I have written many articles over the years. Some are still of interest, though just as many are not. Journalism, like other things, can become dated or loose relevancy. What follows is a selection of my published work from the years 2010 through 2014. I’ve chosen these pieces as I feel they have some value or still may be of interest to readers. A few are personal favorites, while others are markers which show some aspect of my work as a journalist. I have linked to as many pieces as possible.
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1984 – 1999 // 2000 – 2009 // 2010 – 2014 // 2015 – today
“Boogie Woogie Fest to Rock SFJAZZ.” Huffington Post, November 3, 2014.
— this piece ran on Huffington Post San Francisco
“San Francisco Silent Film Festival Debut’s Silent Autumn.” Huffington Post, September 15, 2014.
— this piece ran on Huffington Post San Francisco
“A Glastonbury First.” Huffington Post, June 24, 2014.
— published on Huffington Post UK
“Disney’s Fantasia at San Francisco Symphony.” Huffington Post, May 29, 2014.
— this piece ran on Huffington Post San Francisco
“Our Ramona at Our Silent Film Festival.” Huffington Post, May 27, 2014.
“Natalie Merchant’s ‘Lulu’ Latest Pop Tribute to Silent Film Icon Louise Brooks.” Huffington Post, May 19, 2014.
“New book: John Wayne the Life and Legend,” examiner.com, April 2, 2014.
— book review of John Wayne the Life and Legend, by Scott Eyman
“He Who Gets Slapped.” Ebertfest (16th Annual Roger Ebert Film Festival), April 2014.
— reprint of an film essay
“Louise Brooks to shine in Orinda.” examiner.com, February 26, 2014.
“Pandora’s Box with Louise Brooks shows in Seattle and Toronto.” examiner.com, January 22, 2014.
2013
“Best Film Books of 2013.” Huffington Post, December 23, 2013.
“A Girl in Every Port: The Birth of Lulu?” Univ. of Wisconsin Cinematheque, December 2, 2013.
“Singin’ in the Rain at SF Symphony.” Huffington Post, December 1, 2013.
— this piece ran in Huffington Post San Francisco
“Louise Brooks, a magnet of meaning, more popular than ever.” examiner.com,
November 14, 2013
“Boogie Woogie Festival Debuts at SFJAZZ.” Huffington Post, November 7, 2013.
— this piece ran in Huffington Post San Francisco
“Louise Brooks’ Star Shines Brighter Than Ever.” Huffington Post, November 4, 2013.
“Music to Murder By: San Francisco Symphony Screens Hitchcock.” Huffington Post, October 29, 2013.
— this piece ran on Huffington Post San Francisco
“Beggars of Life with Louise Brooks in England and Italy.” examiner.com, October 6, 2013.
“Lost Movie by First Film Superstar Found.” Huffington Post, October 3, 2013.
“Life, and the Sexual Adventures of an Artist, at Fringe Festival.” Huffington Post, September 9, 2013.
— this piece ran on Huffington Post San Francisco; quoted on Broadway World
“Tears of a Clown.” Telluride Film Festival, 2013.
— essay in festival program; this piece was reprinted on August 29, 2013 in The Watch, a Telluride, Colorado alternative newspaper
“Hitchcock’s Early Films at PFA.” Berkeley Patch, August 10, 2013.
“Last Edition screens again at SF Silent Film Fest.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, July 19, 2013.
“Silent Film Festival Screens Indie Film Shot in San Francisco.” Huffington Post, July 17, 2013.
“San Francisco Silent Film Fest Leaves You Spellbound in Darkness.” Huffington Post, July 15, 2013.
“The Patsy.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 2013.
— program essay in festival booklet
“Alma Rubens: A Marked Woman.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 2013.
— feature in festival booklet
“Interview with British Musician Stephen Horne.” examiner.com, July 12, 2013.
— interview with the noted film accompanist
“Rare Alfred Hitchcock Films Debut in San Francisco.” Huffington Post, June 11, 2013.
“Louise Brooks stars in new music videos.” examiner.com, May 19, 2013.
“Dodge Brothers set to accompany Beggars of Life at the Aldeburgh Cinema.” examiner.com, April 21 2013.
“Boogie Stomp to Rock Sonoma International Film Festival.” Sonoma Valley Patch, April 11, 2013.
“March at Niles Essanay.” Union City Patch, March 4, 2013.
“Balboa Theater has a Birthday.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, March 1, 2013.
