Podcast – Silent London
News, reviews and previews of silent film screenings in London and the UK.
- Update frequency
- every 32 days
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2019
Ritrovato Roundtable: Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 podcast
The Bologna suntans are fading but the Il Cinema Ritrovato memories are still vivid. So Peter Baran and I were delighted to be joined on our latest podcast by academic and film programmer Eloise Ross…
Thu 04 Jul 2019
Sound Barrier: A Ghost Story (2017) & The Phantom Carriage (1921)
A spooky double-bill for our eighth Sound Barrier podcast: A Ghost Story, David Lowery’s high-threadcount, high-concept tale of love and loss, and The Phantom Carriage, Victor Sjöström’s long, dark n…
Mon 14 Aug 2017
Sound Barrier: Dunkirk (2017) & The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
The Sound Barrier returns with two wartime blockbusters. In this episode, Pete Baran and I are joined in the studio by the Guardian’s Nick Dastoor. We’re debating the relative merits of Christopher N…
Mon 31 Jul 2017
Ritrovato Roundtable: Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017 podcast report
I’m back from Bologna and joined in the podcast studio by Pete Baran and film writer Philip Concannon. We’re chatting about our highlights, discoveries and duds from the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival …
Sun 09 Jul 2017
Sound Barrier: Der Müde Tod (1921) & The Seventh Seal (1957)
We’re breaking the Sound Barrier rules again. Or bending them slightly. Once more, the new-release film we want to discuss in this episode is actually silent. It’s the theatrical re-release of Fritz …
Sun 11 Jun 2017
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2017: podcast report
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has just closed for another year. Four days of movies and music at the sumptuous Castro Theatre – and this time I was actually there! Pinch me, I still can’t be…
Mon 05 Jun 2017
Sound Barrier: The Red Turtle & Wall-E (2008)
Come break the Sound Barrier with us again. In this episode, we go to the edge of the world and the ends of the earth and back again with two animated features. We’re talking about Studio Ghibli’s mo…
Sun 28 May 2017
Sound Barrier: Mindhorn & The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
This episode of the Sound Barrier features two druggy and slightly dim detectives. We're talking about Julian Barratt's absurdly funny TV spoof Mindhorn and the cult favourite that is The Mystery of …
Sun 14 May 2017
Sound Barrier: Lady Macbeth and The Wind (1928)
In this episode of the Sound Barrier, Silent London’s cinematic sommeliers pair Victor Sjostrom’s majestic The Wind (1928) with William Oldroyd’s astonishing debut feature Lady Macbeth, out in cinema…
Sun 30 Apr 2017
Sound Barrier: Neruda & The Beloved Rogue (1927)
In episode two of the Sound Barrier podcast we wax poetic, with two films about poets – specifically poets in exile. The two films we will discuss – one new release and one silent classic – are Pablo…
Sun 16 Apr 2017
Sound Barrier: The Lost City of Z & The Lost World
Welcome to a new format for the Silent London podcast – Sound Barrier, in which myself and Peter Baran partner a new-release movie with a classic from the silent era and let them fight until we find …
Sun 02 Apr 2017
Hippfest 2017: the Silent London Podcast
Thank you to the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival for another great week/end of music and movies in a very warm and sunny Bo’ness. I was there from Wednesday to Saturday and here’s my podcast report f…
Sun 26 Mar 2017
The Silent London Podcast: Toute la mémoire du monde 2017 part four
My final Silent Paris Podcast from the Toute la mémoire du monde festival of restored cinema covers three films: one silent classic, The Italian Straw Hat (1928), and two experimental American featur…
Mon 06 Mar 2017
The Silent London Podcast: Toute la mémoire du monde 2017 part three
Welcome to another edition of the Silent Paris Podcast. I am at the Toute la mémoire du monde festival of restored cinema all weekend and podcasting my reports from the screenings. Saturday was a gam…
Sun 05 Mar 2017
The Silent London Podcast: Toute la mémoire du monde 2017 part two
It’s the Silent Paris Podcast! I am at the Toute la mémoire du monde festival of restored cinema all weekend and podcasting my reports from the screenings. Today, I am talking about a day spent watch…
Sat 04 Mar 2017
The Silent London Podcast: Toute la mémoire du monde 2017 part one
Welcome to the long-awaited return of the Silent London Podcast – coming to you straight from Paris. I am at the Toute la mémoire du monde festival of restored cinema and I will be podcasting my repo…
Fri 03 Mar 2017
The Silent London Podcast: Festivals, firsts, a favourite and Flesh and the Devil
Back to the studio for a full-length edition of the Silent London Podcast. I’m joined by Pete Baran to talk about the festival scene, discuss the first silents we ever watched and catch up on the new…
Fri 21 Aug 2015
The Silent London podcast: a visit to the Regent Street Cinema
A trip to the cinema is not always worthy of a podcast, but the Regent Street Cinema in the West End of London is a little bit special. I first visited this cinema in October 2014, when it was still …
Tue 05 May 2015
Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema 2014: reporting back
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pamela Hutchinson (@pam_hutch) Silent London podcast: Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema 2014 I’ve just returned from the Hippodrome Festival of Silent …
Sun 16 Mar 2014
The Silent London podcast: Maurice Elvey, City Lights and unsilent films
It’s podcast o’clock once more. This time I’m joined in the studio by the marvellous Pete Baran, and in the pub by Lucie Dutton, who tells us all about British silent film director Maurice Elvey. All…
Tue 26 Mar 2013
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