Pamela Hutchinson
@pamhutch.bsky.social
Author, critic, historian | 🖋 Guardian S&S BBC Criterion Empire | 📕 The Red Shoes | 📕 Pandora’s Box | ✉️ Weekly Film Bulletin | 💻 silentlondon.co.uk | https://linktr.ee/PamHutch | she/her
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Pamela Hutchinson
@pamhutch.bsky.social
· Sep 23
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Iris Barry, First Lady of Film
Delve into the world of Iris Barry – pioneering film critic, curator and preservationist.
www.bbc.co.uk
I presented this documentary on the pioneering film critic, curator and preservationist Iris Barry www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
'“The third reaction you want,” Fisher says, “is for people to say, I wish that was real so I could watch it.”' www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
From Angels with Filthy Souls in Home Alone, to Deception in The Holiday, fake movies are taking on a life of their own
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
'“The third reaction you want,” Fisher says, “is for people to say, I wish that was real so I could watch it.”' www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
"There was a period, in the decade after World War II, when British films achieved without fanfare a broad viewership among Americans." Geoffrey O'Brien on the terrific Locarno retrospective of postwar British cinema in @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Magic from Elsewhere | Geoffrey O’Brien
The best of British postwar cinema portrays a country in the aftermath of catastrophe and uncertain about its future.
www.nybooks.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"There was a period, in the decade after World War II, when British films achieved without fanfare a broad viewership among Americans." Geoffrey O'Brien on the terrific Locarno retrospective of postwar British cinema in @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
"Film critics prior to the 21st century existed to draw in readers and increase circulation. Their pieces often appeared in the final pages of magazines because many readers started from the back." @hamrahrama.bsky.social on the state of moviegoing and film criticism www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
A Total Breakdown of All the Easter Eggs | A. S. Hamrah
In December 2019, three months before the pandemic, I was standing on a subway platform in Brooklyn when I recognized a prominent older film critic also
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December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Film critics prior to the 21st century existed to draw in readers and increase circulation. Their pieces often appeared in the final pages of magazines because many readers started from the back." @hamrahrama.bsky.social on the state of moviegoing and film criticism www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Less than two weeks to go!
Have you pre-ordered your Columbia Noir #7: Made in Britain yet?
The gorgeous six-film set, full of arson, blackmail and murder, gets out on the 15th of December.
🛒 tinyurl.com/7tpzj94b
Here's a hard-as-nails clip from Spin a Dark Web:
Have you pre-ordered your Columbia Noir #7: Made in Britain yet?
The gorgeous six-film set, full of arson, blackmail and murder, gets out on the 15th of December.
🛒 tinyurl.com/7tpzj94b
Here's a hard-as-nails clip from Spin a Dark Web:
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Less than two weeks to go!
Have you pre-ordered your Columbia Noir #7: Made in Britain yet?
The gorgeous six-film set, full of arson, blackmail and murder, gets out on the 15th of December.
🛒 tinyurl.com/7tpzj94b
Here's a hard-as-nails clip from Spin a Dark Web:
Have you pre-ordered your Columbia Noir #7: Made in Britain yet?
The gorgeous six-film set, full of arson, blackmail and murder, gets out on the 15th of December.
🛒 tinyurl.com/7tpzj94b
Here's a hard-as-nails clip from Spin a Dark Web:
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As an actual writer I have absolutely no time for the romanticization of what is an underpaid and enormously uncool profession, but I will say this: if you use generative AI, you are not a writer. Being a writer is not about having a book or a byline in your name. It's about doing the writing.
May 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
As an actual writer I have absolutely no time for the romanticization of what is an underpaid and enormously uncool profession, but I will say this: if you use generative AI, you are not a writer. Being a writer is not about having a book or a byline in your name. It's about doing the writing.
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I ranked some films set on water. ON water, so submarines don't count. No need to tell me which ones I've missed, though wish I'd remembered to include KNIFE IN THE WATER.
You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!
As L’Atalante is re-released, we count down the best movies set largely on ships, boats, barges, yachts, steamers and trimarans. Submarines banned, as they’re under water
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I ranked some films set on water. ON water, so submarines don't count. No need to tell me which ones I've missed, though wish I'd remembered to include KNIFE IN THE WATER.
