For @newstatesman1913.bsky.social I wrote about the many wonders of Ang Lee and Emma Thompson's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

The enduring brilliance of Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility

As Austen mania returns, the 1995 classic still shines for its wit, romance and sisterhood

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Yesterday I spent the afternoon with 500 Joan Crawford fans, as I introduced the restored LETTY LYNTON. Here’s what I said, with some added comments. selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/one-hell-o...

One Hell of a Character

An afternoon with Letty Lynton and 500 Joan Crawford fans

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Fabulous afternoon at the BFI for a special screening of a restored silent film with a fascinating history: Erich von Stroheim’s QUEEN KELLY (1929), complete with a terrific introduction by @pamhutch.bsky.social and a knockout turn by @neilkbrand.bsky.social on the piano. Such a treat! #FilmSky

James Harrison @jamesmjharrison.bsky.social of Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social joins me to preview the 3-day Film Noir Fest 2026. YouTube shorturl.at/Cj5rC Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu For the full schedule, visit: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

London cinephiles assemble. NFT1 2.30pm today. @pamhutch.bsky.social is your guide; Neil Brand in accompaniment.

Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 4w ago

#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 20 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. Special screening of restored Von Stroheim masterpiece QUEEN KELLY (1929) with intro by @pamhutch.bsky.social and piano accompaniment by Neil Brand in NFT1 at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

QUEEN KELLY in NFT1 tomorrow! Restoration by @milestonefilms.bsky.social plus music by the amazing @neilkbrand.bsky.social and intro and book signing by moi. Ambition and audacity by Gloria Swanson and Erich von Stroheim.

Pamela Hutchinson@pamhutch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am introducing QUEEN KELLY at BFI Southbank on 20 September and tickets are on sale to non-members now !

Each of my books has depended on the archives of the Performing Arts Library, of which I made free use because I'm lucky enough to live close by. This gift robs me of my unfair advantage & I hate it. (Seriously: A miracle that will transform performing arts research.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/a...

New York Performing Arts Library Gets $60 Million Gift for Preservation (Gift Article)

The anonymous donation, the library’s largest ever, will support digitization of archival items related to theater, dance and music.

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Lists are good, actually

Anne Billson@annebillson.bsky.social · 5d ago

I ranked Busby Berkeley! Now have to rid myself of an infernal medley of Harry Warren-Al Dubin earworms. (I urge you to seek out the full Lullaby of Broadway number; official Warner Bros clip linked to in the artcle doesn't do it justice, though this one is better: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9L...)

Since 2014, we've been asking writers to spotlight great films that were impossible to find on disc or streaming services in our monthly 'Lost and found' column All 118 are now compiled into one list. How many have you seen?

Best of luck to In Our Time for this next stage (and looking forward to seeing how our Sheffield Casablanca recording turns out) www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time to launch as a video podcast on iPlayer from September

Alongside new weekly episodes, a specially-curated audio-only archive edition will be added to the In Our Time feed on BBC Sounds

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***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on November 24th on Blu-ray in the US from @kinolorber.com: #SergeiEisenstein ¡MEXICO! In December 1930, Russian revolutionary film director Sergei Eisenstein travelled to Mexico to experience firsthand its “geographical, ethnological, cultural and historical diversity,”

Some of my favourite photos of the great film producer Jeremy Thomas, who died last night

"Literary criticism is like the mess of life, an exercise in tact and understanding." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Colin Burrow · Good Weird or Bad Weird: Uses of Criticism

Literary criticism is a supremely occasional skill, where you have to be bold enough to operate where there aren’t any...

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My favourite H.D. poem Sea Rose. She was born #OTD 140 years ago www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48188/...

Tremendous news from Arts Council England for the wonderful Bill Douglas Cinema Museum - now recognised as a collection of national importance. This reflects the quality of the museum’s holdings and especially the tireless, creative work of the team.

