Two new books about a legendary silent film comic — Dana Stevens' Camera Man and James Curtis' Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life — give fans new reason to revisit Keaton's work.

That title should go to Buster Keaton, the doe-eyed, stoney-faced maverick of the silent film era, whose extraordinary stunts make Tom Cruise look risk-averse. Advertisement. Advertisement.

The legendary silent-movie comedian Buster Keaton was known as “The Great Stone Face” for his trademark deadpan, but his expressive, just-keep-swimming eyes told endless stories.

“The Great Buster” begins with a ’72 clip from “The Dick Cavett Show,” in which Bogdanovich and Frank Capra consider Keaton’s rise and fall. The “fall” part, of course, was literal ...

Buster Keaton, one of the first great indie filmmakers, moved to a major studio in 1928. He hated the movies he made, but they earned money and made him doubt his own abilities and taste.

In 2022, he was the subject of two excellent biographies, James Curtis's Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life and Dana Steven's ...

Keaton, who spent childhood summers in Muskegon, had a lengthy Hollywood career, but is best known for his work during the silent era — behind the scenes and on the screen — in '20s comedies ...

Joseph “Buster” Keaton was a born performer – almost literally. His parents were in a touring vaudeville show with Harry Houdini when he came into the world in 1895, and he joined the family ...

The film stars Keaton's then-wife, Natalie Talmadge, as his on-screen love interest; their first child, newborn James Talmadge Keaton, makes a cameo appearance, playing Buster as an infant.