Topic Hub

#Silent Film

Explore every BucketMovies article filed under Silent Film.

3 articles

Original 1928 theatrical poster for The Wind featuring Lillian Gish surrounded by storm-blown desert imagery

The Wind (1928): Lillian Gish and the Western as Psychological Siege

An in-depth analysis of The Wind, focusing on Lillian Gish's extraordinary performance, Victor Sjostrom's use of landscape as psychological pressure, and the film's uneasy ending.

Mar 22, 2026

Original 1928 theatrical poster for The Crowd showing John and Mary dwarfed by urban scale

analysis

The Crowd (1928): King Vidor and the Terror of Becoming Ordinary

An in-depth analysis of The Crowd, focusing on King Vidor's city imagery, James Murray's everyman performance, the pressure modern life puts on marriage, and the film's uneasy vision of the American dream.

Mar 21, 2026

Original 1929 Spanish-language poster for Pandora's Box featuring a stylized close-up of Louise Brooks

analysis

Pandora's Box (1929): Louise Brooks and the Scandal of Modern Desire

An in-depth analysis of Pandora's Box, from Louise Brooks's Lulu and Pabst's cool camera to Weimar sexuality, censorship, and the film's unsettling modernity.

Mar 16, 2026