Monday, 29 January 2018

Anoushka Shankar interviewed for Shiraz (1928), in cinemas from 2nd February.

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For her first film score, Anoushka Shankar not only succeeded she excelled. Given that this was a silent film and a long one, and that ...
Sunday, 28 January 2018

The People’s Pictures… Slapstick Festival Gala Friday, Bristol Watershed and Colston Hall

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My third year at the Slapstick Gala and again I marvel at the event’s support from the city of Bristol; the Colston Hall was filled to ...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018

The three Dougs… Gallant Hearts (1931) with Stephen Horne and Jeevan Singh, BFI

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After Shiraz another gem from Indian cinema, perhaps not as polished but sparkling all the same. Gallant Hearts ( Diler Jagar ) is one...
Monday, 15 January 2018

Ha-Ha for Hollywood... Show People (1928), with Cyrus Gabrysch, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image

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Mordaunt Hall hit the nail on the head in his New York Times review: “So clever is the comedy in Show People … that it would not be at ...
Thursday, 11 January 2018

Oh brother… Second Fiddle (1923) with Cyrus Gabrysch, Kennington Bioscope

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I’ve been fascinated with Glenn Hunter since reading the book on which his lost film, Merton of the Movies (1924)  was based and having s...
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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