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2022
By Jove! I think we've got 'It' (1927) on Friday, June 10 at Epsilon Spires in Brattleboro, Vt.original ↗
9 Jun 2022
Set sail with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in 'The Black Pirate' on Wednesday, June 8 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
6 Jun 2022
Sunday, May 22: 'The First Auto' in Wilton, N.H., plus notes on three earlier screenings featuring John Gilbert, Harold Lloyd, and Buster Keatonoriginal ↗
20 May 2022
Once-lost swashbuckler 'Bardelys' this week in Plymouth; report on 'The Kid' in Newport, R.I.original ↗
10 May 2022
On Sunday, May 1 in Wilton, N.H.: 'Man With A Movie Camera,' innovative silent documentary filmed in Ukraineoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2022
To Cleveland and back: 3 days, 5 films, 1,650 miles—and Keaton's 'Butler' on Wednesday, 4/27original ↗
26 Apr 2022
On Thursday, 4/21: 'Ben Hur' in Manchester, N.H., plus giving Shakespeare 'the silent treatment'original ↗
18 Apr 2022
This Sunday: Silent Shakespeare! And then 'Ben Hur,' then Cleveland, and then back to Boston!original ↗
16 Apr 2022
11 Apr 2022
Up next: the original silent 'Ben Hur' (1925) on Sunday, April 10 at the Showroom in Keene, N.H.original ↗
6 Apr 2022
30 Mar 2022
Up next: Cinema Ritrovato 'L'Inferno' on 3/25 in Portsmouth, then 'Robin Hood' on 3/27 in Wiltonoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2022
Today's puzzler: What happens when you promote 'Smilin' Through' (1922) for St. Patrick's Day but then find out the film is not set in Ireland?original ↗
14 Mar 2022
Coming Sunday, March 13 for St. Paddy's Day: silent drama 'Smilin' Through' set in Irelandoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2022
Neither snow, nor kidney stones, nor talking cars, kept me from the 2022 Kansas Silent Film Festivaloriginal ↗
7 Mar 2022
Red River Theatres to screen 'The Flying Ace,' silent 'race' drama for Black History Monthoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2022
20 Feb 2022
Tonight: Emil Jannings in 'The Last Command' at Epsilon Spires in Brattleboro, Vt., w/pipe organoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2022
Rare all-Black drama, 'The Flying Ace' (1926), tonight at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Mass.original ↗
18 Feb 2022
Tonight! 'Girl Shy' in Manchester, N.H. But first, Mayer to Shakespeare: 'Lose all that death at the end'original ↗
17 Feb 2022
15 Feb 2022
Five screenings in five days, but first: a case of 'Music' turning into 'Magic' in Campton, N.H.original ↗
13 Feb 2022
Tonight: 'Straight is the Way' in Campton, N.H., plus report on 'The General' in Newport, R.I.original ↗
12 Feb 2022
Small state, big occasion: Accompanying 'The General' in Rhode Island at Keaton book-signingoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2022
6 Feb 2022
5 Feb 2022
Thursday, Jan. 27: 'Simba, King of the Beasts' (1928) w/live music at Wilton's Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2022
Wednesday, 1/26: New Flying Monkey film series starts with comedy 'For Heaven's Sake' (1926)original ↗
24 Jan 2022
17 Jan 2022
A century in the making: Town Hall Theatre to screen 1922's top five box office attractionsoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2022
2021
Announcing the '2022 Mid-Winter Lake Erie Silent Film Tour' in Detroit and Cleveland. Really!original ↗
30 Dec 2021
'The Strong Man,' ultimate Christmas film from the silent era, in Wilton, N.H. on Sunday, 12/26original ↗
22 Dec 2021
Unseen for a century: 'Straight is the Way' with live music on Thursday, 12/9 in Concord, N.H.original ↗
2 Dec 2021
Raymond Griffith comedies in Wilton, N.H. on Sunday, 11/28—finish Thanksgiving with a laughoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2021
Tonight: Keaton's 'College' in Brandon, Vt., plus thoughts on 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'original ↗
13 Nov 2021
11 Nov 2021
9 Nov 2021
On live scoring 'Dracula' at the Somerville, plus a new way to show 'Nosferatu' to keep it scaryoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2021
Going the distance with Lon Chaney, 'Dracula' at Somerville Theatre, and one more 'Nosferatu'original ↗
31 Oct 2021
30 Oct 2021
29 Oct 2021
Tonight: 'Nosferatu' in Manchester, N.H. Plus, this Halloween, bringing theaters back from the deadoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2021
Next up: music for 'Phantom of the Opera' at the newly opened Park Theatre in Jaffrey, N.H.original ↗
27 Oct 2021
On your marks: My annual Halloween marathon of spooky silent film screenings starts this Sundayoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2021
12 Oct 2021
11 Oct 2021
Benefit screening of 'Wings' (1927) to land at Manchester's Rex Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 5original ↗
1 Oct 2021
28 Sept 2021
Priscilla Dean in 'Drifting' (1923) starts off two-month Tod Browning retrospective with a bangoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2021
This weekend: three screenings in three states, including start of two-month Tod Browning seriesoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2021
