Remembering Marie Prevost on her birthday #botd

Big news for April 2026!

"Cinematic gateways to ancient Greece" Pantelis Michelakis (University of Oxford) talks about silent cinema's depictions of Ancient Greece in this free online lecture. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housman-le...

Brilliant recap of the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone by HippFest director Alison Strauss!! (Thanks for the shout-out to our "fun, richly illustrated, and snappy" lecture on nasty women costume design!) 🎞️❤️ hippfest.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/d...

A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922) is now streaming on the NFPF site with new music by Michael Mortilla. Starring Corinne Griffith, this snowbound tale was preserved photochemically by @eastmanmuseum.bsky.social and is available for home viewing for the first time. www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...

TODAY'S THE DAY, FOLKS! Give it a listen, if you like it give us a FOLLOW, if you don't like it, give it a follow anyway, there's loads more on the way! www.allaboutthemusicpod.com

Film star salaries compared to the average American, and the President, in 1927

Updating our #silentfilm live screening listings tonight. Lots of new additions and lots more to follow soon. Details at silentfilmcalendar.org/whats-new/

Lillian Gish klaxon! I am introducing this screening of WAY DOWN EAST on 35mm at the BFI on 16 December. Give yourself an early Christmas present! whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

cannot stress enough how GREAT this film is

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...

Composer Stephen Horne introduces this screening of the magnificent silent STELLA DALLAS (Henry King, 1925) with his recorded score (which is exceptionally good) at BFI Southbank on 2 November whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

New Writers on Film episode from the Pordenone Silent Film Festival with Neil Brand and James Harrison open.spotify.com/episode/2uxj...

A different definition of melodrama but I will be giving a short lecture on silent cinema's iconic vamps at Fabrica in Brighton, also as part of CINECITY www.cine-city.co.uk/event/playin...

Whoop! Paul’s Pordenone blogs were on fire this year.

The kids are all right… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Day Eight silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/12/l...

The kids are all right… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Day Eight silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/12/l...

Well, this is nice - name-checked by Criterion for my coverage of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto along with @silentlondon.bsky.social , both of us writing daily on the films! 😎 www.criterion.com/current/post...

Day Seven at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto comes with an adult content warning. ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Day seven of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and I have lost the plot silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/10/l...

Day seven of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and I have lost the plot silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/10/l...

Dress to impress, it's Pordenone Day Six. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/09/l...

From Pompei to the sea bed via confused parents and others in denial. And, blessed are the costume designers with their help we can smash the patriarchy! Day Six at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto. ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2025/10/epic...

Dress to impress, it's Pordenone Day Six. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/09/l...

"There was more mischief to be had in the afternoon w/a triple-bill devoted to Louis Feuillade’s collaborations w/the elusive Léontine.." ⁉️🎞️🎈 Big day for Léontine! Powerful & dazzling line-up of screenings at #GCM44, chronicled brilliantly by @pamhutch.bsky.social silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

A night in Le Giornate del Cinema Muto that I won't forget silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

Day four of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto brought a return to East Lynne and a visit to the women of Chaplinland. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

And emotional day four at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto! #SilentFilm ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2025/10/tear...

Day four of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto brought a return to East Lynne and a visit to the women of Chaplinland. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

Day three at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and it was full-on with "Pink Tea Talking" and "little mites of wonderment"... ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2025/10/elec...

If you're not following @silentlondon.bsky.social's daily recaps of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, then you're doing it all wrong! (But it's not too late!!) Day 3 just dropped. 🎞️🎶😍 silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/06/l...

Day three of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto was packed with Drama with a capital D. For Diva. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/06/l...

East Lynne, Chaplinmania, paper films and more – Sunday at Pordenone silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/05/l...

Day two in Pordenone was eventful… ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2025/10/love...

East Lynne, Chaplinmania, paper films and more – Sunday at Pordenone silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/05/l...

Welcome home, Pordenauts! silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/04/l...

It begins… silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/04/l...

Almost time for the Giornate del Cinema Muto / #SilentFilm Festival!!! If you can't make the journey to Pordenone, friendly reminder that there are daily screenings online with beautiful music. 🎞️🎶 www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/abbonamen...

Organist Donald Mackenzie accompanies a triple-bill of classic silent comedies at Christ Church in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton on 15 November. All in a good cause! www.christchurchgoodshepherd.org/whats-on/mov...

My retirement hobby is composing music for silent films. Here is my version of Nosferatu. (I don't accept and $$ for this. It's for enjoyment and keeping my mind sharp) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkKT...

San Francisco Silent Film Festival program is out! Nov 12-16 at the Orinda Theater. I’ll be introducing Anna Ondry in SAXOPHONE SUZY. Come join me! #FilmSky silentfilm.org

I'm extremely honored that "Death by Laughter" made the shortlist for the @moderniststudies.bsky.social Book Prize!!! ☺️🎊 CONGRATS to the winners & fellow short-listers--such beautiful research here that I can't wait to read!! 📚@columbiaup.bsky.social www.moderniststudies.org/prizes/short...

The Guardian's review of Silents Synced. Will you be giving it a go? www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

@bsky.app Nice piece on the Faber website about my score performances. www.fabermusic.com/news/new-eng...

A quick post before the end of #SilentMovieDay encouraging you to watch more silent films directed by women. There’s a ton of them and they’re great!

If you’d like to celebrate #SilentMovieDay, all 13 episodes of HOLLYWOOD are on Internet Archive. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill wrote, directed, and produced this 1980 documentary series for Thames Television/ITV, featuring a score by maestro Carl Davis. Watch: https//archive.org... #FilmSky

Happy #SilentMovieDay to all who celebrate!! Five silent films just added to the "screening room" of the NFPF Website--including Clara Bow in POISONED PARADISE (1924), OAKLAND NEWSREELS (1914-1921), & a frozen north saga starring Corinne Griffith. 🎞️🎶🤩 www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2025/9/...

This looks intriguing from @stickingplacebk.bsky.social CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S THE FREAK: THE STORY OF AN UNFINISHED FILM, by David Robinson stickingplacebooks.com/charles-chap...

Hugo Max plays spellbinding live scores for silent Halloween classics, on tour across the UK this spooky season hugomax.co.uk/halloween-wi... hugomax.co.uk/upcoming-per...