“Bay Area Becoming Mecca for Silent Film.” examiner.com, February 20, 2013.
“Magic on the Screen at Silent Film Festival.” Huffington Post, February 15, 2013.
“Notable Month at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.” Fremont Patch, January 31, 2013.
“Mary Pickford event at Rafael Film Center.” San Rafael Patch, January 30, 2013.
“Q & A with Christel Schmidt, editor of Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, January 29, 2013.
“Downton Abbey – the Louise Brooks connection.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, January 27, 2013.
“Silent films at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.” examiner.com, January 21, 2013.
— event preview
“Marguerite Clark: America’s Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, January 10, 2013.
“New Year of Silent Cinema at Niles Essanay.” Huffington Post, January 2, 2013.
2012
“Best Film Books of 2012.” Huffington Post, December 27, 2012.
“Baby Peggy stars on Turner Classic Movies.” examiner.com, December 3, 2012.
“November at Niles.” Union City Patch, November 3, 2012.
“Louise Brooks film screens at Andy Warhol Museum.” examiner.com, October 30, 2012.
— the text of the piece has also been archived here
“SF Symphony presents Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” examiner.com, October 29, 2012.
— the text of the piece has also been archived here
“Jim Tully takes Hollywood, again.” examiner.com, October 10, 2012.
— the text of the piece has also been archived here
“Louise Brooks and The Diary of a Lost Girl: A brief history of a banned book.” examiner.com, October 3 2012.
“The Monster and The Matrimaniac at Niles Essanay in October.” Union City Patch, October 3, 2012.
“Louise Brooks and The New Woman in Film.” examiner.com, September 29, 2012.
“Ty Burr on Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame.” examiner.com, September 27, 2012.
— book review
“Salomy Jane: Once Lost Silent Film Returns to Marin.” San Rafael Patch, September 25, 2012.
“Remembering the original Romney gaffe.” Open Salon, September 23, 2012.
“Once Lost Film Returns to Bay Area.” Huffington Post, September 19, 2012.
— cited in Jeremy Geltzer’s Film Censorship in America: A State-by-State History (McFarland, 2017)
“Historic, Near Century-Old Film Returns to Bay Area.” Fremont Patch, September 18, 2012.
“The Movies: 10 Must-Read Books Coming This Fall.” Huffington Post, September 14, 2012.
“Silent film star recalls 1924 Democratic Convention.” Open Salon, September 5, 2012.
— a Salon editor’s pick, and one of the most viewed pieces on Salon that day; the text of the piece has been archived here
“A Hollywood Fairy Tale Gone Wrong.” Huffington Post, September 4, 2012.
“Historic Twin Peaks Tunnel film returns to San Francisco.” examiner.com, August 29, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box Plays Out Doors in Newcastle.” Huffington Post, August 28, 2012.
— published on Huffington Post UK
“The week at Book Passage includes poet Robert Hass and a biography of S.I. Hayakawa.” Larkspur Patch, August 23, 2012.
“Remy Charlip Remembered: 10 Great Books Plus One or Two More.” Huffington Post, August 22, 2012.
“Frank Thompson’s The Commentary Track reveals film history.” examiner.com, August 19, 2012.
— the text of the piece has also been archived here
“Peter Pan shows in Vacaville.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, August 11, 2012.
“Book Passage features actor Andrew McCarthy and writer Susan Orlean.” Larkspur Patch, August 2, 2012.
“Hot August Nights at Niles with sexy Clara Bow and sultry Evelyn Brent.” examiner.com, August 2, 2012.
— the text of the piece has also been archived here
“Louise Brooks Stars in Beggars of Life.” Huffington Post, July 30, 2012.
“Lulu by the Bay: Louise Brooks is legend in Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2012.
— this piece also ran in SF Sentinel
“Pandora’s Box shows twice on July 14, in Chicago and San Francisco.” examiner.com, July 11 2012.
“Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Summer 2012.
— program essay in festival booklet
“Wings.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Summer 2012.
— program essay in festival booklet; cited in Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934 (Rutgers University Press, 2016)
“Actor Paul McGann Talks about Silent Film.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 2012.
— the eighth Doctor Who
“Jim Tully takes Hollywood, once again.” examiner.com, July 10, 2012.
“Director Philip Kaufman is guest at Silent Film Fest.” examiner.com, July 9, 2012.
“Film historian Jeffrey Vance talks about Douglas Fairbanks.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 8, 2012.
— footnoted in a book found here, and reprinted on the website of the Douglas Fairbanks Museum
“Music in the Air at San Francisco Silent Film Festival.” examiner.com, July 8 2012.
— preview piece
“What and Who (as in Doctor) Not to Miss at This Year’s Silent Film Fest.” Huffington Post, July 7, 2012.
“Highlights of the upcoming San Francisco Silent Film Festival.” examiner.com, July 4, 2012.
“15th annual Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2012.
“Sid Kay’s Fellows – Music in Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, June 26, 2012.
“The Countess Geschwitz.” examiner.com, June 24, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box and the Celluloid Closet.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 23, 2012.
“Rare screening of Louise Brooks film, Prix de Beauté.” examiner.com, June 23, 2012.
— the text of the piece has been archived here
“Author of Louise Brooks novel, The Chaperone, comes to Bay Area.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 2012.
“Could WINGS have been a 3-D film?” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, June 11, 2012.
— see also related posts on June 13th “Newspaper advertisements for WINGS,” June 14th “WINGS See it at popular prices“, and June 17th “WINGS with sensational sound effects”
“Louise Brooks – Cover Girl and Secret Muse of the 20th Century.” Huffington Post, June 6, 2012.
“Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan Star at Niles in June.” Union City Patch, May 31, 2012.
“The Concise Cinegraph.” examiner.com, May 28, 2012.
— book review
“Louise Brooks and Silent Film Star in Montreal.” Huffington Post, May 21, 2012.
“Silent Film Festival announces 2012 line-up.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, 2012.
“Laurel y Hardy en Español.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2012.
“May eclectic month at Niles Essanay, electric too.” examiner.com, May 4, 2012.
— the text of the piece has been archived here
“A Girl in Every Port goes to Stanford.” examiner.com, May 1, 2012.
“Robert Flaherty’s Man of Aran screens in Niles.” San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box with Louise Brooks screens at Getty Museum.” examiner.com, April 26, 2012.
“Buster Keaton gets a beat courtesy of the tUnE-yArDs.” San Francisco Chronicle, April 22, 2012.
“Dodge Brothers do Beggars of Life.” examiner.com, April 21, 2012.
“Louise Brooks Celebrated in London.” Huffington Post, April 11, 2012.
— published on Huffington Post UK
“April an eclectic month at Niles Essanay.” examiner.com, April 4, 2012.
“Academy Award Winner to Speak in Berkeley.” Berkeley Patch, March 31, 2012.
“Heavenly Joan of Arc screens Saturday at Zellerbach.” examiner.com, March 30, 2012.
“Niles celebrates 100th anniversary.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 29, 2012.
“Twitter-verse abuzz over silent film Napoleon.” examiner.com, March 26 2012.
“In cinematic form, Napoleon conquers all.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 26, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box in America – A Brief History.” examiner.com, March 26, 2012.
“Louise Brooks Is Lulu in Pandora’s Box.” Huffington Post, March 22, 2012.
“Napoleon – “greatest film ever made” screens in Oakland.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 2012.
“Strange Silent Film Screens in Syracuse.” Huffington Post, March 15, 2012.
“The Other Silent Film To Win An Oscar At This Year’s Academy Awards.” Huffington Post, March 7, 2012.
“Kevin Brownlow’s restoration of Napoleon.” examiner.com, March 6, 2012.
“Balboa Theater birthday party not to be missed.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 1, 2012.
“Silent films, all the rage, featured at Niles in March.” examiner.com, March 1, 2012.
“The Street of Forgotten Men.” Syracuse CineFest, March, 2012.
— essay in festival program
“Remy Charlip: San Francisco Connection to Hugo.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 27, 2012.
“Now We’re in the Air: the silent cinema and aviation.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 23, 2012.
“Historic Bay Area Film to Screen in Niles.” Union City Patch, February 23, 2012.
“Dizzy Heights: Silent Cinema and Life in the Air.” Berkeley Patch, February 20, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box screens twice in Cardiff.” examiner.com, February 19, 2012.
“Beggars of Life with Louise Brooks Screens in New York.” Huffington Post, February 17, 2012.
— published in New York City section; tweeted about by Roger Ebert (see below)
“More than 10 reasons not to miss Napoleon.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2012.
“Napoleon: A Lost Masterpiece Returns.” Huffington Post, February 13, 2012.
“Fine films featured in February at Niles.” examiner.com, February 3, 2012.
“Twin Peaks Tunnel film now online.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 2012.
“Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco & San Francisco’s Dashiell Hammett.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 26, 2012.
