Flipbooks and lost films

I have co-written a book about a fascinating research project, which managed to identify lost films by early filmmakers from … More

Olive Thomas on Woman’s Hour

I appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this morning to discuss the life and tragic death of silent film … More

I appeared on the excellent Evolution of Horror podcast hosted by Mike Muncer to discuss the wonderful surrealist film Un … More

This month, the Criterion Channel is streaming a slate of films written by the wonderful Frances Marion. I wrote this … More

A public service. I wrote about where to stream the best silent films, for the BFI website.

For the Guardian, I wrote about the campaign to name an alley in Hollywood after the slapstick directors who filmed … More

Peter Bogdanovich has made a documentary about Buster Keaton, called The Great Buster: A Celebration. I spoke to him about … More

Max Linder was a brilliant silent comedian, and new research suggests that he was the world’s first film star too. … More

I appeared on this episode of the Film Club with Caspar podcast, hosted by Caspar Salmon, to discuss two films … More

Ahead of the screening of the restoration of previously lost film Love, Life and Laughter (1923) at this year’s London Film Festival, … More