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Category Archives: Silent Films

You Are My Destiny

June 9, 2017Classic Films, Cult Movies, Directors, Film, German Cinema, History, Silent FilmsFritz Lang, Masters of Cinema, Murnau-Stiftung, Orientalism, Spooky neighbours, Thea von Harboufionapleasance

Fritz Lang’s 1921 film Der müde Tod comes to cinemas and Blu-Ray this week. Fiona Pleasance makes a date with Death.

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Silents Is Golden: The Complete Buster Keaton Shorts

July 25, 2016Actors, Classic Films, Comedy, DVD, Short Films, Silent FilmsBuster Keaton, Coney Island, One Week, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Slapstick, The PlayhousePhilip Concannon

Philip Concannon on a new Blu-ray edition of the complete Buster Keaton short films, on general release today.

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Diary of a Lost Girl

November 24, 2014Classic Films, DVD, German Cinema, Silent FilmsDiary of a Lost Girl, GW Pabst, Louise Brooks, Pandora's BoxPhilip Concannon

Philip Concannon watches as Louise Brooks loses her innocence.

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London on Film – London Symphony

October 16, 2014British Film, Directors, Film Making, Places, Silent FilmsAlex Barrett, film making, London on Film, London SymphonyMostlyFilm

While the film world’s eyes are turned towards London for the LFF, Alex Barrett talks about his ambitious new film project about the city, and explains how you can get involved.

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A Night at the Cinema in 2014

July 30, 2014British Film, Classic Films, Short Films, Silent FilmsBFI, Charlie Chaplin, Franz Ferdinand, Stephen Horne, Totes AwksEmma Street

Want to travel back in time to 1914? Well, hurry up and invent time travel, then. Want to watch a bunch of films first shown in 1914? The BFI has just the thing, and Emma Street has done you a preview.