August is Charlie Chaplin month at the AFI Silver Theatre. So is September for that matter. For those of you lucky enough to live near Silver Spring, Maryland, you have a chance to see new 35 mm prints of Chaplin's best work on the big screen—and by that, I mean the big screen (those of you who have been to the AFI Silver know what I mean).Yesterday, Katie-Bar-The-Door and I saw The Circus (with the 1921 short The Idle Class as an appetizer). The former features some of Chaplin's best bits, including a police chase through a maze of mirrors, and a highwire act with the Tramp and three naughty monkeys (no relation). In the latter, the Tramp plays golf and wanders into a ritzy costume party.
This coming weekend, we get the classic City Lights, which would be my choice as Chaplin's best movie, if I were unfortunate enough to live in a world where such choices were necessary.Click here for scheduled features and show times.
Tomorrow: More Garbo.
