In the March 2015 issue of Sight & Sound magazine, I reviewed Ruth Barton’s wonderful new biography of the idiosyncratic silent era director Rex Ingram.
The best DVDs and Blu-rays of 2014
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
Another Sight & Sound list – this time counting up the best home video releases of the year. Yes, my list was all silent movies
Sight & Sound February 2015
Gloria Swanson in Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
Two pieces from me in this month’s Sight & Sound magazine. First up I interviewed the wonderful comedian Lucy Porter about her favourite female silent comedy stars, ahead of the Slapstick Festival. Second, I reviewed DW Griffith’s majestic Intolerance (1916), recently released on Blu-Ray by Masters of Cinema.
10 great films about making a fresh start
Walk Cheerfully
New Year’s Resolution time rolls around. More to the point, the BFI is rereleasing Eric Rohmer’s The Green Ray. So, as part of this group effort, I wrote about Walk Cheerfully, Ozu’s endearing silent movie about a gangster going straight. Why yes, you can buy the box set it features on here.
Sight & Sound January 2015
In Sight & Sound’s January 2015 issue, I wrote a short retrospective of how 2014 panned out in the world of silent cinema. I also reviewed the new Masters of Cinema release of Pabst’s haunting Diary of a Lost Girl, starring Louise Brooks (1929). My picks for the magazine’s poll for the best film of the year are available here.
Guardian report from the Pordenone silent film festival
The Toll of the Sea (1922)
The Giornate del Cinema Muto, held every year in Pordenone, Italy, is the world’s most prestigious silent film festival. I was there again this year, and I blogged every day for Silent London. When I got back, before I put my feet up, I filed this report for the Guardian film blog.
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
This year’s London Film Festival Archive Gala is a film that seemingly very few people have heard of, but this first world war movie is getting a nationwide release this week and will be out on DVD in 2015. So I found out a bit more about The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands and wrote this feature for the Guardian.
