Ireland's wildlife, Saltee islands

Gorgeous Iceland 🇮🇸

Film fragment, Marshall Neilan research. Paris. Another 'Forgotten Director'?🤔

In “Documenting the Territory in Saint-Louis (Senegal)”, Laura Feal Sánchez interviews Mamadou Sellou Diallo, exploring his work in the creation of “audiovisual projects” that “document a space in all its complexity” doi.org/10.33178/alp...

In “The Muestra de Cine Afrodescendencias in Costa Chica: Intersections of Afrodescendance and Decoloniality in Curatorial Practice” Claudia Lora et al analyse “the curatorial work and collective exhibition of the Muestra de Cinea Afrodescendencias doi.org/10.33178/alp...

Issue 28 features an array of book reviews, from City Films, to Gaza on Screen, to studies of auteurs such as Yasujirō Ozu and Preston Sturges, to pandemics & zombies! doi.org/10.33178/alp...

Kane Geary O’Keeffe @Mouldyfajita reviews Diseased Cinema: Plagues, Pandemics and Zombies in American Movies, by Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social @OKState_History and Lee Mordechai published @edinburghup.bsky.social doi.org/10.33178/alp...

New issue of Alphaville 👇🏼

Check out the latest issue of Alphaville, hot off the presses!

Issue 28 is launched! “Moving Beyond the (De)Colonial Container: The Work of Film Festivals” edited by Sheila Petty and Estrella Sendra @ucclibrary.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uregina.bsky.social @filmstudiesff.bsky.social doi.org/10.33178/alp...

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Charles Burnett's Annihilation of Fish trailer has been made public! www.indiewire.com/news/trailer...

This is a lovely obit for our friend, Donna Hill: www.evesobits.com/post/donna-h...

‘The King of Comedy’ at 42. Martin Scorsese’s ‘The King of Comedy’ remains a chillingly relevant satire on fame, obsession, and loneliness. Explore the film’s making, themes, and legacy in our deep dive. cinephiliabeyond.org/the-king-of-...

Jack Pickford (born John Charles Smith, August 18, 1896 – January 3, 1933), was a Canadian-American actor, film director and producer. He was the younger brother of actresses Mary and Lottie Pickford. Wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wik... #silentfilm #silentera #cinema #film

Razed to dust, this is what Israel's apocalyptic erasure of Northern Gaza looks like. Palestinians are "returning" to nuclear-scale desolation.

Bogie's little helpers: the shoes Humphrey Bogart used during scenes with Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca in 1942. 🙂

Oscars 2025 predictions: Irish actors need a miracle, but what about Kneecap? www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

CFP from THE MOVING IMAGE! Special issue: "Reassessing Small Gauge, Amateur, and Nontheatrical Film" Guest editors: Hugo Ljungbäck, Louisa Trott, and Patricia Ledesma Villon Proposals due — April 1, 2025 Final manuscripts due — October 1, 2025 amianet.org/wp-content/u...

Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media's issue 7 is "Corporeal Cinema" - much good reading http://alphavillejournal.com via @alphavillej

Obituary for Claude Jarman, a generous, talented man who I was honored to know for 20 yrs. He was great company when we were guests , w/ @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social, at Clarence Brown Film Festival Aug. 2023, organized by Knox County Public Library & U of Tennessee. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

The Wren is still strong in parts of Ireland, notably Kerry, with elements entwined with nature and the old pagan roots of this time of year. "Up with the kettle And down with the pan Give us a penny to bury the wran" Giclée prints of the original linocut here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

On 11 December 1924, Dublin's Corinthian was showing The Signal Tower (US: Universal, 1924), directed by Clarence Brown, "the perfect melodrama, realistic and thrilling enough to satisfy even the most exciting audience." Images: Evening Herald, IMDb & Archiseek. #EarlyIrishCinema

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You still have this weekend to submit to Women and the Silent Screen XII, "Form and Feeling in Silent Cinema."

⏰ Proposals are due TODAY for my very favorite conference: Doing Women’s Film & Television History, to be held June 18-20 at the University of Lincoln. womensfilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/23/c...

Proposals for Women and the Silent Screen XII are due December 2, 2024! wfhi.org/2025-brussel...

What’s up #silentfilm folk? Let’s gather our friends around and make this space soar!

The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic. Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. Exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity. Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social

The Academy fired 16 dedicated archivists and librarians on Hallowe'en, striking horror in the hearts of all who love film preservation. Sign the petition urging the Oscars board to reverse the gutting of its knowledge base and save our Hollywood history! www.change.org/p/to-the-amp...

Claire Keegan in Dalkey: ‘I can’t say I’d cry if I was never nominated for the Booker again’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Happy and proud to say that I have an essay in the collection INVENTING THE MODERN: UNTOLD STORIES OF THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, to be published on Sept. 3. My section is on Iris Barry, the first head of MoMA Film. Available for pre-order! www.amazon.com/Inventing-Mo...