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Celebrating #SilentFilm via many live events held throughout the South West region and beyond! Spin-off organisation, Film Noir UK.
A couple of pics taking during our screening of #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne. Our thanks to the Imperial War Muesum. Next up, Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957). Thanks also to @filmhubsw.bsky.social @20thcflicks.bsky.social.
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#BornOnThisDay the great Louise Brooks (1906-1985)! #SilentFilm #BOTD
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
See Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Paths of Glory (1957) on the #Bristol Megascreen with The Battle of the Somme (1916) (thanks to The Imperial War Museum) with live music by Stephen Horne.

Saturday 22nd November., 12PM. Tickets available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
As part of @filmnoiruk.bsky.social’s #FilmNoirFest this Sunday, in Weston-super-Mare. The #FilmNoir festival will be screening #SilentFilm Forgotten Faces (1928) + The Great Train Robbery (1903) both with live music by @neilkbrand.bsky.social

Tickets: rhyl.merlincinemas.co.uk/film/102458-...
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Don’t forget to join us this December for a special Gloria Swanson double bill as part of the BFI’s Melodrama Season. We have 1925’s Stage Struck with live music by Meg Morley and Sunset Boulevard (1950) all at the Bristol Megascreen. With thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Just under a month until our #WW1 Special Double Bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece Paths of Glory (1957) both on #Bristol’s Megascreen. More info: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
October 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Singular tickets for our Heritage #FilmNoir event during @filmnoiruk.bsky.social #FilmNoirFest are on sale.

See The Great Train Robbery (1903) and a rare chance to see crime #SilentFilm Forgotten Faces (1928); all with live music by @neilkbrand.bsky.social: wsm.merlincinemas.co.uk/film/102458-...
October 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Co-director @jamesmjharrison.bsky.social selects his top five #SilentFillm titles from this year's Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 in #Pordenone, Italy: www.southwestsilents.com/post/festiva...
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We are back in #Wareham this November for the #SilentFilm Weekender; tickets and passes on sale: www.therex.co.uk/news/18363

Our thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Hey #Bristol! Keep an eye out for our two posters featuring Joan Crawford and Gloria Swanson for the #BFI Too Much Melodrama season. Our thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social, @bristolaquarium.bsky.social.

Crawford Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Swanson Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
One of the highlights from this year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto has been the animated shorts starring Koko the Clown, produced by Max Fleischer. #Pordenone #SilentFilm
October 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Here we go again! We are home at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto! #Pordenone #Italy #SilentFilm
October 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very sad to hear the passing of the legendary Italian film poster artist Renato Casaro (1935-2025). #RIP
October 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
“A GIANT AMONG FILM HISTORIANS...you might say Mr. Brownlow is film history.” – Martin Scorsese

Friday, October 24 – Thursday, November 6 a celebration of #SilentFilm hero Kevin Brownlow New York's Film Forum: filmforum.org/series/kevin...
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Two weeks until Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2025 kicks off in the town of #Pordenone, #Italy!

We’ll be there and looking forward to catching up with all our #SilentFilm friends. Let us know if you’re about!

More info here: www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en/
September 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
A beautiful thing has just landed! Very excited about this new release thanks to @flicker-alley.bsky.social! Victor Sjöström’s #SilentFilm masterpiece He Who Gets Slapped (1924) starring Lon Chaney. More info soon.

Get yourselves a limited copy from here: flickeralley.com/products/he-...
September 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for our Wizard of Oz Double Bill yesterday. Thank you to @bristolaquarium.bsky.social, Nate Barlow and Dominic Irving.

Don’t forget to check out what we have coming up next on our events page: www.southwestsilents.com/live-events
September 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Two Hollywood legends are coming to #Bristol in November and December 2025. As part of the #BFI’s Too Much Melodrama film season. #SilentFilm #FilmNoir

15/11/2025: Joan Crawford Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

06/12/2025: Gloria Swanson Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Think you know your #Westerns?! Ever heard of #SilentFilm #Western star Henry Starr?! Well, we hadn't!

So here is our review of Mark Archuleta’s new book about Henry Starr and his lost film, A Debtor to the Law. Plus a chance to win a copy. More info: www.southwestsilents.com/post/discove...
September 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#BornOnThisDay George Macready (1899-1973). Best known for #FilmNoir Gilda (1946), Seven Days in May (1964), The Great Race (1965) and Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957) which we're screening in November at #Bristol's Megascreen at @bristolaquarium.bsky.social: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
August 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
August 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
While on the subject of #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with which we’re screening as part of the double bill (thanks to the IWM) we highly recommend this book as well… don’t forget to book your tickets tho: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
August 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pretty impressive artwork by Sam Hadley for @criterion.bsky.social’s release of Hell’s Angels (1930).
August 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The newest David Glass #SilentFilm Kickstarter Project is up and running. This one is all about Snub Pollard. These are always a good project to get behind: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ree...
August 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM