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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 8h
Going around again with Conrad Veidt and Asta Nielsen, and sinning with Marie Prevost and Clive Brook, at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Day Four silentlondon.co.uk/2026/10/06/l...
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Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026: Pordenone Post No 4
“There is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” So the Bible says, but there was much rejoicing in heaven, or rather …
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PaulAJoyce v2.0 @pauljoyce07.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Day Three of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and a classic from Sweden followed by some Italian surprises... and a statuesque Ivy Close!! #silentfilm ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/10/outl...
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Outlaws and Jesters... Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026, Day Three
Landscape is image in Seastrom… Robert Herring, Film Image: Seastrom, Close Up (Volume IV, Issue I, January 1929) Director/actor Vict...
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Flicker Alley @flicker-alley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In celebration of MISS MEND's 100th anniversary later this month, we're streaming all three chapters for free throughout the month of October. Watch Part One right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUFn...
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Miss Mend: An Adventure Serial in Three Parts (1926) | PART I
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
EYE IS BACK!!!!
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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sorry to hear the passing of film historian Arthur Lennig (1933-2026). We first knew Arthur via his work and writing on the cinema. But, luckily, we were able to get to know him even more while attending Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto, #Pordenone. We'll be lifting a glass (and ice cream) to you Arthur.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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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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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South West Silents @swsilents.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Day Two of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and the devil has all the best films via @silentlondon.bsky.social: silentlondon.co.uk/2026/10/04/l... We’ve always thought about doing an event set around the devil… this def boosts the idea to front of our ideas queue. And there is a #SilentFilm queue!
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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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PaulAJoyce v2.0 @pauljoyce07.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Day Two of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and in addition to trains and boats and trams, we had Lucifer, a few Marshall Neilan punch-ups plus the star power of Pola Negri, Asta Nielsen and Colleen Moore. #silentfilm ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/10/pola...
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Pola, Asta and Colleen... Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026, Day Two
Pola Negri – Asta from Poland Buffalo Bill… She is a star in our homeland Buffalo Bill…   Warsaw cabaret song circa 1917 Befor...
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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 · 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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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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PaulAJoyce v2.0 @pauljoyce07.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Day One at the 45th edition of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone and there’s a lot of leaping and smoking. #SilentFilm ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/10/acti...
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Action men… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026, Day One
Doug has never leaped so high… He's perpetual youth, a three-ringed circus, the personification of all juvenile heroes, all rolled into ...
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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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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have an uncharacteristically good view for the gala. Bring on Dougie Fairbanks!
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We are go for the Giornate!
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today in America is appears to be both Silent Movie Day and National Coffee Day. I would say I am jealous, but for me every day is silent movie and coffee day.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Something very exciting for Eisenstein fans. An epic release from @kinolorber.com of the Mexico project in all its subsequent forms. I am honoured to have made a very (very) small contribution to this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZX-...
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SERGEI EISENSTEIN ¡MÉXICO! 2-BD Release November 2026
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This looks amazing!
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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy Silent Movie Day! Need recs? Look no further than @ettletodd.bsky.social's "The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever" podcast. He's compiled a list (currently through 1914) based on guests and listeners' picks. ⬇️ www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list
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The List — The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A v special screening of MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA at London Film School on 7 November. The new Eye print of the film will play with a reconstruction of the original musical accompaniment organised by Vertov for its premiere in April 1929. Book free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/man-with-a...
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Martin L. Johnson @martinlj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Copy/Rights and Early Cinema | Clara Auclair, Ian Christie, Martin L. Johnson, Tami Williams, and Colin Williamson
Histories of early cinema often focus on technological, social, and aesthetic developments in the medium. But cinema also posed legal challenges throughout the world and continues to do so in the era ...
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Martin L. Johnson @martinlj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm looking forward to sharing the stage with @allyfield.bsky.social and Donald Crafton at Pordenone. Ian Christie and I will represent the five co-editors — and the 22 authors — that contributed to Copy/Rights and Early Cinema. @leverpress.bsky.social
Program text for the silent film festival in Pordenone, Italy. Featured speakers include Allyson Nadia Field, Donald Crafton, and the eco-editors of Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New essays on WeimarCinema.org cover lost films, female film pioneers, archival scores the rediscovery of Ellen Richter. Dive in! weimarcinema.org/page/essays/
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Home · WeimarCinema.org
WeimarCinema.org — an archive and journal on Weimar-era German film, edited by Anton Kaes and Cynthia Walk.
