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Streaming now on Eye Film Player, Germaine Dulac's surreal masterpiece, THE SEASHELL AND THE CLERGYMAN, with a score by @megmorley.bsky.social player.eyefilm.nl/en/films/the...

Am thrilled to say I will give a recorded video intro to the screening of QUEEN KELLY denversilentfilmfestival.eventive.org/films/69a727...

The lineup for the Denver Silent Film Festival looks incredible, kudos to Howie and @hennefem.bsky.social and to guest of honour @shelleystamp.bsky.social denversilentfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule

Thanks to the Louise Brooks Society, "Lulu in Hollywood" has been reissued in a new print edition AND the book's first ever e-book edition is now available. amzn.to/4bkZ4Qi

Happy International Nasty Women's Day!!!! No better way to celebrate than by nabbing your copy of these **feminist film books**--extant & forthcoming--by our curators and sisters! 😍🎞️📚

Links in the comments below... What feminist films books are lighting up your life right now? ⁉️

Experience the last days of Pompeii A short note from friend of Silent London, Maria Wyke, professor of Latin at University College London. A one-off screening of the rarely seen silent epic film Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (J…

Experience the last days of Pompeii, through silent cinema, with @silentsweeney.bsky.social silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/09/e...

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Friends of Lulu… Focus on Louise Brooks, Flicker Fusion Blu-ray The moving finger writes: and, having writ, moves on updating the spreadsheet of what could be, what is and what has now been seen… With...

The wonderful @pauljoyce07.bsky.social with a story about falling in love with Louise Brooks and silent film and a fabulous review of the new disc from @flicker-alley.bsky.social ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/03/frie...

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

Book news: The Curse of Queen Kelly People, I have been busy. Book news, and a cat picture, below… But first… has anyone here seen Queen Kelly? This is the legendary collaboration between Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson and Joseph…

A masterpiece back on the big screen, a cat picture, and some book news! silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/05/b...

Thank you Andrew!

Book news: The Curse of Queen Kelly People, I have been busy. Book news, and a cat picture, below… But first… has anyone here seen Queen Kelly? This is the legendary collaboration between Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson and Joseph…

Excellent news from @silentlondon.bsky.social in ref to a new book and #SilentFilm Queen Kelly (1929) silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/05/b...

I was honored to blurb Pamela's brilliant new history of Queen Kelly, whose chaotic implosion has long begged for a treatment like this. It's a great read!

Thank you for your kind words and all your invaluable encouragement!

Looking forward to reading this book when it’s out. Congratulations Pamela Hutchinson.

Book news: The Curse of Queen Kelly People, I have been busy. Book news, and a cat picture, below… But first… has anyone here seen Queen Kelly? This is the legendary collaboration between Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson and Joseph…

A masterpiece back on the big screen, a cat picture, and some book news! silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/05/b...

Contemplating some mysterious beaker.

Beating up someone.

Driving in a car with a pig, and they both look very happy about it.

Happy Pearl White's birthday!

Today I got to see the 4k restoration / reconstruction of Gloria Swanson’s 1929 film QUEEN KELLY. It was at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. I met up with Gloria’s granddaughter Brooke Anderson. She’s lovely and looks and sounds so much like her.

Lucy Porter writes a 'rallying cry' for middle-aged women Comedian's first book out this summer

Lucy Porter writes a 'rallying cry' for middle-aged women

Book cover 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR

Film poster 1000 Women in Horror

Can't wait til 20 March when the @shudder.com doc 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR is released? Good news! You can read my book that inspired the film in the interim!

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Edmund Lowe was born on March 3, 1890 #botd

Intertitle from 1928 film ‘Lonesome’ which reads 'Can you imagine me - - a simple working stiff - - talking about love!’

Lonesome (1928). #SilentFilm

Intertitle from 1923 film ‘Merry-Go-Round’ which reads “The Prater — the Coney Island of Vienna. with its giant Ferris Wheel — its conglomeration of sounds and odors - and lauğhter - the chestnuts were in bloom —“

Merry-Go-Round (1923). #SilentFilm

Dewar’s Scotch Whiskey (1897) A Silent Film Review Drink whiskey and dance! This simple advertisement for the beloved brand of scotch was among the first wave of motion picture commercials.

This week's review covers an 1897 ad for Dewar's Scotch Whiskey, in which pastiche Scotsman dance merrily in kilts.

Where was it shown?

It was projected onto a giant billboard in New York City!

moviessilently.com/2026/03/01/d...

Bits & Pieces Nr. 51 (Le Déjeuner de Minet) YouTube video by Eye Filmmuseum

We need to return to featuring long lingering close shots of cats for half a movie’s runtime

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Chuffed to bits to hold this in my hands. I was honoured to contribute to this exploration of Louise Brooks’s early career from @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social @flicker-alley.bsky.social and @thomasgladysz.bsky.social

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"

HELL. YES.

Scoring Silent Cinema — Hugo Max Hugo Max performs live improvised scores to silent films on solo viola, regularly soundtracking screenings at London’s Prince Charles Cinema and Picturehouse Cinemas. He has presented nationwide tour...

This weekend marks 100 years since Hitchcock's first feature THE PLEASURE GARDEN. One way to celebrate? Book tickets now to see HUGO MAX scoring THE LODGER, at venues across the country. This promises to be spellbinding. hugomax.co.uk/scoring-sile...