For the first film in my personal Sight & Sound “Greatest of All Time” challenge, I watched Buster Keaton’s “The General.” It’s not my first time visiting the silent film era — my wife and I are both big fans of Charlie Chaplin — but it’s my first time seeing a Keaton flick. And wouldn’t…
Category: Sight and Sound Challenge
Introducing my personal “Sight and Sound” greatest films challenge
Last year, the British Film Institute released its decennial list of The Greatest Films of All Time, as decided by a survey of over 1,600 critics and scholars. This year, as something of a New Years Resolution, I’m going to try to watch all 100 of these movies, and write a little bit about each…