Well, us SWS types, have queued for 6 to 9 hour #SilentFilm screenings mind! Who waits in line for a 100-year-old, 5-hour silent movie? New Yorkers, of course: gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

See Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Paths of Glory (1957) on the #Bristol Megascreen with The Battle of the Somme (1916) (thanks to The Imperial War Museum) with live music by Stephen Horne. Saturday 22nd November., 12PM. Tickets available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

As part of @filmnoiruk.bsky.social’s #FilmNoirFest this Sunday, in Weston-super-Mare. The #FilmNoir festival will be screening #SilentFilm Forgotten Faces (1928) + The Great Train Robbery (1903) both with live music by @neilkbrand.bsky.social Tickets: rhyl.merlincinemas.co.uk/film/102458-...

Maria Riva, Actress and Daughter of Marlene Dietrich, Dies at 100: She appeared in films as a child with her mom before becoming a great star for CBS in the early days of television: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m...

Don’t forget to join us this December for a special Gloria Swanson double bill as part of the BFI’s Melodrama Season. We have 1925’s Stage Struck with live music by Meg Morley and Sunset Boulevard (1950) all at the Bristol Megascreen. With thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Well. A bit overwhelmed to read this. www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-t...

How it started; how it finished. A full house for our showing of the first major BBC2 series The Newcomers (1964) about Bristol and John Boorman’s reflections on this 21 years later in Money Into Light. Thanks @swsilents.bsky.social for the partnership and James Harrison for the photos.

New on the blog today for the #1925Club, I've written about GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by Anita Loos. A wonderfully witty satire featuring Lorelei, the ultimate girl about town. It's smart, engaging and a whole lot of fun! #BookSky 💙📚 #FilmSky jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/g...

Don’t forget #SilentFilm fans in the UK! The clocks go back tonight; so an extra hour in bed at least!

Just under a month until our #WW1 Special Double Bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Paths of Glory (1957) both on #Bristol’s Megascreen. More info: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Listen to myself and @neilkbrand.bsky.social talk and babble to @www.johnbleasdale.com for the Writers on Film Podcast all about #Pordenone’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 and #SilentFilm in general. Neil talks! I babble! Thanks to John for ticking this off my bucket list! 😁

We’ll be tuning in one last time to #BBCRadio3’s #SoundOfCinema today at 4PM! Big shout out to @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social for being at the helm for the past 12 years! Very much our Tom Baker of the Sound of Cinema world 😁!

#AlfredHitchcock #BernardHerrmann Just landed on the desk… release date in January 2026. Review on the way via @swsilents.bsky.social blog: www.southwestsilents.com/blog

Singular tickets for our Heritage #FilmNoir event during @filmnoiruk.bsky.social #FilmNoirFest are on sale. See The Great Train Robbery (1903) and a rare chance to see crime #SilentFilm Forgotten Faces (1928); all with live music by @neilkbrand.bsky.social: wsm.merlincinemas.co.uk/film/102458-...

I review the UK @criterion.bsky.social release of Howard Hughes’ very bloated but action packed #WW1 blockbuster Hell’s Angels (1930); plus a chance to win a copy all on the @swsilents.bsky.social website: www.southwestsilents.com/post/hell-s-...

Co-director @jamesmjharrison.bsky.social selects his top five #SilentFillm titles from this year's Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 in #Pordenone, Italy: www.southwestsilents.com/post/festiva...

We are back in #Wareham this November for the #SilentFilm Weekender; tickets and passes on sale: www.therex.co.uk/news/18363 Our thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social.

It’s #InternationalChefsDay! So here’s the great Max Linder!

How Hungary’s Film Heritage Rose From its Ashes: Inside a Model of Movie Preservation and National Cinema Revival: variety.com/2025/film/gl...

There was a very good stream event last night about Lost #SilentFilm titles called Mysteries in the Frame; The Art of Identifying (Lost) Silent Films thanks to @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social! Don’t miss out on the November event. You can signup for updates here: filmpreserve.org/receive-upda...

How Hungary’s Film Heritage Rose From its Ashes: Inside a Model of Movie Preservation and National Cinema Revival: variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Hey #Bristol! Keep an eye out for our two posters featuring Joan Crawford and Gloria Swanson for the #BFI Too Much Melodrama season. Our thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social, @bristolaquarium.bsky.social. Crawford Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk... Swanson Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

ACH Smith introduces The Newcomers, which we are showing 26 October with @swsilents.bsky.social. Article is here and you can subscribe (free) for more on The Newcomers and other articles. Link at the bottom of the article

My piece on the Pordenone Silent Film Festival is up. Enjoy. www.thenewworld.co.uk/john-bleasda...

