Like a lot of people, Black and White cinema didn't do much for me growing up. My access point was through the Universal Monster movies, leading in to Hitchcock and as I got older, I found myself able ...

About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...

2014 gave rise to a surge in discussion around feminism; media coverage of the topic increased as countless celebrities publicly addressed prevailing gender inequalities, while over on twitter ...

Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.

While there's an argument to be made that these movies aren't old, simply classic, there's no question that they were made quite a long time ago. From pre-Code pictures that broke the boundaries of ...

In this second episode Barry celebrates the wonders of early pre-code cinema. This was the era before the introduction of the Motion Picture Production Code, which subsequently became The Hays Code, ...