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Advance copies of this beaut arrived today! Congrats to author @aurspiers.bsky.social!! Can’t wait for you all to read it.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Advance copies of this beaut arrived today! Congrats to author @aurspiers.bsky.social!! Can’t wait for you all to read it.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
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if this headline doesn't pique your interest, then the byline should do it! another fab piece by the always insightful @pamhutch.bsky.social on the legendary animal lover & celluloid chaos-maker, Michel Simon. 🎞️🐒
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Monkey soulmates and extraordinary talent: the man Charlie Chaplin called ‘the greatest actor in the world’
Michel Simon, who steals the show in Jean Vigo’s 1934 masterpiece L’Atalante, was a soft-faced, gravelly voiced clown capable of tremendous pathos – and total chaos
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
if this headline doesn't pique your interest, then the byline should do it! another fab piece by the always insightful @pamhutch.bsky.social on the legendary animal lover & celluloid chaos-maker, Michel Simon. 🎞️🐒
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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Anton Walbrook and Ludmila Tcherina during the filming of 'The Red Shoes' at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, France, June, 1947
November 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Anton Walbrook and Ludmila Tcherina during the filming of 'The Red Shoes' at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, France, June, 1947
“Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career. But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam”
holy crap... @nickhunebrown.bsky.social with some great, important work
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career. But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam”
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Very special to be part of the upcoming Laura Mulvey Symposium with many esteemed friends! Join us on Saturday 22nd Nov at the BFI for a day of talks — @erikaaaa.bsky.social, @cinemiasma.bsky.social and I will be rounding off the afternoon with a panel on curation and criticism💡
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Very special to be part of the upcoming Laura Mulvey Symposium with many esteemed friends! Join us on Saturday 22nd Nov at the BFI for a day of talks — @erikaaaa.bsky.social, @cinemiasma.bsky.social and I will be rounding off the afternoon with a panel on curation and criticism💡
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It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It’s a #FilmNoir Joan Crawford day for us. See you all at #Bristol Megascreen from 12pm for a special double bill of Mildred Pierce (1945) + Johnny Guitar (1964) (both the recent 4K restorations). Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social #Melodrama tickets: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
The GW Pabst retrospective at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social looks incredible. All of these films are fascinating. www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
Anthology Film Archives : Film Screenings
An international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video with a particular focus on American independent and avant-garde cinema and its precursors found in classic Europea...
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The GW Pabst retrospective at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social looks incredible. All of these films are fascinating. www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
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cannot stress enough how GREAT this film is
Must-see melodrama alert. Next Sunday, one of the best films in the BFI Melodrama season, the silent 1925 STELLA DALLAS, screens in NFT1 with the incredible orchestral score by Stephen Horne – who also introduces the screening. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Buy cinema tickets for Stella Dallas + intro by composer Stephen Horne | BFI Southbank
2025-11-02T15:00:00.000, NFT1
whatson.bfi.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
cannot stress enough how GREAT this film is
Must-see melodrama alert. Next Sunday, one of the best films in the BFI Melodrama season, the silent 1925 STELLA DALLAS, screens in NFT1 with the incredible orchestral score by Stephen Horne – who also introduces the screening. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Buy cinema tickets for Stella Dallas + intro by composer Stephen Horne | BFI Southbank
2025-11-02T15:00:00.000, NFT1
whatson.bfi.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Must-see melodrama alert. Next Sunday, one of the best films in the BFI Melodrama season, the silent 1925 STELLA DALLAS, screens in NFT1 with the incredible orchestral score by Stephen Horne – who also introduces the screening. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
More melodrama. I am so honoured to be on a panel with @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social talking about class in melodrama at the BFI Southbank study day on 15 November. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
October 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
More melodrama. I am so honoured to be on a panel with @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social talking about class in melodrama at the BFI Southbank study day on 15 November. whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
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Just arrived! The first copies of our #FilmNoirFest Festival Catalogue!
If you’re a festival pass holder, you’ll get a free copy. Contribs include @pamhutch.bsky.social, @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social, @drsmorgan.com and more!