Thanks to the #Pordenone Silent Film Festival's 2025 online output, last night I was able to see what @moviessilently.bsky.social was raving about in her review of The Blood Ship. It's marvellous! And a great 1st opportunity for many silent film fans as I think the 2024 Bluray is Region A only.

The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

One of the highlights from this year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto has been the animated shorts starring Koko the Clown, produced by Max Fleischer. #Pordenone #SilentFilm

Some more of the amazing film posters at Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto’s #FilmFair #Pordenone

Here we go again! We are home at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto! #Pordenone #Italy #SilentFilm

All aboard for #BBCFour’s #Timeshift The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys episode. Plenty of great archive in this one: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Discover the 4K restoration of The Gold Rush, a new publication on The Freak, and Chaplin-inspired events around the world this autumn... Read our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/351c9a34e973... #thegoldrush100

Very sad to hear the passing of the legendary Italian film poster artist Renato Casaro (1935-2025). #RIP

Daily Telegraph Review has the 25 greatest war films today. It’s beaten by The Great Escape (oddly) but Paths of Glory is in at number 4. This is being shown @swsilents.bsky.social in Bristol with Battle of the Somme (1916) 22 November with an introduction by me. Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

“A GIANT AMONG FILM HISTORIANS...you might say Mr. Brownlow is film history.” – Martin Scorsese Friday, October 24 – Thursday, November 6 a celebration of #SilentFilm hero Kevin Brownlow New York's Film Forum: filmforum.org/series/kevin...

The festival schedule for this year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto #SilentFilm Festival in #Pordenone has just dropped. Find out the entire line-up here: www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/calendari...

Coming up 22 November. I’m hosting this terrific double bill for @swsilents.bsky.social: Battle of the Somme (with live music) and Paths of Glory. Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

So a few of us (as well as @swsilents.bsky.social ) will be heading to this year’s #SilentFilm festival Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto. It starts in under two weeks time. So do let us know if you’re going and maybe we can have a drink or two in one of the fine bars in #Pordenone! #FilmNoir

Coming up 26 October: two films about Bristol. The Newcomers, made by John Boorman before he went on to Hollywood fame, helped launched BBC2 in 1964. In Money into Light he returns to Bristol 25 years later. Thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social for partnership and @filmhubsw.bsky.social for support.

Two weeks until Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 kicks off in the town of #Pordenone, #Italy! We’ll be there and looking forward to catching up with all our #SilentFilm friends. Let us know if you’re about! More info here: www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/

More than 72% of tickets now sold for screening of rarely seen Bristol films 26 October with @swsilents.bsky.social. Book here: www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

A beautiful thing has just landed! Very excited about this new release thanks to @flicker-alley.bsky.social! Victor Sjöström’s #SilentFilm masterpiece He Who Gets Slapped (1924) starring Lon Chaney. More info soon. Get yourselves a limited copy from here: flickeralley.com/products/he-...

A very nice nod to @neilkbrand.bsky.social and his #SilentFilm work by @kermodemovie.bsky.social on #BBCRadio3’s Private Passions. Listen in on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for our Wizard of Oz Double Bill yesterday. Thank you to @bristolaquarium.bsky.social, Nate Barlow and Dominic Irving. Don’t forget to check out what we have coming up next on our events page: www.southwestsilents.com/live-events

26 October: I’m introducing the special John Boorman and Bristol event where we show two films about Bristol - The Newcomers and Money Into Light. Thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail... 6/

22 November I’m introducing the special double bill for @swsilents.bsky.social of the classic silent film The Battle of the Somme (1916) and Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, Paths of Glory (1957). ti.to/film-noir-uk... 8/8

Two Hollywood legends are coming to #Bristol in November and December 2025. As part of the #BFI’s Too Much Melodrama film season. #SilentFilm #FilmNoir 15/11/2025: Joan Crawford Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk... 06/12/2025: Gloria Swanson Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

We will be there in person, but if you can’t make this year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 you can see a couple of the #SilentFilm screenings (with music) online. More info: www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/abbonamen...

Think you know your #Westerns?! Ever heard of #SilentFilm #Western star Henry Starr?! Well, we hadn't! So here is our review of Mark Archuleta’s new book about Henry Starr and his lost film, A Debtor to the Law. Plus a chance to win a copy. More info: www.southwestsilents.com/post/discove...

Watch: Captain Scott’s famous polar shipwreck as never seen before: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Evelyn Brent by George Hommel for Josef von Sternberg’s The Drag Net (1928).