Back in the "studio" for another episode! As we close in on the last 5 years of silent film, we're getting some true bangers. The hits keep coming! We've got the movie that was Cris's introduction to loving silent film, Sherlock Jr., and the action adventure masterpiece The Thief of Bagdad, a movie that seems chemically engineered to be a Glen favorite. Plus Lon Chaney has a stunning turn as cinema's OG sad clown. Check it out!

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---Feature Presentation---

Greed

The Hands of Orlac

The Thief of Bagdad

Kino-Eye

Sherlock Jr.

The Last Laugh

He Who Gets Slapped

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The first episode recorded in person! We went to Kansas to see a jam packed lineup of 1923 films, all with live score! In this episode we get to Harold Lloyd's magnum opus, Charlie Chaplin directing high drama, and Cecil B. DeMille building Egypt on the beach! Just a heads up, the audio for this one is a bit lower quality, since we recorded most of it in a car.

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PART 1

The Covered Wagon

The Uncovered Wagon

Two Wagons, Both Covered

It's a Gift

Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers

Luke's Movie Muddle

Get Out and Get Under

Safety Last!

PART 2

Miles of Smiles

Bell Boy 13

Little Old New York

The Pilgrim

A Woman of Paris

The Medicine Bottle

The Ten Commandments

The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

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1922 brings two more into the canon of mega-famous silent films! We've got a lot of new technology this year, from two-strip technicolor to sound on film. Our introductory mentions of Walt Disney and Lotte Reineger, and of course we needed to give you something spooky.

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--- One Week, One Reel ---

Casey at the Bat
Technology Connections - Sound on Film (2022)
Cops
Every Frame a Painting - Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag (2015)

Nuts (2016)
Disney Cinderella
Reineger Cinderella

--- Our Feature Presentation ---
Foolish Wives
The Toll of the Sea
Nanook of the North
Nanook Revisited
Documentary Now: Kunuk Uncovered
Häxan

Nosferatu

Glen’s Favorite: Nosferatu
Cris’s Favorite: Häxan

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1921 was short on big movies, but we get into the ones which stood out. Avant Garde animation that's good to put on in the background at a party, Charlie Chaplin weaponizing cuteness, and European ruminations on death! Fun times!

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-- One Week, One Reel --

Manhatta

Opus 1/Opus 2

Rhythmus 21

-- Our Feature Presentation --

The Kid

The Phantom Carriage

Destiny

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YIITS BEEN two weeks actually, but whatever. This episode we watch a pair of classic comedy shorts, a pair of classic German Expressionist horror films, a pair of classic American films about oppression, and also The Flapper, a movie about being naughty.

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-- One Week, One Reel --

One Week

High and Dizzy

-- Our Feature Presentation --

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Golem

The Mark of Zorro

Within Our Gates

The Flapper

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This week is a special one-off episode (vepisode) where we're taking a look at both the 1996 film and 2022 HBO series Irma Vep with guest Jack Virnich!

Heads up, its probably a good idea to watch both (especially the show) before listening. The discussion gets a bit heady and might not make a lot of sense if you haven't seen them. But you should see them anyway because they are good!

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Time for another decade in review show! We talk about our takeaways from the last 10 years of film history, discuss some newer films about the era (Pearl, Nickelodeon, and Forgotten Silver) and go over our lists of the top 10 films of the 1910s!

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Cris's Top 10

Glen's Top 10

The end of the 1910s goes out with a wild crop of films! Felix the Cat debuts, Lev Kuleshov invents reality TV, DW Griffith demands to be taken seriously, Mary Pickford starts a child labor protest, Abel Gance makes questionable statements about WW1, and Ernst Lubitsch makes a sex robot comedy.

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-- One Week, One Reel --

Feline Follies

The Kuleshov Effect

-- Our Feature Presentation --

Broken Blossoms

Daddy Long Legs

J'Accuse

The Doll

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