Get your #FilmNoir festival passes here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
If you’re a festival pass holder, you’ll get a free copy. Contribs include @pamhutch.bsky.social, @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social, @drsmorgan.com and more!
Get your #FilmNoir festival passes here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
October 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just arrived! The first copies of our #FilmNoirFest Festival Catalogue!
If you’re a festival pass holder, you’ll get a free copy. Contribs include @pamhutch.bsky.social, @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social, @drsmorgan.com and more!
Get your #FilmNoir festival passes here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
If you’re a festival pass holder, you’ll get a free copy. Contribs include @pamhutch.bsky.social, @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social, @drsmorgan.com and more!
Get your #FilmNoir festival passes here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Melodrama! But with dastardly crimes attached. I will be at HOME in Manchester to host a post-film discussion for this screening of THE WICKED LADY (1945) on 6 December homemcr.org/whats-on/the...
The Wicked Lady (PG) + discussion — James Mason and Margaret Lockwood stand and deliver one of the great British melodramas.
James Mason and Margaret Lockwood stand and deliver one of the great British melodramas.
homemcr.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Melodrama! But with dastardly crimes attached. I will be at HOME in Manchester to host a post-film discussion for this screening of THE WICKED LADY (1945) on 6 December homemcr.org/whats-on/the...
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I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
A different definition of melodrama but I will be giving a short lecture on silent cinema's iconic vamps at Fabrica in Brighton, also as part of CINECITY www.cine-city.co.uk/event/playin...
PLAYING THE VAMP - Cinecity
ILLUSTRATED TALK FROM PAMELA HUTCHINSON The vamp is seductive, dangerous and aloof. An urban criminal whose weapons are dark eyes ringed with liner and a...
www.cine-city.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A different definition of melodrama but I will be giving a short lecture on silent cinema's iconic vamps at Fabrica in Brighton, also as part of CINECITY www.cine-city.co.uk/event/playin...
Melodramatic events in Manchester and London yet to be announced but please do launder your best handkerchiefs in readiness.
October 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Melodramatic events in Manchester and London yet to be announced but please do launder your best handkerchiefs in readiness.
I will be introducing Orson Welles' wonderful THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social on 9 November www.glasgowfilm.org/movie/the-ma...
The Magnificent Ambersons + introduction
Orson Welles’ second feature chronicles the fall of a wealthy Indianapolis family during the American industrialisation boom of the early 20th century. Isabel Amberson’s spoiled son stands in the way ...
www.glasgowfilm.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I will be introducing Orson Welles' wonderful THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social on 9 November www.glasgowfilm.org/movie/the-ma...
The BFI Melodrama season will be keeping me busy over the coming weeks. I may be in a cinema near you! For example, I am introducing a 1940 double-bill of REBECCA and the British GASLIGHT in Brighton for CINECITY on 16 November @attenboroughac.bsky.social www.cine-city.co.uk/event/rebecc...
Rebecca + Gaslight double bill - Cinecity
A double bill of classic psychological thrillers, exploring love and obsession. REBECCA: Hitchcock’s Daphne Du Maurier adaptation was his first film in Hollywood after leaving...
www.cine-city.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The BFI Melodrama season will be keeping me busy over the coming weeks. I may be in a cinema near you! For example, I am introducing a 1940 double-bill of REBECCA and the British GASLIGHT in Brighton for CINECITY on 16 November @attenboroughac.bsky.social www.cine-city.co.uk/event/rebecc...
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Our January releases are now available for pre-order: tinyurl.com/krbpbs6x
Don't forget to use the code BUNDLE at checkout to get 10% off when you order Ivy, All My Sons and Undertow.
Which are you most looking forward to?
Don't forget to use the code BUNDLE at checkout to get 10% off when you order Ivy, All My Sons and Undertow.
Which are you most looking forward to?
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Our January releases are now available for pre-order: tinyurl.com/krbpbs6x
Don't forget to use the code BUNDLE at checkout to get 10% off when you order Ivy, All My Sons and Undertow.
Which are you most looking forward to?
Don't forget to use the code BUNDLE at checkout to get 10% off when you order Ivy, All My Sons and Undertow.
Which are you most looking forward to?