Category: Claudette Colbert: Comedienne Extraordinaire

A Partnership Game: Midnight, Nitrate Film, and Contract Bridge

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|Cole Seidl| The 10th annual Nitrate Picture Show in Rochester, New York didn’t announce a single film of its program before the festival began on June 4th. They didn’t need to—tickets had sold out within a week of going on sale in January. People, it seems, didn’t care what the program… Continue reading

In Reluctant Defense of The Hollywood Studio System

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|Rachel Buhman| “You’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all” rings out as the most clangy criticism of rom-coms. Funny enough, it’s one of film’s most famous romantic characters, Kathy Selden, that utters those words in Singin’ in the Rain. Just before she admits to actually seeing a few of her… Continue reading