Categories
Review

The Haunted Castle (Le Chateau hante) (1897)

The Haunted Castle, an 1897 film by Georges Melies, is a bit of an odd duck, but also another important milestone for the director.

Categories
Review

The House of the Devil (La Manoir du diable) (1896)

Would you believe the first horror movie in the history of cinema is a comedy?

Categories
Review

Conjuring (1896)

The lack of preservation of early films is a bewildering and heartbreaking truth of movie history.

Categories
Review

Playing Cards (1896)

Georges Méliès (1861-1938) was cinema’s first great director.

Categories
Review

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

As I dive deeper and deeper into film history with The Goods and my expanded set of movie reviews, I’d like to more systematically expand my understanding and coverage of film history.