Nell Shipman is in there somewhere. Possibly dancing with a bear! Excellent! 🌲🌲🏔

UK screening premier of a fab @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social 4k restoration @BFI of Corinne Griffith's The Garden of Eden. What a well made film from Lewis Milestone and the silent star power of Ms Griffith is of the brightest order! #SilentFilm ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/02/goin...

Hilariously, people are going after Hillary Clinton for Maxwell's being allegedly a guest at Chelsea's wedding (I wouldn't trust a photo on social media to save my life). YEAH AND SHE'S WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT UNDER OATH. Do one. Assholes.

Bonsoir (Peter Falk)

Even a stopped rock is right twice a day…

I have plans

*This* is the real world too and let’s never forget it! TPTV is a national treasure!

I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up.

1/4. John Schlesinger - born 100 years ago today - on the set of Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) with Terence Stamp and Julie Christie.

Elron is wrong as usual. For a “country” to survive it needs to be receptive to new ideas and capable of change. Now South Africa, Musk’s home country, tried to solidify “culture” and exclude/diminish the pre-existing culture. That did not work. Also, it’s “Scots” with one “t” dickhead.

TrumpTruss

Silent Cinema at the BFI today as Bryony Dixon introduces the SFFP restoration of The Garden of Eden (1928) with Stephen Horne improvising live accompaniment. A splendid time was had by all. #SilentFilm

Jessie Matthews grew up in Berwick Street Soho. Her London is still here.

Sunday evening.

We can't fall into right-wing populism’s lie that the most vulnerable in society are to blame for wealth inequality in our countries. We need to build movements that tell the truth: the story of wealth inequality is not a cultural one, but a class one.

Excellent BFI restoration of Vernon Sewell’s taught thriller all made on a budget of just £17,000! On screens now and on Blu-ray in a few weeks with another of his w Derren Nesbitt & Keith Faulkner in both films! *Essential*! #BritishFilm ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Excellent BFI restoration of Vernon Sewell’s taught thriller all made on a budget of just £17,000! On screens now and on Blu-ray in a few weeks with another of his w Derren Nesbitt & Keith Faulkner in both films! *Essential*! #BritishFilm ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Londoners are sick of viral videos telling lies about their city. Great investigative work by @jim.londoncentric.media at @londoncentric.media open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

To celebrate, we’re sharing the love: our restoration of THE GARDEN OF EDEN, featuring a gorgeous recorded score by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius, will be free to watch for one day only. And what better day than Valentine’s Day, given the film’s many romantic themes? 3/4

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The Red Arrows… Better a predictable evil regime than a loopy one? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Marvellous discussion about Wuthering Heights in the second hour, a novel that still means so much to many. Whatever the merits of her film Emerald Fennell has got people talking about the *book*! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Melania after an arm-twisting effort to prop it up, is dropping like a stone, 69% down week on week, $300k per day and looking at maybe $20 million domestic at best. To break even it needs $120+ million… #VanityProject #Flop

Accommodation booked for Bologna in June! Something to do with films… ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/

PB can’t resist the Kate Bush references but only gives two stars… “Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë is an emotionally hollow, bodice-ripping misfire that misuses Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi but makes the most of Martin Clunes…” www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Well, in spite of the evidence they would give Emerald all that money… www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Louis Armstrong, Paris, c. 1934

“Melania” cost Amazon MGM Studio $40 million to produce and $35 million for marketing expenses, according to Variety. … a long way to go to get anywhere near break even after earning $13.3 million in its first two weekend frames…” #Flop www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...

Our Beth’s train is now delayed by 14 minutes…

BIG three points today for LFC Women, Ceri Holland deservedly player of the match, grit, speed and skill!!?

Oh no, Ricky Gervais won’t like this…

Cc @tess.bzky.team

Just love this heron ignoring but perfectly matching our decoy by the garden pond.

Oh my. It not only exists but it has arrived! #LouiseBrooks #RareGrooves #SilentFilm

Your Black History Moment Not in The Epstein Files.

Everyone now hates the United States… or rather it’s Government. This is the new “special relationship”… 🇺🇸

And it’s still nowhere near break-even…

I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Remembering the brilliant Ramon Novarro on his birthday 💖

@silentlondon.bsky.social’s poll results are out and thank you to the lovely person for the shout out and for placing me in the same sentence as Paul Cuff and Pamela Hutchinson!! #SilentFilm silentlondon.co.uk/2026/02/04/t...

Oh my. It not only exists but it has arrived! #LouiseBrooks #RareGrooves #SilentFilm

Congrats to all the winners of the 2025 @silentlondon.bsky.social poll!!!! 😍🎊🎞️🎊 silentlondon.co.uk/2026/02/04/t... We're chuffed to see shout-outs to ROWDY ANN and @karenpearlman.bsky.social's "feminist archival gem" BREAKING PLATES in the coveted "Best Intertitle" category!

AMW one of the very finest!

Quiet, quiet… quieter… bit less quiet… LOUD! LOUD!!! LOUDER!!!! #PostRock #Mogwai m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1HZ...

Who is this?

open.spotify.com/track/0U8E6C... Two Horses

This week’s Louise Brooks clip comes from JUST ANOTHER BLONDE (1926), where Brooks plays against type as the bookish Diana O’Sullivan in Alfred Santell’s Coney Island rom-com. Even in fragmentary form, her wit, intelligence, and unmistakable screen presence shine through.

#Culture Two Sevens Clash open.spotify.com/track/1uVFot...