Celebrating #SilentFilm via many live events held throughout the South West region and beyond! Spin-off organisation, Film Noir UK.
South West Silents
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#BornOnThisDay Canadian actor and forgotten #SilentFilm star Sam De Grasse (1875-1953); seen here in Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood (1922) as Prince John and the Pirate in the The Black Pirate (1926). Plenty of other titles under his belt. #BOTD
Couple of good #SilentFilm adaptations out there when it comes to Wilkie Collins... do read more about Collins below 👇
Not to be missed from @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 👇
Lumière, le cinéma!: A Conversation with Thierry Frémaux by David Schwartz: #SilentFilm www.criterion.com/current/post...
Tickets now on sale for #SilentFilm Queen Kelly (1929) via @wshed.bsky.social: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1404...
And @cineredis.bsky.social festival passes available here: cinema-rediscovered-passes.watershed.co.uk/ticketbooth/...
Interesting write up here. How can we bring silent comedy legends to the younger generation?
Includes a conversation with our good friend @neilkbrand.bsky.social : www.voicemag.uk/feature/1653...
Worth watching comedy thriller The Crime is Mine (Mon Crime/ 2023) which is on #BBCiPlayer at the moment. 1930s Paris, Isabelle Huppert playing a #SilentFilm star and directed by François Ozon. Watch it here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
We’re very excited to have the UK Premiere of the brand new restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s #SilentFilm Queen Kelly (1929) during this year’s @cineredis.bsky.social.
Tickets go on sale this Monday via @wshed.bsky.social so don’t miss out! More info: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1404...
South West Silents
Don’t miss this. If you buy a pass you can book now. And read @pamhutch.bsky.social book on the film from @stickingplacebk.bsky.social.
South West Silents
South West Silents
With a production almost as dramatic as its plot, this lavish late silent masterpiece by Erich von Stroheim can be fully experienced thanks to a vital new reconstruction by Milestones.
Check out of the #NeoNoir, #FilmNoir and #SilentFilm highlights this coming @cineredis.bsky.social Film Festival in #Bristol in late July on our events page: www.southwestsilents.com/events
Some real gems. Tickets and passes now on sale via @wshed.bsky.social: www.watershed.co.uk/cinema-redis...
Andrew Kelly
Film Noir UK
We’re very excited to have the UK Premiere of the brand new restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s #SilentFilm Queen Kelly (1929) during this year’s @cineredis.bsky.social.
Tickets go on sale this Monday via @wshed.bsky.social so don’t miss out! More info: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1404...
www.watershed.co.uk
With a production almost as dramatic as its plot, this lavish late silent masterpiece by Erich von Stroheim can be fully experienced thanks to a vital new reconstruction by Milestones.
With a production almost as dramatic as its plot, this lavish late silent masterpiece by Erich von Stroheim can be fully experienced thanks to a vital new reconstruction by Milestones.
We’re very excited to have the UK Premiere of the brand new restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s #SilentFilm Queen Kelly (1929) during this year’s @cineredis.bsky.social.
Tickets go on sale this Monday via @wshed.bsky.social so don’t miss out! More info: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1404...
www.watershed.co.uk
With a production almost as dramatic as its plot, this lavish late silent masterpiece by Erich von Stroheim can be fully experienced thanks to a vital new reconstruction by Milestones.
In this post I explore how much or how little today's generation is interested in certain things that might be seen as a bit old-fashioned to some, from physical media to the classic joy of Laurel and...
Last night I became one of the new patrons of the Wilkie Collins Society. I did my DPhil on him 30 years ago so I would love to know who’s working on him or reading him now - with a view to organising an event. Who’s a fan? (And here’s a link to the Society website.) wilkiecollinssociety.org
Comedy icons #LaurelAndHardy are back on #TPTV from June 6th! We’re showing some of their most iconic films & a rare short including: 'Brats', 'Busy Bodies', 'Murder Case', 'Below Zero' & 'The Magicians' to celebrate 100 years since they signed their first contracts with Hal Roach.