“Dashiell Hammett at Film Noir Festival.” Huffington Post, January 25, 2012.
— this piece got a shout-out on author Don Herron’s website
“A Girl in Every Port screens in Berkeley.” examiner.com, January 22, 2012.
“Historic San Francisco film emerges after 95 years.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 19, 2012.
“Louise Brooks lights up screens in Bay Area and beyond.” examiner.com, January 16, 2012.
“Half Moon Bay Silent Film Festival features Buster Keaton.” examiner.com, January 12, 2012.
“Howard Hawks Retrospective in Berkeley.” Huffington Post, January 11, 2012.
“Silent era screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas dies at age 111.” examiner.com, January 8, 2012.
“Georges Méliès, Inspiration for Scorcese’s Hugo, At Niles.” San Leandro Patch, January 7, 2012.
“This Date in San Francisco History.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2012.
2011
“Silent films among those named to 2011 National Film Registry.” examiner.com, December 28, 2011.
“Hunchback of Notre Dame at Grace Cathedral on New Year’s Eve.” Huffington Post, December 28, 2011.
— published in Huffington Post San Francisco
“She’s So Unusual: The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt.” Huffington Post, December 27, 2011.
“Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush is cinematic masterpiece.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 23, 2011.
“Best Film Books of 2011 Are Biographies.” Huffington Post, December 12, 2011.
“Oscar-Winner Kevin Brownlow Continues His Labour on Behalf of Cinema.” Huffington Post, December 2, 2011.
“Top 10 Best Silent Film Books of 2011.” examiner.com, December 2, 2011.
— discussed on Blue Ribbon News, a Texas website
“Holiday classics make merry month at Niles Essanay.” examiner.com, November 30, 2011.
“Kevin Brownlow to speak in Washington D.C.” examiner.com, November 23, 2011.
“Naked Men Everywhere: New Exhibit Reverses the Gaze.” Huffington Post, November 21, 2011.
— published on Huffington Post San Francisco
“Lou Gordon and the Original Romney Flip-flop.” Huffington Post, November 21, 2011.
— published in Huffington Post Detroit
“Pandora’s Box to screen in Dubai.” examiner.com, November 20, 2011.
“Theaters of the San Francisco Peninsula.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 17, 2011.
“Spencer Tracy biographer talks about his new book.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 2011.
“Heroines in distress, mad-cap comedies, a Holiday classic and more at Niles.” examiner.com, November 4, 2011.
“Polish film history, with a nod to Lulu, surveyed in book.” examiner.com, October 29, 2011.
“Film Biographers Take Center Stage in Bay Area.” Huffington Post, October 27, 2011.
“Susan Orlean talks Rin Tin Tin.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 26, 2011.
“Niles Essanay in Fremont Goes Goth.” Huffington Post, October 21, 2011.
“Online Archive Reveals Recorded Voices Of Noted Poets.” Huffington Post, October 20, 2011.
“Theda Bara – the first movie vamp.” examiner.com, October 19, 2011.
“The voice of the poet.” San Francisco Chronicle, October 14, 2011.
“Reflections of the silent film era.” examiner.com, October 8, 2011.
“Boooo! spooky silent dramas at Niles in October.” examiner.com, September 30, 2011.
“Director John Huston – the story of a story-teller revealed in new book.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 28, 2011.
“New Lou Reed – Metallica album inspired by Lulu plays.” examiner.com,
September 22, 2011.
“Silent Film Festival partners with American Conservatory Theater.” examiner.com, September 21, 2011.
“Before Contagion, there was Survivors.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 12, 2011.
“Novelist Laurie R. King talks silent film, Sherlock Holmes.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 5, 2011.
“Pictures and sounds of a gone world.” San Francisco Chronicle, September 1, 2011.
“Once banned film resurfaces 90 years after scandal.” Open Salon, August 25, 2011.
— a Salon editor’s pick
“Harold Lloyd featured at Niles.” examiner.com, August 18, 2011.
“John Bengtson, archeologist of early cinema.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 17, 2011.
“Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last in Vacaville.” examiner.com, August 10, 2011.
“Walt Disney’s silent inspirations.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2011.
“The return of Baby Peggy, the last silent film star.” Open Salon, August 4, 2011.
“Lou Reed, Frank Wedekind, Metallica and Lulu.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2011.
“He Who Gets Slapped.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Summer 2011.
— program essay in festival booklet
“Napoleon’s cinematic exile to end in 2012.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 14, 2011.