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum@bdcmuseum.bsky.social · 2w ago

📢 BIG NEWS! We are delighted to announce that the museum has been recognised as an Arts Council England Designated collection of national and international importance 🎉 Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/5a7rxy4z #designation #museum #announcement #museumsky

This is an excellent discussion of Jacques Becker’s film TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954), featuring French cinema expert Ginette Vincendeau, via the Why This Film? podcast. Lots of chat about the film’s themes of friendship & ageing - and Jean Gabin ofc! #FilmSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

True!! And all the best nerds know that there is a book that tells the whole story…

Stephen A Russell@stephenarussell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Recently saw this wonderful restoration and cinema nerds will know it’s the scuppered movie that has a teeny cameo in Sunset Boulevard, as Gloria/Norma watches her young self in action

Spooky season approaches. I will be interviewing Sara Karloff, daughter of Boris, and composer Michael Shapiro on stage at these screenings of FRANKENSTEIN accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic at @cadoganhall.bsky.social cadoganhall.com/whats-on/fra...

Hello Belfast! I will be introducing a screening of QUEEN KELLY at @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social on 21 October. queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Que...

Cinema Rediscovered: Queen Kelly + introduction showing at Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast.

What should have been a dream collaboration between Gloria Swanson, her financier lover Joseph P. Kennedy and director Erich von Stroheim, became the most infamous unfinished film in cinema history.

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French fashion designer Jacques Fath was born #OnThisDay in 1912. He designed this "St. Charles" formal afternoon dress made from satin-trimmed cotton piqué, for his S/S 1953 collection. Vogue deemed it "one of the best dresses in the Fath collection". FIDM Museum collection. #fashionhistory

Saturday reads 📰 Only 3 weeks to go - thanks for sharing Falkirk Herald! 'Taste of Silents, which runs from, Saturday Sep 26 to Saturday Nov 7, begins with Queen Kelly (1929) starring the legendary Gloria Swanson and directed by Erich von Stroheim.' 📰 www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/...

Bo'ness flicks boasts beautiful bite-sized selection of silent cinema over September and beyond

The annual Taste of Silents season – an offshoot of the world famous HippFest – returns to Bo’ness Hippodrome next month.

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Autumn is here. Warm yourself on the glow of Jonathan Demme's humanism and the ferocity of Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, aka "the most beautiful home movie ever made". 📽🍂 Next week at The Castle Cinema, with intro by the amazing @pamhutch.bsky.social. thecastlecinema.com/programme/11...

Very happy to say I appeared on the Why This Film? podcast to have a (very) long and enjoyable conversation about THE RED SHOES (Powell, Pressburger, 1948) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Why This Film?

Film Interviews Podcast · Video ·  🎬 Exploring the Criterion Collection, one spine at a time. In each episode, I sit down with film historians, critics, filmmakers, and scholars for in-depth conversa...

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Finished this wonderful tale by @pamhutch.bsky.social but before we move onto something a bit less fraught, which one of you bastards has hidden my DVD of Sunset Boulevard?!

As Anne Hathaway summer turns to Anne Hathaway autumn, us folks at @distortedframe.bsky.social will be back at Castle Cinema Hackney with Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme's wedding video-style family drama. Very happy to have the amazing @pamhutch.bsky.social with us to introduce this one. 💐

🥰 See you soon @pamhutch.bsky.social @silentlondon.bsky.social!

Silent London@silentlondon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The @hippfest.bsky.social Taste of Silents strand looks stunning this year – SPEEDY, FAUST, MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA… kicking off with QUEEN KELLY accompanied by @neilkbrand.bsky.social. I will be there too talking about the film – and I will bring books! www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/tas...

Restraining myself from spending money I don't have at this toothsome auction of Pre-Code Hollywood memorabilia. Click at your financial peril… www.invaluable.com/catalog/bi3u...

Bid Now: Historic Hollywood & Americana: Pre-Code Stills, Vintage Photography & Ephemera - September 12, 5:00 PM UTC - Britannic Auctions

Find live auctions today! Browse Invaluable for important fine art, rare antiques, jewelry, and more from premier auction houses all around the world.

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Nothing on at the pictures? Not true. There is bound to be something to divert and delight you in these creative programmes from the brilliant @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social MA curation students nfts.co.uk/article/nfts...

Very grateful to be included in this roundup.

David Hudson@dwhdaily.bsky.social · 4w ago

Rachel Cusk, Erich von Stroheim, Robert Kramer, Eric Rohmer, Erika Balsom, David Bordwell, Miloš Forman … it’s this month’s books roundup ! www.criterion.com/current/post...