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Maggie Hennefeld

@hennefem.bsky.social
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Film professor & Léontine enthusiast! Author of DEATH BY LAUGHTER: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema (Columbia UP, 2024) and co-curator of CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN (Kino Lorber, 2022). cup.columbia.edu/book/death-by-laug…

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 1h
A masterpiece from Sweden, American sitcoms, a Diva from Italy, and more, on Day Three of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto silentlondon.co.uk/2026/10/05/l...
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Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026: Pordenone Post No 3
Pordenone is basically a very long tram ride, and although the views at every stop are very diverting, I have no intention of disembarking any time soon.
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Trylon Cinema @trylon.org · 04/10/2026
We tasked our loyal volunteer Dave Gomshay to re-label all of our candy for spooky season. He went above and beyond. Current favorite is the Blair Witch Pocky.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Day Two of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and the devil has all the best films silentlondon.co.uk/2026/10/04/l...
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Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026: Pordenone Post No 2
If you are anything like me, then you may well consider the two-hour flight to Italy for the Pordenone Silent Film Festival at least partially justified by the chance to see four minutes of a lost …
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For this week’s Silent Sundays, an inside look at the fabulous new exhibit Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film on display at Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York City. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/goddesses-...
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Italy to Egypt to Spain, Day One of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto was bathed in sunshine. silentlondon.co.uk/2026/10/03/l...
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Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026: Pordenone Post No 1
The long hot summer of 2026 continues here at Pordenone. The first day of festivities for the 45th Pordenone Silent Film Festival dawned with a blaze of sunshine, a bustling market and an abundance…
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also, Norma Shearer played dual roles in LADY OF THE NIGHT but for the scene where they meet, MGM opted not to use special effects but rather had Shearer play the demure maiden, while the lady of the night was doubled by an unknown actress one (checks notes) Joan Crawford.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This was great fun. Thanks so much to @hippfest.bsky.social, the Young Programmers, @neilkbrand.bsky.social and @cineredis.bsky.social for a night to remember.
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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With William Greaves's eagerly anticipated *Once Upon a Time in Harlem,* coming this Fall, now is the perfect time to pick up a copy of WILLIAM GREAVES: FILMMAKING AS MISSION, edited by Scott MacDonald and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart! tinyurl.com/8crh87zf @columbiaup.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Visited my book at the performing arts library at the New York Public Library 😍
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big thanks to @mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social for having me on The Movie Racket talking Alice Guy-Blaché Listen: www.filmspotting.net/episodes-arc...
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Archives on Screen, Twin Cities @archivesonscreen.org · 29/09/2026
16 seats left! 😱
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's review covers the 1899 Dutch advertising film THE SICK CIVIL SERVANT; OR, VAN HOUTEN'S NEW CHOCOLATE SENSATION, which presents hot cocoa as the foolproof cure for all that ails you! moviessilently.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The Sick Civil Servant; or, Van Houten’s New Chocolate Sensation (1899)
An ailing man is immediately cured when his physician shows up with a large, branded cup of hot chocolate. Early advertising film showcases how the more things change…
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Silent Movie Day is coming up on Tuesday, September 29th. Here are some picks for some silent films you can watch to celebrate! Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/5-movies-t...
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
featured in the @culturalcritique.bsky.social book series!! CONGRATS Marta! 🎊 www.jstor.org/bookseries/1...
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i've never felt so seen by a movie poster. 🐔
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 26/09/2026
The @nytimes.com, along with other outlets widely read among the PMC like @theatlantic.com fabricate a "reality" of the university through "reporting" that has no equivalent counterweight, no equally widely-read forum where university workers can broadcast what is actually going on in these places.
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is absolutely devastating -- $225 million budget cuts will severely compromise the quality of undergrad/grad education and the possibility of meaningful research across the university. Meanwhile, undergrad tuition is being raised by 3.8%. 😡😡 www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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University of Minnesota plans $225 million in budget cuts over two years
The University of Minnesota plans to cut $225 million from its budget over two years as it responds to shifting enrollment, uncertain government funding and rising costs.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The daily schedule for the Pordenone Silent Film Festival is out now! www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/calendari...