“A baker’s dozen: interesting people at the Silent Film Festival.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 14, 2011.
“Highlights of the upcoming San Francisco Silent Film Festival.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2011.
“Thomas Gladysz’s most treasured book.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2011.
“Theodore Roszak (1933-2011).” San Francisco Chronicle, July 9, 2011.
— cited in an academic thesis titled
“Rudolph Valentino sizzles in The Son of the Sheik.” examiner.com, July 10, 2011.
“Second oldest in California turns 111.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 6, 2011.
“He Who Gets Slapped.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 4, 2011.
“Dryden Theater in Rochester, NY turns 60.” examiner.com, July 2, 2011.
“Rare Louise Brooks film to screen in Chicago.” examiner.com, June 29, 2011.
“Rudolph Valentino still attracts.” examiner.com, June 28, 2011.
— the text of the piece has been archived here
“Reading the stars: books from old Hollywood.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 27, 2011.
“Bronco Billy Festival closes June at Niles.” examiner.com, June 26, 2011.
“Film critic David Thomson to speak at Book Passage.” examiner.com, June 6, 2011.
“Charlie Chaplin opens June at Niles.” examiner.com, June 4, 2011.
“Film historian Richard Schickel to speak at Book Passage.” examiner.com, May 3, 2011.
“Before Greg Mortenson and Three Cups of Tea.” Open Salon, April 21, 2011.
— Salon editor’s pick
“Talking with The Dodge Brothers.” examiner.com, April 8, 2011.
“Two Louise Brooks films to be screened with live musical accompaniment.” examiner.com, April 7, 2011.
— regarding screenings in England and Ireland
“Louise Brooks film featured at Toronto Silent Film Festival.” examiner.com, April 3, 2011.
“Remembering Richard Leacock.” examiner.com, March 29, 2011.
“Marc Ribot accompanies Chaplin’s The Kid.” examiner.com, March 14, 2011.
“David Thomson’s New Biographical Dictionary of Film.” examiner.com, March 10, 2011.
— book review
“Book Passage goes Hollywood.” examiner.com, March 5, 2011.
“Balboa Theater birthday party not to be missed.” examiner.com, March 3, 2011.
“Silent surrealism at the Lark.” examiner.com, March 2, 2011.
“Harold Lloyd, Igor Stravinsky and Co.” examiner.com, February 19, 2011.
“Exceptional line-up at Feb 12 silent film event in San Francisco.” examiner.com, February 7, 2011.
“Lulu character featured in new play, Mlle. God.” examiner.com, February 6, 2011.
“Pandora’s Box, with Louise Brooks, screens on TCM.” examiner.com, January 27, 2011.
“Bay Area silent film historian to speak in Hollywood.” examiner.com, January 3, 2011.
“A Girl in Every Port.” Starts Thursday!, January 1, 2011.
— guest blog
2010
“Canary Murder Case author featured in new book.” examiner.com, December 30, 2010.
“Beggars of Life, by Jim Tully, back in print.” examiner.com, December 29, 2010.
“Phantom of the Opera at Grace Cathedral New Year’s Eve.” examiner.com, December 29, 2010.
“Early films selected for National Film Registry.” examiner.com, December 28, 2010.
“Sherlock Holmes vs Herlock Sholmes” examiner.com, December 24, 2010.
“Louise Brooks films celebrated in Paris.” examiner.com, December 23, 2010.
“Toronto Silent Film Festival to screen It’s the Old Army Game.” examiner.com, December 22, 2010.
“Silent film conference set for UC Berkeley.” examiner.com, December 21, 2010.
“Louise Brooks & Bruz Fletcher: Camped, Tramped, Riotous Vamps.” examiner.com, December 16, 2010.
“Revamped website celebrates Nita Naldi.” examiner.com, December 16, 2010.
“Local film preservationist does his bit and more.” examiner.com, December 15, 2010.
“Artist includes Louise Brooks in museum series.” examiner.com, December 14, 2010.
“Italian Straw Hat to screen in Sacramento with Orchestra.” examiner.com, December 13, 2010.
“Mountain Goats scale Sir Arne’s Treasure at Castro.” examiner.com, December 11, 2010.
“Two new books offer portraits of early film stars.” examiner.com, December 9, 2010.
“Diary of a Lost Girl screens at National Gallery of Art.” examiner.com, December 9, 2010.
— quoted on Alt Film Guide
“Jim Tully Revival: Hobo Author Back in Print.”Huffington Post, December 8, 2010.
“Louise Brooks fan hopes to make short film.” examiner.com, December 6, 2010.
“Yuna Yang Fashion Designs Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, December 4, 2010.
“Best DVDs of 2010: Silent Film.”Huffington Post, December 3, 2010.
“San Francisco movie theaters and those that love them.” examiner.com, December 1, 2010.
“Passion of Joan of Arc Shows Thursday.” examiner.com, November 30, 2010.
“Best Film Books for 2010.” Huffington Post, November 30, 2010.
“Two New Releases Show Genius of Charlie Chaplin.” Huffington Post, November 24, 2010.
“King of Gamblers star subject of new book.” examiner.com, November 24, 2010.
“Early film star Baby Marie dies at age 99.” examiner.com, November 17, 2010.
— see also related piece “Baby Marie Osborne in San Francisco” on San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog
“Academy Award Winner Kevin Brownlow to screen rare early films.” examiner.com, November 12, 2010.
“A Century Ago: The Films of 1910.” examiner.com, November 11, 2010.
“Rufus Wainwright talks Shakespeare, symphonic music, and silent film.” examiner.com, November 6, 2010.
“Love Em and Leave Em screens in Rochester, NY.” examiner.com, November 4, 2010.
“Vernon Dent shines with new book, screenings in Niles in November.” examiner.com, November 4, 2010.
“Moguls and Movie Stars: History of Hollywood starts tonight.” examiner.com, November 1, 2010.
“Silent film marathon with Club Foot Orchestra.” examiner.com, October 29, 2010.
“Rare documentary part of Louise Brooks celebration.” examiner.com, October 27, 2010.
“Spooky scripts for Halloween, and the genius of Philip J. Riley.” examiner.com, October 27, 2010.
“Valley of the Giants.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, October 26, 2010.
“Once lost Northern California film found.” examiner.com, October 25, 2010.
“Silent film celebrated in Shasta County.” examiner.com, October 21, 2010.
“Beggars of Life screens again in Los Angeles.” examiner.com, October 21, 2010.
“Left in the Dark: Portraits of San Francisco Movie Theatres.” examiner.com, October 20, 2010.
— book review
“One woman play about Tilly Wedekind.” examiner.com, October 19, 2010.
“Restored Metropolis screens at Pacific Film Archive.” examiner.com, October 18, 2010.
“Fremont film historian featured on 60 Minutes.” examiner.com, October 16, 2010.
“Dear Stinkpot: Letters from Louise Brooks by Jan Wahl.” Huffington Post, October 13, 2010.
“Early Warner Bros. Studios.” examiner.com, October 12, 2010.
— book review
“Beggars of Life screens in Seattle tonight.” examiner.com, October 11, 2010.
“Carl Th. Dreyer retrospective comes to Berkeley.” examiner.com, October 6, 2010.
“Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood’s Lady Crook .” examiner.com, October 4, 2010.
— book review
“Louise Brooks’ private journals to be revealed.” examiner.com, October 2, 2010.
— tweeted about by Roger Ebert and Neil Gaiman (see below)
“Rin Tin Tin saves the day.” examiner.com, October 2, 2010.
— this piece was also archived on nitrateville.com
“Love Em and Leave Em screens in Fremont, CA.” examiner.com, October 1, 2010.
“Local Cine Club for teenagers includes silent films.” examiner.com, October 1, 2010.
“Joan of Arc film to be shown here.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, September 30, 2010.
“Who was Margarete Bohme?” examiner.com, September 30, 2010.
“Kevin Brownlow talks about archives and Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, September 29, 2010.
“A Beggars of Life revival redux.” examiner.com, September 27, 2010.
“Metropolis redux.” examiner.com, September 25, 2010.
“The Remarkable Life of Valeska Gert.”Huffington Post, September 24, 2010.
“The Diary of a Lost Girl: Brief history of a banned book.” Open Salon, September 24, 2010.
“Rare Louise Brooks film to screen in Niles.” examiner.com, September 21, 2010.
“Chaplin series starts tonight.” examiner.com, September 18, 2010.
“Rudolph Valentino: The Silent Idol, His Life in Photographs.” examiner.com, September 16, 2010.
“Six questions with novelist Glen David Gold.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, September 15, 2010.
“An encounter with a curious character.” Open Salon, September 14, 2010.
— about F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre; a Salon editor’s pick
“New restoration of Pandora’s Box announced.” examiner.com, September 8, 2010.
