At some point in the “film school” era, Charlie Chaplin became a dirty word. The characteristics that made “The Little Tramp” phenomenally popular to audiences in the early 1900s—particularly his ...

One of the most influential figures in film history is being remembered on what would have been his 137th birthday.

Beyond the slapstick and the silhouette, Charlie Chaplin was a visionary social philosopher whose critiques of industrial automation, political performance, and visual language remain startlingly ...