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Sure, the first episode may recall the book and movie "Twilight," but this new dramatic thriller about teens and vampires is based on books L.J. Smith wrote back in the early 1990s.

Criterion has dug deep into Alexander Korda's oeuvre this year, releasing a full Eclipse box set - Alexander Korda's Private Lives - and now This Hamilton Woman , and while I am certain these pictures hold certain historical importance, I have yet to be convinced of the filmmaker's aesthetic imperative.

The Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra , in its Asian Film Festival debut, features a documentary on the Chinese-American Hollywood movie star, Anna May Wong in Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend.

REVIEW Given the phenomenal success of Johnny Depp's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, a revival of appreciation for the granddaddy of all cinematic swashbucklers, Douglas Fairbanks, is long overdue.

Silent Film Society of Chicago, Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee: Founded in 1998, this organization is dedicated to the preservation and proper presentation of silent films.

A fixture of the summer film season, the Silent Film Society of Chicago's Silent Summer Film Festival begins Friday, July 24, with Running Wild , a comedy starring W.C. Fields and directed by that master of light comedy Gregory La Cava .