“Restored Metropolis returns to San Francisco.” examiner.com, September 7, 2010.
“1923 Hunchback of Notre Dame to screen in Petaluma.” examiner.com, September 2, 2010.
“Rare Oscar to a Film Historian… and the Award Goes to Kevin Brownlow.” Huffington Post, August 31, 2010.
“The Secret Historian and the Silent Film Star: One Was Gay.”Huffington Post, August 31, 2010.
— commented on by New York Times critic Dave Kehr; referenced on the Smithsonian magazine blog; and cited in Joseph A. Boone’s The Homoerotics of Orientalism (Columbia University Press, 2014) and Susan Potter’s Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema (University of Illinois Press, 2019); this article led the publisher, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux to revise later editions of the book
“Clay Theater to remain open – for now.” examiner.com, August 30, 2010.
“Louise Brooks shines in Starstruck.” examiner.com, August 30, 2010.
— book review of Ira Resnick’s Starstruck
“Mining The Prelinger Library & Archives.” examiner.com, August 29, 2010.
“Pandora’s Box to screen in Kansas City.” examiner.com, August 27, 2010.
“First Ever Oscar to a Film Historian Goes to Kevin Brownlow.” examiner.com, August 27, 2010.
— this piece was archived on nitrateville.com
“A Lost Girl, a Fake Diary, and a Forgotten Author.” Huffington Post, August 26, 2010.
“Diary of a Lost Girl screens on Long Island.” examiner.com, August 26, 2010.
“Chaplin, Chaplin, and more Chaplin.” examiner.com, August 19, 2010.
“Sir Arne’s Treasure, with the Mountain Goats, in December.” examiner.com, August 16, 2010.
— this piece was also archived on nitrateville.com
“New Chaplin book by Kevin Brownlow.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, August 15, 2010.
“Beggars of Life to show in Los Angeles.” examiner.com, August 13, 2010.
“Rufus Talks Lulu – Plays Denver.”Huffington Post, August 12, 2010.
— published in Denver section
“Historic Clay Theatre to close.” examiner.com, August 11, 2010.
— reported on by sfcitizen.com
“Beggars of Life Screens Under the Stars.”Huffington Post, August 10, 2010.
— published in Los Angeles section
“‘I Am the Victim of Such a Lascivious Beauty’ Rufus Wainwright on Louise Brooks.”Huffington Post, August 5, 2010.
— interview with the pop star
“American Venus.” Starts Thursday!, August 3, 2010.
— guest blog
“Some of the many facets of Polish cinema.” examiner.com, August 2, 2010.
“Discovering a Polish Lulu.” examiner.com, August 2, 2010.
“Restored Metropolis returns to San Francisco.” examiner.com, July 29, 2010.
“The art and history of coming attraction slides.” examiner.com, July 28, 2010.
“San Francisco and the movies.” examiner.com, July 27, 2010.
“G.W. Pabst: A Film Director for All Seasons.”Huffington Post, July 13, 2010.
“Pixar Academy Award winner Pete Docter selects funny films.” examiner.com, July 12, 2010.
“The Parade’s Gone By.” examiner.com, July 11, 2010.
“George O’Brien – a man’s man in Hollywood.” examiner.com, July 10, 2010.
“Diary of a Lost Girl, with Louise Brooks, screens July 17.” examiner.com, July 10, 2010.
“Six Questions With Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields.”Huffington Post, July 8, 2010.
“The Show-Off screens in Los Angeles July 10.” examiner.com, July 8, 2010.
“15 Reasons to Attend the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.”Huffington Post, July 7, 2010.
“Berlin film festival features Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, July 6, 2010.
“The return of Norma Talmadge.” examiner.com, July 5, 2010.
“The return of Baby Peggy.” examiner.com, July 1, 2010.
“New short film homage to Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, June 29, 2010.
“Early San Francisco film wins preservation grant.” examiner.com, June 28, 2010.
“Daisy D’Ora, one-time German actress, dies at age 97.” examiner.com, June 27, 2010.
“This handsome fellow.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, June 26, 2010.
“Remembering H.A.V. Bulleid, Author and Pioneering Film Historian.” Huffington Post, June 14, 2010.
“The Prisoner of Zenda.” examiner.com, June 12, 2010.
“Canary Murder Case screens in Rochester, NY.” examiner.com, June 9, 2010.
“Major discovery of silent films announced.” examiner.com, June 7, 2010.
“Run You Luscious Lesbian.” examiner.com, June 7, 2010.
