Friday, 16 August 2024

Bohemian rhapsody. The Organist at St. Vitus' Cathedral (1929), with Maud Nelissen, Bonn Silent Film Festival 1924

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  This is a delightful film that bears many hallmarks of late silent film technique all set against the beguiling backdrop of Prague and w...
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Sunday, 11 August 2024

For Teresa Gimpera… The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

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It’s difficult to feel nostalgic after what we’ve been through these past few years but sometimes, when I look around, something tells me ...
Sunday, 28 July 2024

2 and ½? Three Women (1924)

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  This posting is late, for which I can only apologise, but I found myself in crisis and desperate to see the restored version of the film...
Sunday, 21 July 2024

In the navy… Remembrance (1982), BFI Flipside #48 Blu-ray

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Well, I’m in the navy see, and that’s work of national importance. That’s why we can’t go on strike, that’s why we sign on for fucking yea...
Saturday, 20 July 2024

Weird science... Die, Monster, Die! (1966), BFI Blu-ray

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It looks like a zoo in Hell!   I first saw Camberwell’s William Pratt in a silent film from 1920 called The Deadlier Sex who were in ...
Sunday, 14 July 2024

The London nobody knows… Hidden City (1987), BFI Blu-ray

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  Oh, this really is one for the Archivists but also those who delight in finding out the persistently odd parts of our capital; if you’ve...
Sunday, 7 July 2024

Day by Day in Bologna… Il Cinema Ritrovato XXXVIII

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Catherine Deneuve is the cover girl from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg   OK, after catching up on work and sleep, what was my pick from eight...