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CALENDAR FRIDAY OCTOBER 2nd
Pordenone Silent Film Festival | 3>10 ottobre 2026
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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Congratulations to Shir Alon, whose book, STATIC FORMS: WRITING THE PRESENT IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST is the winner of the 2026 Modernist Studies Association First Book Prize! bit.ly/46EHCFm #ModernistLatitudes @moderniststudies.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition (Gift Article)
The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
all the movies I watched:
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Toronto International Film Festival 2026
Listed in order watched (or when embargo breaks if pre-screened)
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
QUEEN KELLY in NFT1 tomorrow! Restoration by @milestonefilms.bsky.social plus music by the amazing @neilkbrand.bsky.social and intro and book signing by moi. Ambition and audacity by Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim.
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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reviewing Oscar Micheaux's Filmography Wikipedia page is making me sad. Look at all those lost films! I'd kill to watch some of these.
Filmography
The Homesteader (1919) [Lost]
Within Our Gates (1920) [Survives]
The Brute (1920) [Lost]
The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)[Survives (incomplete)]
The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921) [Lost]
The Dungeon (1922) [Lost]
The Hypocrite (1922) [Lost]
Uncle Jasper's Will (1922) [Lost]
The Virgin of the Seminole (1922) [Lost]
Deceit (1923) [Unknown]
Birthright (1924) [Lost]
A Son of Satan (1924) [Lost]
Body and Soul (1925) [Survives]
Marcus Garland (1925) [Lost]
The Conjure Woman (1926), adapted from novel by Charles W. Chesnutt [Lost]
The Devil's Disciple (1926) [Unknown]
The Spider's Web (1926) [Lost]
The Millionaire (1927) [Lost]
The Broken Violin (1928) [Lost]
The House Behind the Cedars (1927), adapted from novel by Charles W. Chesnutt [Lost]
Thirty Years Later (1928) [Lost]
When Men Betray (1929) [Lost]
The Wages of Sin (1929) [Lost]
Easy Street (1930) [Lost]
A Daughter of the Congo (1930) [Lost]
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Cinema's First Nasty Women @nastysilents.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Looking at the canon of German films from the silent era, there is not much to laugh about." Or is there?! ⁉️ .... www.weimarcinema.org/essay/stiasn...
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A Case for Canonization: Rediscovering Ellen Richter's Comedy Moral (1928) · WeimarCinema.org
Looking at the canon of German films from the silent era, there is not much to laugh about. Apart from a few early films by Ernst Lubitsch, it contains…
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Cinema's First Nasty Women @nastysilents.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Shout-out to @kinolorber.com and Nasty Women in this fab interview with Portland-based composer Mark Orton! 🎞🎶📀 www.orartswatch.org/sonic-silent...
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‘Sonic Silents’: Composer Mark Orton masterminds a four-day spree of silent film treats with brand-new scores • Oregon ArtsWatch
The inaugural festival runs September 17-20 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Translation: procurement and oversight is for losers and we just want your data and your students’ data to refine our products ok?
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Cult Film Collective @cultfilmcollective.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The daily evening schedule for the 45th Giornate del Cinema Muto (silent film festival) in Pordenone has been announced!!! 🎞️🎶😍 www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/eventi-se...
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MRF @murph612.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is what solidarity looks like. Bless all these people standing up for trans kids, teens and adults.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A look at the films directed by women that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-b...
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Trylon Cinema @trylon.org · 28/08/2026
The new calendars have arrived! We’ve got witchcraft, Cold War kids, Karina Longworth, Andrzej Wajda, a celebration of @cultfilmcollective.bsky.social , wuxia films by King Hu and films edited by Dede Allen. What are you most excited about? Check them all out at Trylon.org
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Looks like I’ll be the director of an academic conference as part of University of Colorado’s new partnership with the Sundance Film Festival, coming to Boulder in January. It’ll be baby steps this year, but there will be a lot to plan for January 2028.
