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  Q&A with Joseph Malham, author of Holy Celluloid! The Vatican List of Great Films & Why They Still Matter 1.    Q: The first question many people will ask is “if the list was compiled in 1995, why are you writing about it thirty years later?” A:  A valid question and one that I asked myself many times. First, I was amazed to discover that while there were many articles and online discussions, there wasn’t a surfeit of books examining the list since it was comprised by the Vatican for the centenary of the birth of cinema. Second, these...

Thank you to Robin Raven for allowing us to reprint this interview with Ike for our blog and newsletter. 'You'll Never Be a Star': Ike Eisenmann on 'Escape to Witch Mountain,' his new memoir, and surviving child stardom Ike Eisenmann spent his childhood doing something most kids only dream about. He starred in movies and appeared on hit television shows, working alongside Hollywood legends, and became a child star in the 1970s. Best known as Tony Malone in Disney's *Escape to Witch Mountain* (1975) and its sequel *Return from Witch Mountain* (1978), Eisenmann built an impressive résumé across some of...

Carl Switzer was “Alfalfa” in the “our Gang” and “Little Rascals” comedy shorts beginning in 1935 and later seen in the early years of television.  After that run, he worked with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Donna Reed, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and James Stewart.  All that before his mysterious death in 1959, an incident long a legend in Hollywood lore.   Switzer’s story has been told in full in *Alfalfa: The Rascal you Knew, The Character You Never Knew* by researcher James Tehrani. Hear all about it on the May 23 edition of “Flashback with Wes Britton” at Artistfirst.com!...

Visual effects artist François Aubry likes the Silent Trigger book!