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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pathe in France has unveiled a brand new official trailer for the epic 7 hour complete restoration of cinema classic Napoléon, better known as Abel Gance's Napoléon. Everyone who studies cinema knows ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A few steps from the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, home to the annual film gathering, an eagle-shaped stone carving marks the spot where Napoleon camped for a night after his flight from Elba – the ...

There have been a lot of films about Napoleon, but the most famous one of all is also the hardest to see. Abel Gance's Napoleon premiered 85 years ago, a silent epic about the childhood and early ...