It’s 1925. The Russian Revolution is over. Vladimir Lenin believes that “the cinema is for us the most important of the arts,” leading the Soviet Union to create the world’s first professional film school. With a genius for editing that is still discussed today, director Sergei Eisenstein creates a movie that was once considered the…
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Welcome to Season 5 of Let’s Finally Watch This, a podcast for casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies. We have another 12 exciting, decades-hopping episodes for you. First up, we’re back in 1906, where moving pictures are still very much a technology in its infancy. This time we’re in Australia,…
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The year is 1916. It’s only been a decade since The Story of the Kelly Gang, but director D.W. Griffith has pushed the medium to new heights. With the same vision that created the cinematically groundbreaking (though racist) The Birth of a Nation (see episode 36), Griffith ushers audiences through four separate plotlines in what…
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The year is 1926. The movie industry is a year away from its first big sound film, but another major technological advance is also slowly approaching–COLOR! The Black Pirate is a vital early success of Technicolor, due in part to actor Douglas Fairbanks’s swashbuckling athleticism. With its vibrant use of color and high adventure, The…
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The year is 1936. The cinema world is filled with talkies. Sound has revolutionized the industry. But Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times revels in its almost-silent-film genius. The iconic Tramp tries to make an honest living for himself and his street urchin love in a world of machine-filled factories and hard-to-keep jobs, a gentle satire on…
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