Reading Room

The Canadian (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By David KiehnSan Francisco Silent Film Festival9 Jan 2020

On The Canadian

Captain January (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Rebecca PetersSan Francisco Silent Film Festival9 Jan 2020

Carmen (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Matthew LipsonSan Francisco Silent Film Festival9 Jan 2020

The Cat and the Canary (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Margarita LandazuriSan Francisco Silent Film Festival9 Jan 2020

On The Cat and the Canary

Aelita Queen of Mars (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Richard HildrethSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

Alice in Disneyland (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Miriam BaleSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

All Quiet on the Western Front (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By David ThomsonSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

The Amazing Charley Bowers (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Sean AxmakerSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

Amazing Tales from the Archives 2014 (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By SFSFF editorSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

Amazing Tales from the Archives 2016 (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By SFSFF editorSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

Amazing Tales from the Archives 2017 (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By SFSFF editorSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

Amazing Tales from the Archives 2018 (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By SFSFF editorSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2020

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Shari KizirianSan Francisco Silent Film Festival19 Nov 2019

On The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Bardelys the Magnificent (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By Roberto LandazuriSan Francisco Silent Film Festival19 Nov 2019

Charlie the Ringmaster (opens criterion.com in a new tab)

Steve Massa on Chaplin's collaborators and production company during the making of The Circus (1928).

By Steve MassaThe Criterion Collection3 Oct 2019

Amazing Tales from the Archives 2019 (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By SFSFF editorSan Francisco Silent Film Festival8 Jan 2019

The Birth of a Hollywood Bad Girl (opens criterion.com in a new tab)

9 Aug 2018

On Morocco, Shanghai Express and 3 more

Observations on Film Art: Sound in Fritz Lang’s M (opens youtube.com in a new tab)

Criterion Collection25 Sept 2017

On Fritz Lang

10 great German expressionist films (opens bfi.org.uk in a new tab)

From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Nosferatu, the trend for shadows, angst and exaggerated sets in 1920s German cinema laid the foundations for everything from film noir to the horror genre.

By Pamela Hutchinson, Alex BarrettBFI8 Jun 2017

Fritz Lang's Use of Sound in 'M' and 'The Testament of Dr Mabuse' (opens youtube.com in a new tab)

By Michael WoodLondon Review of Books (LRB)5 Apr 2017

On The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Where to begin with F.W. Murnau (opens bfi.org.uk in a new tab)

A beginner’s path through the sublime silent cinema of F.W. Murnau…

By Ben Nicholson21 Dec 2016

On F. W. Murnau

Amazing Tales from the Archives 2015 (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By SFSFF editorSan Francisco Silent Film Festival15 May 2015

Amazing Tales from the Archives 2013 (opens silentfilm.org in a new tab)

By SFSFF editorSan Francisco Silent Film Festival15 May 2013