“Allen Ginsberg: Remembering The Iconic Poet Through His Photography And Words.”Huffington Post, June 4, 2010.
“Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival.” examiner.com, June 3, 2010.
“Six questions with silent film accompanist Tom Peters.” examiner.com, May 25, 2010.
“Six questions with the Dodge Brothers.” examiner.com, May 23, 2010.
“Louise Brooks’ film centerpiece of 2010 Silent Film Festival.” examiner.com, May 21, 2010.
“New encyclopedia of German Cinema.” examiner.com, May 19, 2010.
“Pandora’s Box, with Louise Brooks, screens in SoCal.” examiner.com, May 17, 2010.
“Diary of a Lost Girl, with Louise Brooks, screens in Brooklyn.” examiner.com, May 11, 2010.
— my first piece under the moniker of the national “Louise Brooks examiner”
“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea resurfaces in San Francisco.” examiner.com, May 3, 2010.
“Georges Méliès – Cinemagician of early movies.” examiner.com, April 23, 2010.
— — this DVD review was also archived on nitrateville.com
“Starstruck : Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, April 20, 2010.
— book review
“Niles marks 1906 earthquake.” examiner.com, April 16, 2010.
“Celebrating silent film star Baby Peggy.” examiner.com, April 15, 2010.
— this piece was also archived on nitrateville.com
“San Francisco Symphony going silent.” examiner.com, April 12, 2010.
“Exploring the avant-garde, or Weldon Kees where are you?” examiner.com, April 7, 2010.
— DVD reviews
“A Century of Cinema (in Sacramento).” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, March 31, 2010.
“New book on silent mystery and detective movies.” examiner.com, March 23, 2010.
— this piece was archived on nitrateville.com
“Anna May Wong.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, March 22, 2010.
“Edison’s Frankenstein – It’s Alive.” examiner.com, March 18, 2010.
— book review
“Buster Keaton gets symphonic treatment in Oakland.” examiner.com, March 17, 2010.
“Miss Mend is masterful melodramatic mash-up.” examiner.com, March 16, 2010.
— DVD review
“Silent-era actress Dorothy Janis dies at age 100.” examiner.com, March 12, 2010.
“Mack Sennett’s fun factory.” examiner.com, March 9, 2010.
— book review, acknowledged on the Mack Sennett blog
“Let her tell you how she feels – the book reviews of Laura Wagner.” examiner.com, March 6, 2010.
— book review
“The personal touch, with smallpox.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, March 2, 2010.
“Roger Ebert to receive award at San Francisco International Film Festival.” examiner.com, March 1, 2010.
“Cinequest in San Jose shows silents.” examiner.com, February 25, 2010.
“Robert Birchard’s universal history.” examiner.com, February 23, 2010.
— profile / book review
“Local film history can be found online.” examiner.com, February 22, 2010.
“Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt to perform score for silent film – joined by Lemony Snicket.” examiner.com, February 18, 2010.
“Silent Film Festival to screen restored Metropolis this summer.” examiner.com, February 17, 2010.
“Silent film star Karl Dane revealed in new book.” examiner.com, February 15, 2010.
“Kevin Brownlow’s Photoplay Productions now online.” examiner.com, February 10, 2010.
— Six months after I wrote “Someday, Brownlow should be given an honorary Oscar for all that he has done,” he became the first film historian given an Academy Award.
“Image magazine, and the GEH.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, February 9, 2010.
“Stephin Merritt and Magnetic Fields go silent.” examiner.com, February 1, 2010.
“Early Westerns featured in new book.” examiner.com, January 21, 2010.
— review of Western Film Series of the Sound Era by Michael R. Pitts
“Early Frank Capra films featured in Berkeley.” examiner.com, January 14, 2010.
“Rufus Wainwright pens tribute to silent film star Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, January 12, 2010.
“Steven Severin performs music for silent films.” examiner.com, January 11, 2010.
— about the English musician and co-founder of Siouxsie and the Banshees
“New book on Edison’s Frankenstein.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, January 11, 2010.
“Screen hero Richard Dix celebrated in Niles.” examiner.com, January 8, 2010.
“George Lucas’s Blockbusting.” examiner.com, January 7, 2010.
— review of George Lucas’s Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success by Alex Ben Block and Lucy Autrey Wilson
“New book on Portland theaters joins illustrated series.” examiner.com, January 1, 2010.
— review of Theatres of Portland by Gary Lacher and Steve Stone