The old wooden chest had been in the family for a century, moved from the attic to the barn, from the barn to the garage. Nobody knew it contained a treasure trove of French cinema. Nobody until Bill ...

More than a century after it was thought lost, a missing film by Georges Méliès — one of cinema’s earliest and most influential pioneers — has resurfaced, offering a rare glimpse into the origins of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long-lost 'robot' film by pioneering 19th-century auteur Georges Méliès discovered and restored. A lost film by pioneering French ...

The first appearance on film of what might be called a robot has made its way to the Library of Congress. Filmmaking pioneer Georges Melies created the 45-second film strip in 1897, but it was ...

Here's a Super Bowl alternative for Sunday — a live movie concert celebrating the magical work of pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès at the Balboa Theatre. Méliès may not be a household name, but ...

"Gugusse and the Automaton", a short silent film made by French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès back in 1897, was lost to history until it was found in a trove of film reels donated to the US Library of ...

The legacy of the robot in film is a long and storied one, whether we’re considering such synthetic cinematic luminaries as Andy Kaufman’s character Val in 1981 comedy Heartbeeps, or Bernadette Peters ...

This post was updated Nov. 4 at 10:47 p.m. “Right in the Eye” continues a legacy of innovation. From the mind of pianist and composer Jean-François Alcoléa, “Right in the Eye” is a movie-concert that ...

Georges Méliès, aka the "Cinemagician," will have yet another work reach the big screen with the “Right in the Eye” performance series. On Feb. 24, Sedona’s intimate Mary D. Fisher Theatre will be ...

Footage from of Georges Meliess 1897 French short silent film Gugusse et l'Automate is seen at the Packard Campus of the Library of Congresss National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, ...