South West Silents

'Image manipulation has always been around': 10 early photographic 'fakes' that trick the eye A century and a half before today's AI deep fakes, photographers created remarkable image manipulations. Here are 10 images from the 19th and 20th Centuries that tricked the viewer.

'Image manipulation has always been around': 10 early photographic 'fakes' that trick the eye: www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

Join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social for our Sergio Leone Weekend in #Bristol. Special intros by Leone biographer Sir Christopher and two recorded ones by filmmaker Alex Cox!

More info and passes here: hdfst.uk/e145608

Time to get those toy trains out again.... The General and Buster Keaton are getting the HDR retreatment from Eureka Entertainment's Master of Cinema series! More info: eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/the-ge...

Very excited to say that we will be joined by Sir Christopher Frayling plus two special recorded intros by film director Alex Cox during our Sergio Leone Weekend in April in #Bristol. Limited passes still available here: hdfst.uk/e145608

Another #SilentFilm related book we have read. It’s another fascinating read this one.

For #ValentinesDay we can highly recommend #SilentFilm The Garden of Eden (1928) which you can watch for free thanks to the @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social: filmpreserve.org/restoration/...

Sharpen your fangs for Werner Herzog's own take of Muranu's #SilentFilm masterpiece #Nosferatu with Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, tonight, 10:10PM. Remakes can fail, but this one is wonderful viewing and incredibly haunting! We like it anyways!

Join us next Friday, February 20 (12–1pm PT) for:
ONLINE WITH SFFP — Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France

👉 filmpreserve.org/eve...
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Max Linder’s spoof has a hilarious title— but only if you say it aloud in an outrageous French accent

Hey #Bristol film fans! Keep an eye out for our Sergio Leone Weekend poster around town. #SergioLeone #Western #spaghetti

The poster includes more info about the weekend including which #SilentFilm we’re screening… passes available here: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...

#BornOnThisDay Ramon Novarro star of #SilentFilm Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1929). #BOTD

Read more about the silent version here: www.southwestsilents.com/post/ben-hur...

Love him or loath him; you can’t argue that he had a fantastic screen presence!

@slapstickfest.bsky.social and @andrewkelly.bsky.social looks at the screen presence of Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) over the course of today at @wshed.bsky.social, #Bristol.

More info: slapstick.org.uk

Slapstick Festival (@slapstickfest.bsky.social) kicks off next week! Have you got your tickets yet?! More info on lineup etc: slapstick.org.uk/all-events/

We’re looking forward to reading Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London by @jacriding.bsky.social when it’s published this February. Some very good reviews in the papers already! Published by @profilebooks.bsky.social.

Wow! We only have a handful of early bird passes left for our Sergio Leone weekend in April; we strongly recommend getting one sooner rather than later! Come and join us and @20thcflicks.bsky.social on 18th and 19th for some great fun #Bristol! Passes available here: hdfst.uk/e145608

A rare chance to see Jacques Tati’s Parade (1974) on TV this morning, 11am, thanks to our friends @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social!

Montecito Inn Redecorating But Not Parting Ways with Charlie Chaplin Legacy, Despite Rumors Despite online rumors that the Montecito Inn was distancing itself from the legacy of famous actor Charlie Chaplin, the hotel's management said that’s not

A piece of Chaplin we never knew about:

Montecito Inn Redecorating But Not Parting Ways with Charlie Chaplin Legacy, Despite Rumors. The famous #SilentF ilm star was an early investor in the hotel on Coast Village Road: www.noozhawk.com/montecito-in...

Speaking of Westerns... we’re bringing something very very fun this April to #Bristol!

A special Sergio Leone weekend! The Dollars Trilogy and more on the biggest and loudest screen in the city!

Early bird passes have just gone on sale: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/meg...

Join us this Friday for a fascinating dive into silent-era style.

When films didn’t speak, fashion did.
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Don’t forget, next Saturday (12pm start) @bristolaquarium.bsky.social, we have a special comedy Western double bill involving Douglas Fairbanks (with live music) in Wild and Woolly (1927) + 40th anniversary screening of Three Amigos (1986): ti.to/film-noir-uk...
#SilentFilm #MegaSilents

Looking forward to listening to #BBCRadio4’s The Cultural Life with @johnwilson14.bsky.social speaking to @realgdt.bsky.social tomorrow morning at 11am.

Also available on #BBCSounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Head over to @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social this afternoon, 3:30PM, for Jacques Tati's much underrated classic Trafic (1971). Great fun to watch! Love the poster as well!

Merry Christmas to all of our #SilentFilm friends out there! #Christmas2025

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases review – on the hunt with Holmes in restored 1920s mysteries From stealing a photo for the King of Bohemia to battling the Napoleon of crime on a clifftop, Holmes is witty and watchable in these early Conan Doyle-approved dramas

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases review – on the hunt with Holmes in restored 1920s mysteries by @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social.

See all three films between Christmas and New Year @wshed.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Tickets available here: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1372...

Plenty to read about in the new (Christmas) bumper edition of @sightsoundmag.bsky.social!

Including a great review by @pamhutch.bsky.social about Le Giornate del Cinema Muto #SilentFilm Festival. Go and buy a copy!

Happy to say that the new 4K of Sunset Boulevard (1950) looked incredible on the Megascreen in #Bristol yesterday. #FilmNoir

Our thanks, as always, to @20thcflicks.bsky.social and @filmhubsw.bsky.social.

Gloria Swanson in all her Technicolor glory for the opening screening of Swanson Melodrama double bill.

Next up, #FilmNoir classic Sunset Boulevard (1950) around the 1:30pm. #SilentFilm with thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social! #Bristol #Melodrama

2026 already looks very exciting thanks to @flicker-alley.bsky.social with their Focus on Louise Brooks release! 13th January is the release date. More #SilentFilm info and where to pre-order here: flickeralley.com/products/foc...

This upcoming @swsilents.bsky.social Gloria Swanson event is a treat - a triple treat in fact with two films and Meg Morley on piano. Book here: ti.to/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.