Film star salaries compared to the average American, and the President, in 1927

Lillian Gish klaxon! I am introducing this screening of WAY DOWN EAST on 35mm at the BFI on 16 December. Give yourself an early Christmas present! whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

LET ME DREAM AGAIN by @lukemckernan.bsky.social @stickingplacebk.bsky.social and an americano with oat milk #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking

Plus, this September sees a BFI retrospective curated by Xin Peng called ANNA MAY WONG: THE ART OF REINVENTION, with many more screenings. I’ll be on a panel with Xin, Katie Gee Salisbury and Wong’s niece Anna Wong, to discuss her life and career.

It’s a good year to be an Anna May Wong fan. New restorations of German silents SONG (1928) and PAVEMENT BUTTERFLY (1929) are getting UK premieres at @cineredis.bsky.social on Sunday. Music by Stephen Horne and intros by me. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1336...
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And I am currently soaking in Zoe Beloff’s archival jaunt through the radical and cinematic history of New York’s Lower East Side in LIFE FORGOTTEN

My highlights at this point have been Asta punting down the Spree in black satin and a terrific panel on the lesser-cited women crucial to the formidable reputations of great early French filmmakers.

I am attending the @wfhinetwork.bsky.social Women and the Silent Screen conference for the first time, here in sunny Brussels. So far we have had a feast of Asta Nielsen, Léontine, and archival adventures.

Love the packaging design on this gorgeous new release from Flicker Alley and @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social of BEHIND THE DOOR and BELOW THE SURFACE

Celebrate 100 years of the London Film Society at BFI Southbank in May. You don't want to miss this whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Do we still do #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking on this app? It’s an oat milk americano with Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott anyway.

The Criterion edition of Chaplin's A WOMAN OF PARIS (1923) is released on 18 March in the US and 7 April in the UK. Pleased to say that I have written the essay for the release of this stunning film. V lucky to have written notes for two of my favourite Chaplins. www.criterion.com/films/27582-...

Happy 20th birthday to @slapstickfest.bsky.social and congratulations on a fantastic gala night including the wonderful new score by Günter Buchwald for THE IMMIGRANT

Delighted to be in Zurich last night to introduce THE MANXMAN at Filmpodium. Should I have done my Hitchcock impression? Possibly not…

In Zurich for THE MANXMAN

I have a strong cup of tea, a tiny gingerbread person biscuit, HOT FROSTY on the TV… yes, this means I will be launching the Silent London poll shortly. Merry Christmas!

I made it to #silentfilm nirvana, the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. I will be reporting on the films, the music, the gossip and the intertitles all week.