Thursday, 21 December 2017

Double Bebe… She’s a Sheik (1927)/Miss Bluebeard (1925), with Meg Morley and Lillian Henley, Kennington Bioscope

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Tonight, Kevin Brownlow had promised us a surprise from his own collection and he delivered with a 16mm transfer of She’s a Sheik that...
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Wednesday, 20 December 2017

The Twelve Days of Silent Night: the year in pantomime. Or, well done 2017!

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This just gets harder; how can any sane person possibly reduce such a splendid silent year into a top twelve?! This year I've seen ...
Saturday, 16 December 2017

It’s more important than that… A Matter of Life and Death (1946), BFI

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This is a film for the ages, a film to grow with. When I first saw A Matter of Life and Death , I must have been very young and pretty ...
Thursday, 7 December 2017

The women… Pavement Butterfly (1929), with Stephen Horne, Kennington Bioscope

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We take it for granted, these films we watch, yes we recognise that screening rare and near impossible to find 90-year old treasures ta...
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Monday, 4 December 2017

Das Buch über Pandora… Pandora's Box (1929), with Stephen Horne and Pamela Hutchinson, Phoenix Cinema

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Once more out of The Box my friends but there’s no getting tired of this film especially in the wonderful surroundings of the old Phoe...
Sunday, 26 November 2017

Wild at heart… Le diable au coeur (1928)

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I believe it was George Harrison who once remarked, “she’s got the Devil in her heart oh no, no, no-oh…” but it might have been John L...
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