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LFF 2019 Archive Special Presentation is Love, Life and Laughter

August 27, 2019 no comments

The 63rd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express is thrilled to announce George Pearson’s Love, Life and Laughter (1923) as this year’s Archive Special Presentation....

The Biggest Thing To Ever Hit Broadway: Redux

October 12, 2017 no comments

This film has had a bit of a gestation period. It was completed, but not screened, in 2012 with a different score. It was 5 years later that the score was overhauled nad the film was finally complete...

The Informer: BFI Restoration Re-Release

May 2, 2017 no comments

I’ve seen my fair share of silent films – Metropolis, Battleship Potemkin, Nosferatu … Hell, even The Artist. But I would profess to be neither a raving enthusiast, nor remotely knowledgeable about t...

Sherlock Jr.

September 19, 2016 no comments

As part of the Doors Open Days festival in Glasgow, this year there was the opportunity to see a very special film. At Pollockshaws Burgh Hall the Buster Keaton silent classic Sherlock Jr. was screen...