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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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PaulAJoyce v2.0 @pauljoyce07.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Queen Kelly @BFI splendid introduction from Pamela Hutchinson & ace accompaniment from Neil Brand. So much to say there needs to be a book on it and, luckily there is from PH! Astonishing cinema and an amazing story of three almost immovable objects! ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/09/unfi...
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Unfinished empathy? Queen Kelly (1929), BFI with Neil Brand and Pamela Hutchinson
A work of barbaric splendour… LA Times   Culture doesn’t exist in a vacuum and I don’t just mean Ed Sheeran here. There was a blea...
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yoohoo! The Cinema Museum in London is fundraising to buy its building with a gala show. The theme is movies about movies and it looks amazing. September 30, if you can get to London! cinemamuseum.org.uk/scheduled/ex...
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Extravaganza of Silent Films About Filmmaking – to Help The Cinema Museum Buy its Home – The Cinema Museum
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don’t miss the 4K restoration of horror-com classic THE CAT AND THE CANARY with @neilkbrand.bsky.social score on 1 November at BFI Southbank whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Buy cinema tickets for The Cat and the Canary + intro by Patrick Stanbury of Photoplay | BFI Southbank
2026-11-01T15:15:00.000, Screen NFT1
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Carl Th. Dreyer's queer classic MICHAEL (1924) screens on 3 October with a live score by Cyrus Gabrysch and intro by Alex Hurst. events.humanitix.com/films-are-ga...
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Films are Gay! presents: Mikaël (1924, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer) with live score!
The landmark queer film of the silent era, Mikaël is screening at the Finch Community Cinema as the third instalment in our Silent Films are Gay! Series.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Intrigued by the Weimar Uncensored programme at this year's Giornate del Cinema Muto? Read more and view archival images here weimarcinema.org/dossier/weim...
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Weimar Uncensored, 1918-1920. An Online Archive · WeimarCinema.org
Archival dossier on Weimar Uncensored, 1918-1920. An Online Archive: 5 chapters of primary documents — production history, essays, and reviews — presented as their original PDFs.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Easily missed among the warmup @slapstickfest.bsky.social events this October is Rick Wakeman live-scoring Laurel and Hardy's DUCK SOUP slapstick.org.uk/events/rick-...
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Rick Wakeman: Music, Mayhem & The Movies | Slapstick Festival
One of Britain’s greatest rock musicians returns in support Slapstick Festival for a unique event celebrating a lifetime of extraordinary stories. From the glory days of progressive rock and the exces...
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On Wednesday 9 September, Museum of Dreamworlds presents Emperor Nero and the Spectacle of Ancient Rome - QUO VADIS? (1913) accompanied by live music at the Cinema Museum. cinemamuseum.org.uk/scheduled/em...
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Emperor Nero and the Spectacle of Ancient Rome – Quo Vadis? (1913) – The Cinema Museum
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HippFest @hippfest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🥰 See you soon @pamhutch.bsky.social @silentlondon.bsky.social!
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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Excellent choices, all! Marya knows what she’s talking about, folks. All are included on my six-disc set Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers. Nominate stuff for the National Film Registry! The list current list skews really male, really white, and really presentist.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Delighted to say that @neilkbrand.bsky.social will be accompanying this screening and I will be signing copies of my book afterwards.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Book now to see the majestic QUEEN KELLY at BFI Southbank with live music, and an intro from yours truly. Tickets are going fast. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Buy cinema tickets for Queen Kelly + intro by film critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson | BFI Southbank
2026-09-20T14:30:00.000, Screen NFT1
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The @hippfest.bsky.social Taste of Silents strand looks stunning this year – SPEEDY, FAUST, MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA… kicking off with QUEEN KELLY accompanied by @neilkbrand.bsky.social. I will be there too talking about the film – and I will bring books! www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/tas...
