Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

2 Exclusive: MICHAEL Behind-the-Scenes Clip Spotlights Nia Long as Katherine Jackson "Limelight" offers a poignant portrait of the music halls where Chaplin, one of the screen's first comedic geniuses ...

Charlie Chaplin's Limelight opened on October 23, 1952, launching what would become one of the strangest Oscar stories in Academy history. The film eventually became the only one for which Chaplin won ...

An alert to my colleagues in the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle: I hereby nominate Rob McClure for a Craig Noel Award, Lead Performance in a Musical, Male. His Charlie Chaplin in Limelight, at the ...

With the 1952 film “Limelight” (which I discuss in this clip), Charlie Chaplin was both telling a counterfactual version of his life story and attempting a comeback. He had never lost his fame, but he ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Charlie Chaplin, the silent movie star who only reluctantly made the ...

Chaplin the man is the subject of Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s feature-length documentary, which in its stream-of-consciousness approach and the supple, conversational narration of actress ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Director and actor Charlie Chaplin laughs raucously during the making of his ...

Play has its moments but falls into the usual trap of trying to cover too much ground. For a pleasing if derivative kickoff, young Charlie (Jake Schwenke) makes his London music-hall debut with mum ...