Watch Wanda Treumann in Wanda's Trick (1918), with English subtitles and a specially recorded score by Ensemble Sonus Lux Cinema.
The film is directed by Rosa Porten & Franz Eckstein. This unique #SilentFilm can found on EYE’s Film Player: player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/wan...
#Bristol Our plans for today with @20thcflicks.bsky.social are… more Sergio Leone! #SilentFilm Day pass and tickets: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...
Terrific first day. Great to see these on the biggest Bristol screen thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social. Day two tomorrow with three films.
If you join us today or tomorrow you will see a special preview of what we have planned for this autumn as well as a chance to book early bird passes for @filmnoiruk.bsky.social’s #FilmNoirFes! 2026!
Passes/tickets on sale for our Sergio Leone Weekend: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...
So looking forward to this release from @kinolorber.com and @milestonefilms.bsky.social!
Hopefully a UK/Europe release at some point. #SilentFilm #QueenKelly. More info: kinolorber.com/product/quee...
Stella: Yorkshire’s forgotten #SilentFilm star. A Leeds premiere drew thousands to see silent film star Stella Muir, but after a brief blaze of fame in 1920, her career quickly faded: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/stell...
Wondering what to watch this weekend? 🎬 May we suggest a little oil, chaos, and silent-era spectacle — FREE of charge?
FLOWING GOLD (1924): a homesteading family strikes it rich in the North Texas oil boom. Thunderstorms. Rivalries. A fire sequence tinted blazing red.
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“How charming it is to make a #silentfilm”: Bi Gan’s third feature is a chameleonic journey through a century of filmmaking. Via @sightsoundmag.bsky.social, the director discusses finding inspiration in classic folk tales, and the fundamental mystery of perspective: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Victoria Theatre Sheffield right now! #sheffieldphilharmonicorchestra
Composer Leo Geyer discusses piecing together the original 1929 score for Dziga Vertov’s #SilentFilm masterpiece Man with a Movie Camera (1929) on #BBCRadio3’s The Essay.
Music Rediscovered; The lost Ukrainian film score: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A month to go until our #SergioLeone Weekend with @20thcflicks.bsky.social which includes The Dollars Trilogy, My Name is Nobody and a #SilentFilm directed by his father. We have 2 special recorded intros by filmmaker Alex Cox who has already sent them to us. Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608
Something very special is touring the #UK in April/May 2026. A special screening of the new doc #ElviraNotari: Beyond Silence (2025) with Q&A with director Valerio Ciriaci will take place at Watershed, #Bristol on Tuesday 5th May! Tickets on sale soon. #SilentFilm
Excellent news from @silentlondon.bsky.social in ref to a new book and #SilentFilm Queen Kelly (1929) silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/05/b...
'Image manipulation has always been around': 10 early photographic 'fakes' that trick the eye: www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social for our Sergio Leone Weekend in #Bristol. Special intros by Leone biographer Sir Christopher and two recorded ones by filmmaker Alex Cox!
More info and passes here: hdfst.uk/e145608
Very excited to say that we will be joined by Sir Christopher Frayling plus two special recorded intros by film director Alex Cox during our Sergio Leone Weekend in April in #Bristol. Limited passes still available here: hdfst.uk/e145608
Another #SilentFilm related book we have read. It’s another fascinating read this one.
For #ValentinesDay we can highly recommend #SilentFilm The Garden of Eden (1928) which you can watch for free thanks to the @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social: filmpreserve.org/restoration/...
Sharpen your fangs for Werner Herzog's own take of Muranu's #SilentFilm masterpiece #Nosferatu with Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, tonight, 10:10PM. Remakes can fail, but this one is wonderful viewing and incredibly haunting! We like it anyways!
Join us next Friday, February 20 (12–1pm PT) for:
ONLINE WITH SFFP — Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France
👉 filmpreserve.org/eve...
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Max Linder’s spoof has a hilarious title— but only if you say it aloud in an outrageous French accent
Hey #Bristol film fans! Keep an eye out for our Sergio Leone Weekend poster around town. #SergioLeone #Western #spaghetti
The poster includes more info about the weekend including which #SilentFilm we’re screening… passes available here: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...
#BornOnThisDay Ramon Novarro star of #SilentFilm Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1929). #BOTD
Read more about the silent version here: www.southwestsilents.com/post/ben-hur...
Love him or loath him; you can’t argue that he had a fantastic screen presence!
@slapstickfest.bsky.social and @andrewkelly.bsky.social looks at the screen presence of Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) over the course of today at @wshed.bsky.social, #Bristol.
More info: slapstick.org.uk
Slapstick Festival (@slapstickfest.bsky.social) kicks off next week! Have you got your tickets yet?! More info on lineup etc: slapstick.org.uk/all-events/
We’re looking forward to reading Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London by @jacriding.bsky.social when it’s published this February. Some very good reviews in the papers already! Published by @profilebooks.bsky.social.
Wow! We only have a handful of early bird passes left for our Sergio Leone weekend in April; we strongly recommend getting one sooner rather than later! Come and join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social on 18th and 19th for some great fun #Bristol! Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608
A rare chance to see Jacques Tati’s Parade (1974) on TV this morning, 11am, thanks to our friends @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social!
A piece of Chaplin we never knew about:
Montecito Inn Redecorating But Not Parting Ways with Charlie Chaplin Legacy, Despite Rumors. The famous #SilentF ilm star was an early investor in the hotel on Coast Village Road: www.noozhawk.com/montecito-in...
