Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

Article Summary Silent Hill director Christophe Gans reflects on the enduring legacy of his 2006 video game adaptation. Return to Silent Hill marks Gans' return, with a new story inspired by the ...

Looking back now, there is the impression that all old silent films were black and white, the advent of sound in the mid-to-late 1920s marking the first great milestone on the march to our 3D, ...

In our age of surround sound and IMAX theaters emphasizing the importance of sound effects and mixing in movies, it’s easy to forget that for film history’s first thirty years, movies were silent. A ...

Silent Hill is headed back to theaters next month, just in time for the 20th anniversary of the first film in the video game adaptation franchise, with Christophe Gans back in the director’s chair for ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A 1926 silent film classic will flicker across the silver screen at First Presbyterian Church as two Quad Cities musicians recreate the sights and sounds of early movie theaters.