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2027 Sundance Film Festival
CU Boulder is excited to welcome the Sundance Film Festival and Festival-goers to Boulder, Colo. in 2027!
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hanging out in @msmaas.bsky.social’s kitchen last night, eavesdropping on Hennepin County Commissioner @angelaconley.bsky.social and Minneapolis DFL Chair @ayanajsk.bsky.social, listening to them plot to improve everyone’s lives
Commissioner Conley and Ayana Smith-Kooiman engaged in conversation
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CHRIS Horak @filmarchivist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
archivalspaces.com/2026/09/04/4... The Bonn Silent Film Festival opened with a new restoration of The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924) with Greta Garbo.
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407:  Bonn Silent Film Festival
Archival Spaces 407: The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924, Maurice Stiller) Uploaded 4 September 2026 The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924, Maurice Stiller) This year’s Silent Film Festival in Bon, Germany, …
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rest in Power, Gloria Steinem (1934-2026). 💔 apnews.com/article/glor...
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Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92
Steinem became the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life.
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
😍😍👇👇 @mdno.bsky.social sunypress.edu/Books/P/Pete...
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Peter Wollen
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Watch our before/after restoration clip from Sumitra Peries’s GEHENU LAMAI [The Girls], the first feature directed by a woman in Sri Lanka. Screens with Satyajit Ray’s TWO at Re:Vision, Sat. Sept. 26 at the Roxie. 👉 roxie.com/film/revision-gehenu-lamai-the-girls/ #FilmSky #FilmFest
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
August was largely filled with disappointing rom-coms, one middling biopic, and one stand-out piece of American indie filmmaking, but I had a very enriching month at Locarno and watching films via the Internationale Stummfilmtage Bonn online. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/summer-fil...
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Archives on Screen, Twin Cities @archivesonscreen.org · 01/09/2026
Twin Cities audiences love their horror movies, so we're inviting an especially demonic presence into the @trylon.org this October... DRACULA IN INSTANBUL New 4K restoration! Thursday, October 22 🇹🇷🎞🧛‍♂️🦇⚰️😱 🎟 www.trylon.org/film/dracula...
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Dracula in Istanbul
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Women and Film History International @wfhinetwork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The deadline for the WFHI Student Project Award is fast approaching on September 15! For more information, please visit the WFHI website: www.wfhi.org/student-proj...
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
coming to the @trylon.org in Minneapolis in November!!
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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is a good gospel.
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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A cool opportunity! Opportunity to propose sessions for BFI's "Woman with a Movie Camera" summit 2027! Deadline in about three weeks. www.bfi.org.uk/jobs-opportu...
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Cinema's First Nasty Women @nastysilents.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Fantastic review of Karen Pearlman's film BREAKING PLATES, which headlines our curated program BREAKING PLATES AND SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY!! Thanks Simon Foster for helping spread the gospel of Léontine, Laura Bayley, Texas Guinan, and our nasty women! 🎞⁉🎶 screenspace.substack.com/p/silent-fil...
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SILENT FILM FEMINISM: Cinema’s First Nasty Women Come to Sydney.
PLUS We review SPA WEEKEND, MUTINY and BOUNTIFUL; Local pics rule b.o. in Romania and Japan; Fantastic Fest trailers; The beautiful lost stars of ICE PRINCESS; and, Ken Loach’s KES.
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You can't spell "cinephilia" without masked, satanic, wrestler panther women!!!! Coming up this weekend at the @trylon.org, co-presented by your friends at @archivesonscreen.org! 🎞️📽️ www.trylon.org/film-series/...
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art
A localized version of Guernica with a loon at the center and a person holding an ICE OUT sign 

“My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” 

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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
tonight!!!
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