC-ATOS presents organ accompaniment to Buster Keaton’s classic comedy Steamboat Bill, Jr. Hosted by the Embassy Theater downtown Fort Wayne, the aptly named ...  

Though remembered now as one of the high points of Buster Keaton’s career, the 1927 Civil War comedy The General marked the beginning of the end for Keaton as an independent auteur. After the film flopped, United Artists exerted more control over the rest of the movies Keaton made for them, and then when Keaton signed with MGM in 1928 and began his transition to the sound era, he quickly learned that his new studio wanted him for his face and...  

The Coastside Film Society hosts its third annual Silent Film Night. An all Buster Keaton event with live musical accompaniment. Sherlock, Jr. (1924, 44 mins.) Buster Keaton stars and directs in a silent feature that showcases his amazing physical comedy,...  

Silent film fest spotlights Buster KeatonHalf Moon Bay ReviewBuster Keaton oozes the slapstick humor that is at the base of this weekend's Coastside Film Society silent film festival. Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:16 am | Updated: 10:22 am, Wed Jan 11, 2012. The delights of silent films will be ...  

By Joe Devlin: The Coastside Film Society hosts its third annual Silent Film night.  Three films from Buster Keaton. Live musical accompaniment. Bring the whole family. Friday Jan. 13, 2012  at 7:30 pm              $8.00 adults,  $3.00 for children and students Community United Methodist Church Sanctuary 777 Miramontes at Johnson,  Half Moon Bay "Buster Keaton is remembered as a master of silent comedy. We...  

Buster Keaton directs and stars in the 1925 "Seven Chances" (Kino) as a bachelor and struggling young lawyer who is informed that he must marry by 7pm of his 27th birthday, which just so happens to be that very day. Turned down by his longtime sweetheart ...  

There's one golden rule of comedy: everything is funnier when Neil Patrick Harris does it. This rule was first laid forth in 1921 by Buster Keaton. At the time everybody was like, "Who's Neil Patrick Harris? Lay off the peyote, Buster, seriously," but now the rule is just another part of Keaton's inimitable legacy. But this means that when "How I Met Your Mother" isn't on TV and Neil isn't hosting the Tony Awards or anything, all comedy is...  

OK, so I tried the Pandora Radio thing again. After the first tune from my Marc Ribot channel, an excellent live version of his really screwy take on Jimi Hendrix' "The Wind Cries Mary," we ended up at a tune from Bill Frisell's Go West: Music For The Films Of Buster Keaton. I love the idea of a modern musician composing music for an "old" media event. I've never seen "Go West," but the descriptions I've read seem to bring up Charlie Chaplin...  

More Buster Keaton oldies will be hitting Blu-ray in March. In an early announcement to retailers, Kino Video has slated 'Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts' for Blu-ray on March 20. Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include film notes on ...  

Comics: 'Inner Sanctum' conjures up tales from the old radio showEvansville Courier & PressWe met the mother pig when she was at the dog's shop (and he was ripping her off), whereupon she somehow ended up on a plane's wing in flight in a sort of slapstick Buster Keaton sequence, while the Goth chick was ... you know, I don't remember. ...and more »  

Advocates try to keep Bidwell Mansion's doors openEnterprise-RecordThe March 9 films include: "Cops" with Buster Keaton, "Behind the Screen" with Charlie Chaplin, "Wrong Again" with Laurel and Hardy, "Lizzies of the Field" and "Blackmail," Alfred Hitchcock's "lost" silent version. On March 10, the festival will show: ...  

Minnesota Public RadioWhat's in a Name? - An Essay by Bill MorelockMinnesota Public Radioby Bill Morelock, Minnesota Public Radio "EA Poe, Henri Rousseau, Sholom Aleichem and Caryl Chessman, Alan Freed and Buster Keaton too." I actually remembered this much of the list-lyric from Mr. Diamond's "Done Too Soon" before looking it up. ...