At some point in the “film school” era, Charlie Chaplin became a dirty word. The characteristics that made “The Little Tramp” phenomenally popular to audiences in the early 1900s—particularly his ...

Modern Times featured a game-changing moment in which the Tramp talks for the first time, signifying that Chaplin had accepted the new direction that the industry was headed. While it is used as a ...

There is perhaps only one place in America that shows weekly silent movies on antique projectors using the original film prints, the light flickering across the screen as stories unfold. And that is ...

The Museum of Modern Art has worked on a meticulous restoration of Chaplin’s 1918 film “Shoulder Arms,” screening on Thursday, that likely differs in every frame from what viewers have seen. By Ben ...