Kicking off the second day of Ebertfest, the Virginia Theatre hosted a 9 a.m. showing of "The General" that resonated with ...

To say I all-but-devoured two new books about Buster Keaton understates the case. I've been nuts about the silent-film comic since I was a teenager, and had been thinking of him a lot since the death ...

Since its founding twenty-four years ago, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s mission has been to not only present silent films in the best possible conditions — high-quality prints screened in a ...

Sierra Madre Playhouse, in partnership with Silents Synced, pairs Buster Keaton’s hilarious 1924 silent comedy Sherlock Jr. with the atmospheric sounds of R.E.M.’s 1996 hit album "New Adventures in Hi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Bengtson stands at Divisadero and Broadway in San Francisco in 2000 holding a still from a Buster Keaton film at the same ...

Image Credit: Buster Keaton (Image: La Cinémathèque québécoise) Buster Keaton was called the ‘Great Stone Face,’ a vaudeville ...

Comedy icon Buster Keaton was among the silver screen's first superstars. During the 1920s, alongside figures like Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, he was a major attraction for audiences. His ...

A nearly 100-year-old slapstick classic is about to get the live music treatment in Melbourne’s north. The Sounds of Silent ...