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Silent Era: the silent films website

Created and edited by Carl Bennett as a labor of love, this site promises to become a terrific resource for silent film fans. Still very much under construction, it draws from Bennett's own offline database of 17,000 silent era films. At present, the majority of the available content, over 50 reviews of silent films, can be found in the Silent Era Films on VHS Videotape and DVD sections, both of...

http://www.silentera.com/
Sundance Film Festival Announces Winners

Film festivals have become immensely popular during the last few decades, and it seems like almost every city or state now has some type of festival to showcase the work of local, national, and in some cases, international filmmakers, both young and old. Started by Robert Redford in 1981, the Sundance Film Festival (held annually in Park City, Utah) has quickly grown into one of the most...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2003/0131
The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale

The Wizard of Oz is probably one of the most enduring American stories, having been translated into numerous movies, recordings, stage productions, and hundreds of written versions. This online exhibit from the Library of Congress showcases some of the many products and ephemera related to this integral piece of American culture. Many of the objects originated from the Library's voluminous...

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oz/
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