Bret Wood Filmes

"About the Restoration" provides an overview of the recovery effort, hosted by Bret Wood. Also of interest are examples of movie making mistakes that...

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, pinpoints the locations...

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between...

Documentary on the making of The Dark Power.

Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).

Multi-narrative adaptation of Richard v. Krafft-Ebing's notorious medico-forensic study of sexual perversity.

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.

Documentary covering the making of the 1985 film ALIEN OUTLAW.

A documentary on the life and career of actor Lon Chaney, with clips from his films and interviews with people who knew him.

The story behind the casting and production of the classic Universal Studios silent film The Man Who Laughs

A troubled veteran returns home to resume his life, but first he must fulfill a dreadful family obligation.

A mysterious assemblage of men use led by a man in red use a tarot deck to determine what punishment to mete out to those they've already determined...

Two women initiate their friend into the joys of evangelicalism.

An erotic thriller from the director of Psychopathia Sexualis, THE LITTLE DEATH offers a peek into the seedy boudoirs of a Victorian-era brothel,...

Short documentary on the making of Buster Keaton's One Week.