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Pamela Hutchinson @pamhutch.bsky.social · 7h

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...

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 22h

I really need to sponsor Mungo too!

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 23h

Whoop! Paul’s Pordenone blogs were on fire this year.

PaulAJoyce @paulajoyce.bsky.social · 1d

Last report from the last day of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto - Charlie, Buster, Natalie, Jackie Gleeson and Italia Almirante Manzini!!

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Train keeps a runnin’… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto #44 Day Eight

That was the week that was… and it was a Festival of many parts as director Jay Weissberg noted as he introduced the final night’s gala ...

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 1d

The kids are all right… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Day Eight silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/12/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 8

I awoke with good intentions but encountered even better conversations. And thus, my film viewing on this, the final day of the 44th Giornate del Cinema Muto, began at midday, with Koko the Clown. …

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 1d

The kids are all right… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Day Eight silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/12/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 8

I awoke with good intentions but encountered even better conversations. And thus, my film viewing on this, the final day of the 44th Giornate del Cinema Muto, began at midday, with Koko the Clown. …

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PaulAJoyce @paulajoyce.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this is nice - name-checked by Criterion for my coverage of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto along with @silentlondon.bsky.social , both of us writing daily on the films! 😎

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Parallax Views

This week: Essays on Daniel Day-Lewis, Sophie Fillières, and Miguel Gomes, a talk with Wes Anderson, and an AI experiment.

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 2d

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Parallax Views

This week: Essays on Daniel Day-Lewis, Sophie Fillières, and Miguel Gomes, a talk with Wes Anderson, and an AI experiment.

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PaulAJoyce @paulajoyce.bsky.social · 2d

Day Seven at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto comes with an adult content warning.

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The fault in our Tsar… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 44, Day Seven

If Hammer made Soviet historical dramas with a propagandist edge in the silent era it would probably be exactly like The Wings of a Serf ...

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 2d

Day seven of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and I have lost the plot silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/10/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 7

I have been a little slow to start up some mornings. But one thing you can guarantee that I will get out of bed for is Victor Sjöström. Victor Sjöström’s 1912 debut film no less, banned outright in…

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 2d

Day seven of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and I have lost the plot silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/10/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 7

I have been a little slow to start up some mornings. But one thing you can guarantee that I will get out of bed for is Victor Sjöström. Victor Sjöström’s 1912 debut film no less, banned outright in…

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 3d

Dress to impress, it's Pordenone Day Six. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/09/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 6

Feature films? What a concept. They don’t always seem to be the dominant form here at Pordenone. But this afternoon was an exception to that rule, with a triple-bill of four-to-six-reelers back to …

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PaulAJoyce @paulajoyce.bsky.social · 3d

From Pompei to the sea bed via confused parents and others in denial. And, blessed are the costume designers with their help we can smash the patriarchy! Day Six at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto.

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Epic Thursday… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 44, Day Six

White Heather (1919) Are Parents People? (1925) with Neil Brand Not a lot of people know this but, when this film was screened at the K...

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 3d

Dress to impress, it's Pordenone Day Six. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/09/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 6

Feature films? What a concept. They don’t always seem to be the dominant form here at Pordenone. But this afternoon was an exception to that rule, with a triple-bill of four-to-six-reelers back to …

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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 4d

"There was more mischief to be had in the afternoon w/a triple-bill devoted to Louis Feuillade’s collaborations w/the elusive Léontine.." ⁉️🎞️🎈 Big day for Léontine! Powerful & dazzling line-up of screenings at #GCM44, chronicled brilliantly by @pamhutch.bsky.social

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Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 5

It may seem that the Giornate is in its own bubble, a hundred years or more removed from the real world, wrapped up in the fashions and the fads of the past. But we’re still looking out at th…

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 4d

A night in Le Giornate del Cinema Muto that I won't forget silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 5

It may seem that the Giornate is in its own bubble, a hundred years or more removed from the real world, wrapped up in the fashions and the fads of the past. But we’re still looking out at th…

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 5d

Day four of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto brought a return to East Lynne and a visit to the women of Chaplinland. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 4

Last night I dreamt I went to East Lynne again… Ellen Wood is directing my subconscious now. I love this mini melodrama strand and I really enjoyed today’s instalment, which was the lavish 1925 Fox…

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PaulAJoyce @paulajoyce.bsky.social · 5d

And emotional day four at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto! #SilentFilm

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Tears are not enough… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Day Four

Ruan Lingyu abides... OK, new rules, we’re halfway through and it’s time to make this blog snappier. Today: · Cried – twice · ...

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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 5d

The chamomile tea moment comes to us all…

Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · 5d

Day four of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto brought a return to East Lynne and a visit to the women of Chaplinland. silentlondon.co.uk/2025/10/08/l...

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2025: Pordenone Post No 4

Last night I dreamt I went to East Lynne again… Ellen Wood is directing my subconscious now. I love this mini melodrama strand and I really enjoyed today’s instalment, which was the lavish 1925 Fox…

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PaulAJoyce @paulajoyce.bsky.social · 6d

Day three at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and it was full-on with "Pink Tea Talking" and "little mites of wonderment"...

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Electric Gypsy… Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Day 3

Let’s start at the big finish shall we, let’s begin with the pure diva pomp and circumstance of Italia Almirante Manzini playing the Queen...

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Cinema's First Nasty Women @nastysilents.bsky.social · 6d

If you're not following @silentlondon.bsky.social's daily recaps of Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, then you're doing it all wrong! (But it's not too late!!) Day 3 just dropped. 🎞️🎶😍

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