Abel Gance’s 1931 film End of the World certainly did represent the “end” of a very important thing: the director’s career as a great cinema pioneer. The original film, lasting more than three hours, ...

An Abel Gance masterpiece brings excitement and clarity to moral confusion. Abel Gance’s 1931 End of the World gets its first Blu-ray DVD release (from KINO) the same time that Public Image Ltd ...

When it comes to summer blockbusters, it doesn’t get much more epic than a film that first premiered nearly a century ago. For nearly two decades work has been underway to restore Abel Gance’s 1927 ...

The British Film Institute is on a roll. After rolling out an ambitious, globe-trotting “Shakespeare on Film” program earlier this week, film historian Kevin Brownlow and the BFI National Archive have ...

Now this film is a true classic! The BFI (British Film Institute) has announced a digitally restored re-release of Abel Gance's 1920's epic Napoleon, about the French conqueror. This project has been ...

When did a film last blow you away? The pair behind the restoration of an old silent classic about Napoleon say it's a reminder of how magnificent pure cinema can be Napoleon is a silent film directed ...

Turner Classic Movies uses an occasional series called “Lost and Found” to showcase vintage movies that have been restored and preserved. Tonight, two of the landmark silent classics directed by the ...

Napoleon was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814 and again in mid-1815 Getty Images The 1927 silent French film Napoleon will be re-released in UK cinemas after a massive digital restoration of ...

Never mind about 3-D and IMAX and higher frame rates and immersive design and “The Artist” and “Hugo”: Abel Gance’s monumental silent, “Napoleon” (1927), is back and fully restored and better than ...

This 90-year-old epic story of the French emperor’s rise to power is a staggering piece of film-making A strong contender for the most exciting, daring and groundbreaking cinema release of the year is ...