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Taste of Silents
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Edinburgh! QUEEN KELLY plays @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on 9 and 11 August, with my pre-recorded intro. Enjoy a truly one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/queen-...
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Queen Kelly (4K Restoration) + pre-recorded intro
Book tickets for two or more of our Cinema Rediscovered on Tour films in the same transaction to receive a discount!These screenings will have a 5-minute recorded introduction from critic, f...
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I guarantee absolutely nobody circa 1926 would have predicted that Louise Brooks would be a bigger name to the general public than top box office draw Norma Talmadge.
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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dancing at my desk because of this review of THE CURSE OF QUEEN KELLY: "a superb book, impeccably researched, engagingly written – and incredibly insightful." therealmofsilence.com/2026/08/02/t...
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(The Curse of) Queen Kelly (1929; US; Erich von Stroheim)
Many years ago, my old university was hosting a “film and philosophy” conference. Not having the interest or intellectual clout to submit a paper to deliver, I was nevertheless roped in to guide th…
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is great and the T-shirts are very cool, too.
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HippFest @hippfest.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy Saturday #SilentFilm world! 🌇 It's only a NEW PODCAST ALERT! Our newest release features the very wonderful @katesac.bsky.social - film curator, scholar, and editor based in Amsterdam. 🎧️ Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4Hbk... 🖥️ Read blog/transcript: hippfest.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/h...
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HippCast Episode 37
“One of these days men are going to get over the fool idea that women have no brains…and quit getting insulted at the thought that a skirt-wearer can do their work quite as well as they can. And I …
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I was delighted to appear on the NitrateVille podcast this week to talk all about QUEEN KELLY soundcloud.com/user-3689635...
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130: Pamela Hutchinson on The Curse of Queen Kelly • Rob Farr Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
Pamela Hutchinson, author of The Curse of Queen Kelly • Rob Farr, author of Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew (72:12)
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
News! Read all about it! silentlondon.co.uk/2026/07/30/s...
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Silent bulletin: news for summer 2026
Bonn | Queen Kelly | Rudolph Valentino | Metropolis | Pordenone | Faust | & more… It’s a long hot summer of silent cinema, my friends. The temperatures are stuck in the roaring twenties a…
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Neil Alcock's HITCHOLOGY is out now! @mrneilalcock.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Appreciate you can't cover every screening inside the M25, but old Faustie doesn't get a look-in very often, and to (accidentally) (almost) coincide with the book... talkies.org.uk/events/faust...
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'FAUST' WITH LIVE SCORE - TALKIES COMMUNITY CINEMA
Talkies is delighted to once more invite The Enchanted Cinema to Waterhouse Hall to experience FW Murnau’s landmark film ‘Faust’ (1926) is reimagined 100 years after it was first screened in a new imm...
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Cinema's First Nasty Women @nastysilents.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
All the (silent film) news that's fit to blog!! With a shout-out to our recent demographic survey on WHO'S WATCHING SILENT CINEMA?! in @fiaf.bsky.social's Journal of Film Preservation. 😍🎞️🎶 www.calameo.com/fiaf/read/00...
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JOURNAL OF FILM PRESERVATION #114, April 2026
Journal of Film Preservation, No. 114, April 2026
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
News! Read all about it! silentlondon.co.uk/2026/07/30/s...
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Silent bulletin: news for summer 2026
Bonn | Queen Kelly | Rudolph Valentino | Metropolis | Pordenone | Faust | & more… It’s a long hot summer of silent cinema, my friends. The temperatures are stuck in the roaring twenties a…
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silentfilmbonn.bsky.social @silentfilmbonn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Preparations for this year's festival are in full swing and you can find the complete program on our website: www.internationale-stummfilmtage.de The streaming schedule will also be published there shortly 🥳🎬
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PaulAJoyce v2.0 @pauljoyce07.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
With a BFI screening of the newly reconstructed and restored Queen Kelly, Pamela Hutchinson's The Curse of Queen Kelly book and Artcraft's new Affairs of Anatol Blu-ray - it's Gloria Swanson's World again. ZAZA is the perfect prep for the wonders ahead. ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/07/swan...
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