A tale of two performers: James Murray and Barbara Kent in 'The Shakedown' (1929) on Thursday, Sept. 9 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
1 Sept 2021
29 Aug 2021
Nosferatu: Not just for Halloween anymore! (During a pandemic, any time is Nosferatu time)original ↗
13 Aug 2021
Heading west once again, this time with John Ford: two early features at Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2021
Tonight: Original silent version of 'Ben Hur' with live music at Flying Monkey in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
5 Aug 2021
Improv comedy on a grand scale: 'Seven Chances' on Aug. 4 at Leavitt Theatre, Ogunquit, Maineoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2021
Coming up this weekend: Perfect weather for a Yakima Canutt double feature in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
25 Jul 2021
16 Jul 2021
This week: starting a new silent film series with comedy at the Rex Theatre in Manchester, N.H.original ↗
13 Jul 2021
Finding Harold south of the border, then back home for 'The General' tonight in Plymouth, NHoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2021
24 Jun 2021
22 Jun 2021
Emerging from the pandemic: 'Girl Shy' starring Harold Lloyd on Saturday, 6/19 in Brandon, Vt.original ↗
11 Jun 2021
4 Jun 2021
30 May 2021
This Sunday: the exciting finale of 'Officer 444' plus 'Old Ironsides' (1926) at Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
20 May 2021
Show me 'The Money!' See French epic 'L'Argent' (1928) on Thursday, 5/13 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
10 May 2021
This Sunday's silent '20,000 Leagues' in Wilton, NH possibly playing host to steampunk flash mob?original ↗
4 May 2021
At the Center for the Arts in Natick, Mass.: 'Sunrise' in late afternoon on Sunday, May 2; plus, the 'real' mystery of Paul Leni's 'The Last Warning'original ↗
26 Apr 2021
Why is that set familiar? And other aspects of 'The Last Warning' (1928), to be screened with live music on Sunday, 4/25 in Wilton, N.Horiginal ↗
22 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021
Meet the 'Man with the Million Dollar Smile' on Sunday, 4/11 at Town Hall Theater, Wilton, N.H.original ↗
6 Apr 2021
Easter's on it's way, so is 'Ben Hur': silent epic with live music Thursday, 4/1 at Flying Monkeyoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2021
Biblical epic 'Noah's Ark' sails into Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H. on Sunday, March 28original ↗
17 Mar 2021
Sure'n it's time for a St. Paddy's tribute: 'The Bride's Play' on Sunday, 3/14 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
8 Mar 2021
4 Mar 2021
Not in Kansas anymore, at least this one time: the Kansas Silent Film Festival in New Hampshireoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2021
On 'Joan of Arc' and why less is more; plus previewing the Kansas Silent Film Festival in N.H.original ↗
22 Feb 2021
Valentine's Day reactions to '7th Heaven' (1927); next up, music for 'Joan of Arc' (1928) on 2/21original ↗
16 Feb 2021
Valentine's Day: '7th Heaven' with live music on Sunday, 2/14 at Town Hall Theatre, Wilton NHoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2021
Thoughts on 'The Freshman': If comedy doesn't have an audience reaction, is it still funny?original ↗
31 Jan 2021
Mid-winter melodrama: Lillian Gish stars in 'Way Down East' on Thursday, 2/4 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
25 Jan 2021
Calling all kids! 'Peter Pan' (1924) with live music on Sunday, 1/24 at Wilton's Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2021
Tonight! Final round of 'The Storytellers' with Buster Keaton starring in 'The Saphead' (1920)original ↗
15 Jan 2021
Next week: 'The Storytellers,' five days of film that pioneered the full-length motion pictureoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2021
8 Jan 2021
2020
One more screening ('Beggars of Life' on 12/27) after which the year 2020 will be in hindsightoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2020
9 Dec 2020
One movie, two very different plots: showing both versions of 'Varieté' on Sunday, Nov. 29original ↗
24 Nov 2020
True confessions: notes on a weekend of making music with Dr. Mabuse at the Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2020
Taking a chance on 'Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler' at Town Hall Theatre on weekend of Nov. 14-15original ↗
5 Nov 2020
To laugh or not laugh at 'Nosferatu,' plus a full line-up of Halloween screenings this weekoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2020
Yesterday, the Moon and UFO Festival; today, 'Caligari' in Natick, Mass., then 'Wings' in Wilton, N.H. later this weekoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2020
5 Oct 2020
This weekend in Wilton, N.H.: double header of all 15 chapters of 'A Woman in Grey' (1920)original ↗
1 Oct 2020
21 Sept 2020
Next: Two silent film programs that look at movies themselves. First up: Keaton's 'Sherlock Jr.' and 'Cameraman' on Sat., 9/20 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
14 Sept 2020
31 Aug 2020
Two Zorros are better than one: Original, sequel with live music on Aug. 29 & 30 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
27 Aug 2020