Maggie Hennefeld

The 100 Greatest Cinemas In The World Right Now Classic kinos, cult film temples and fabulous picture palaces from across the planet

my new life goal is to visit every one of these beautiful cinemas. 📽️ www.timeout.com/film/the-100...

BREAKING PLATES, Physical TV's rollicking collaboration with @nastysilents.bsky.social, directed by @karenpearlman.bsky.social, produced by @richardjamesallen.bsky.social, has its New York Premiere Sun March 15, 7.25pm, Cinema Village. Tickets $15 (scroll down): www.ratedsrfilms.org/tickets-srff...

Book news: The Curse of Queen Kelly People, I have been busy. Book news, and a cat picture, below… But first… has anyone here seen Queen Kelly? This is the legendary collaboration between Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson and Joseph…

A masterpiece back on the big screen, a cat picture, and some book news! silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/05/b...

Book news: The Curse of Queen Kelly People, I have been busy. Book news, and a cat picture, below… But first… has anyone here seen Queen Kelly? This is the legendary collaboration between Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson and Joseph…

Excellent news from @silentlondon.bsky.social in ref to a new book and #SilentFilm Queen Kelly (1929) silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/05/b...

today!!!!

“One of the greatest films never finished. One of Hollywood’s most dangerous alliances. One enduring legend.”

My new book THE CURSE OF QUEEN KELLY will be published this month by @stickingplacebk.bsky.social – on 27 March, Gloria Swanson’s birthday, no less.

stickingplacebooks.com/books/the-cu...

The 2026 SCMS election results are in.
Thanks to everyone who voted and helped shape the future of SCMS.
See the full results here: buff.ly/4um97Xz

People are still trapped in their homes in my neighborhood here in Jason's ward, unable to go to work (at jobs which may not even exist anymore), sick with worry over how they’ll pay utilities and remain housed.

It's not over. ICE is still here, and the least we can do is afford families more time.

Can't tell you how excited I already am for this year's edition.

Film Review: "Queen Kelly" Restored - Erich Von Stroheim's Mad Genius Resurrected - The Arts Fuse Cinema lovers with a taste for the exotic and a tolerance for narrative loose ends should take advantage of the re-emergence, via 4k digital makeover, of "Queen Kelly".

"Now a 2025 “re-imagining” of the project, with some story expansion and enhancement of its atmosphere, a 4K digital makeover, and an outstanding new score by Eli Denson, is making the art-house rounds." - Betsy Sherman. artsfuse.org/324928/film-...

BREAKING PLATES is coming to NYC on March 15th!!! Don't miss it! ‼️

Where: Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street New York, 10003
When: Sunday March 15, 2026, at 7.25pm
Festival Schedule: www.ratedsrfilms.org/the-schedule...

*Spread the word!!* 🍽️🧨

@physicaltv.bsky.social

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✨ Five Silent Films To Watch For Women's History Month ✨ Silent Sundays: Silent Film Streaming Picks

My PIONEERS: FIRST WOMEN FILMMAKERS box set featured on “Silent Sundays” to kick off #WomensHistoryMonth!! Thanks @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social! 📀

@kinolorber.com
open.substack.com/pub/oldfilms...

Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers This important collection of new 2K and 4K restorations shines a light on the contributions of women filmmakers in shaping the language of early cinema. Includes work by Lois Weber, Ali...

@shelleystamp.bsky.social !!! 📀 kinolorber.com/film/pioneer...

For this week’s Silent Sundays, I’m highlighting five silent films to watch for Women's History Month, featuring films directed by Alice Guy Blaché, Mabel Normand, Lois Weber, Marion E. Wong, and Elsie Jane Wilson.

Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/five-silen...

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

read all about it and watch GUGUSSE ET L'AUTOMATE (1897) on the @librarycongress.bsky.social website!! 😍

blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/...

The highlight of my weekend (not a high bar) was hearing this NPR newscaster rhapsodize over the rediscovery of a long-lost early robot film by the "pioneering 19th C French filmmaker Jorjis Malia." 🤖🎞️

dcs-cached.megaphone.fm/NPR715431793...

^Approx timecode = 3min, 15 secs.

Nitrate Dreamland

I made a silent film Instagram:

www.instagram.com/nitratedream...

lots of gems streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social this March!! 😍🎞️

BREAKING: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed and his body has been found, reports Reuters, citing Israeli media reports.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/s9152d

fuck imperialism. 😡

Footage from Minab, Iran, shows the aftermath of an Israeli-US strike on a girls' elementary school that reportedly killed more than 50 people.

Volume 79 Issue 3 | Film Quarterly | University of California Press

FQ’s Spring issue is free to read!

Oscars: One Battle After Another & Interview with Kleber Mendonça Filho

Horrors: The She-Butterfly & The Rat-Savior at 50, The New Witch Triad, Analog Horror & Spoorloos

Reports: Athens, New/Next + MoMA

online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/3

@ucpress.bsky.social

What’s especially annoying about the “not your grandparents’ silent movies”framing (if that’s what they’re trying to do) is that the silent film era was way more progressive and experimental for that sales point! h/t @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social

This is why people are still trapped in their homes here, unable to go to their jobs (jobs which may not even exist anymore), sick with worry over how they’ll pay bills and remain housed.

Rent is due on Sunday.

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

"The 45-second film, made around 1897, was the first appearance on film of what might be called a robot"

HELL. YES.

Book Launch: Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory A virtual launch of Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by Karen McNally.

Delighted to be hosting a book launch for the new edited collection WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD’S DREAM FACTORY: TALES OF INEQUALITY, ABUSE & RESISTANCE. Join us March 18. 📚
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Thanks @dwhdaily.bsky.social for the shout-out to my interview with @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social in the Feb round-up of Criterion Daily!! (Read all the @criteriondaily.bsky.social book recs and watch FILIBUS: THE MYSTERIOUS AIR PIRATE!) 🎞️‼️

www.criterion.com/current/post...

Minnesotan Aliyah Rahman arrested and injured at Trump's State of the Union Aliyah Rahman said she was escorted out after standing during the speech. She said she was injured in the process and taken to the emergency room.

Aliya Rahman -- who was dragged out of her car by 4 masked ICE agents and brutally detained at the Whipple Center last month -- was again violently arrested last night by Capitol police at the State of the Union. She was Ilhan Omar's invited guest. 😡😡😡 www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...