Old movies, and the history of early fantasy films
by Sarah Cook | Mar 28, 2023 | Feature
In this week's old movies column, we take a look at some of the earliest fantasy films ever made - and you can find some of them online for free....
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Old movies: the best nurses in film
by Sarah Cook | Mar 21, 2023 | Feature
In this week's old movies column, we take a look at some of the most memorable portrayals of nurses in classical film......
Old movies: celebrating It Happened One Night
by Sarah Cook | Mar 14, 2023 | Feature
This year's Academy Awards may be over, but in our old movies column we look at a classic film that won big - It Happened One Night. ...
Old movies: Polish cinema on the big screen
by Sarah Cook | Mar 07, 2023 | Feature
Polish cinema and filmmakers are coming under the spotlight at the KINOTEKA film festival over the next few weeks: and here are some highlights....
The Phantom Rides films of the 1800s and early 1900s
by Sarah Cook | Feb 28, 2023 | Feature
We're digging back into the world of old movies, as we celebrate the short films of 125 years ago, that offered a glimpse into a whole different era....
The first war movie to win the BAFTA Best Picture prize
by Sarah Cook | Feb 21, 2023 | Feature
In our old movies focus, we go back to the very first winner of BAFTA's Best Picture gong: The Best Days Of Our Lives....
The greatest on-screen couples of Pre-Code Hollywood
by Sarah Cook | Feb 14, 2023 | Feature
It's Valentines Day, so in this week's old movies column we're taking a look at the greatest couple of Pre-Code Hollywood......
Celebrating the films of Clara Bow
by Sarah Cook | Jan 31, 2023 | Feature
In this week's old movies spotlight, we celebrate the work of a standout talent from the silent film era - Clara Bow....
Old movies to watch before Babylon
by Sarah Cook | Jan 17, 2023 | Feature
Babylon takes us back to a time of Hollywood past - but there are many films worth checking out before and after......
Celebrating the movies of 1933
by Sarah Cook | Jan 10, 2023 | Feature
Our old movies column returns for its first installment of 2023, and we're taking you back 90 years to the pre-Code films of 1933......
Old Movies: the best adaptations of A Christmas Carol (and the characters within them)
by Sarah Cook | Dec 20, 2022 | Feature
We take a look at the many cinematic adaptations of A Christmas Carol and ask: who played which role the best?...
Old movies: The Bishop's Wife
by Sarah Cook | Dec 13, 2022 | Feature
In another festive edition of our old movies column, we take a look at the Cary Grant and David Niven-headlinedThe Bishop's Wife....
Old movies: a celebration of Victorian Christmas films
by Sarah Cook | Dec 06, 2022 | Feature
Many a festive tale has been inspired by Victorian authors - now we're looking at the Christmas films the Victorians produced....
Old movies: the men of Pre-Code Hollywood
by Sarah Cook | Nov 29, 2022 | Feature
Our old movies column returns, and this time we're appreciating some of the greatest male talents of the Pre-Code era....
Old movies: looking under the bonnet of Fiddler On The Roof
by Sarah Cook | Nov 08, 2022 | Feature
The story of the Fiddler On The Roof film is the subject of a brand new documentary - and the original film certainly warrants it....
Old movies: All Quiet On The Western Front
by Sarah Cook | Nov 01, 2022 | Feature
All Quiet On The Western Front is one of Netflix's newest releases, but in our old movies column we're looking back at the 1930 original....
Old movies: celebrating the films of Rouben Mamoulian
by Sarah Cook | Oct 25, 2022 | Feature
Rouben Mamoulian was behind some classic movies across his career - and we're celebrating them in our old movies spot....
Old movies: the painstaking restoration of 1949's The Queen Of Spades
by Sarah Cook | Oct 18, 2022 | Feature
1949's The Queen Of Spades has just undergone a six month restoration process - and we've been given a glimpse as to what's involved....
Old Movies: The Man Who Laughs
by Sarah Cook | Oct 11, 2022 | Feature
Halloween is closing in, so it's time for our old movies column to take a look at the spooky side of silent cinema with The Man Who Laughs. ...
Old movies: Chiswick in film
by Sarah Cook | Sep 27, 2022 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns - this time we take a look at some films shot in Chiswick, and being showcased at the Chiswick In Film Festival....
Old Movies: the Pre-Code horror season heading to London
by Sarah Cook | Sep 13, 2022 | Feature
If you want to see a bunch of pre-Code horror movies on the big screen, then London has you covered this coming October: more here....
Old movies: celebrating the work of Sylvia Sidney
by Sarah Cook | Sep 06, 2022 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns, and this time we're taking a look at the work of Sylvia Sidney - who starred in films of the 1930s and beyond....
Old Movies: King Vidor's Street Scene
by Sarah Cook | Aug 23, 2022 | Feature, News
As the summer heat continues, so does our old movies column - this time we recommend King Vidor's Street Scene. ...
Old movies: celebrating vintage summer films
by Sarah Cook | Aug 09, 2022 | Feature, News
Our Old movies column returns, and this time Sarah Cook has some suggestions to distract you from the heat of the summer sun....
Old movies: the classics heading to Bristol, and then going on tour
by Sarah Cook | Jul 19, 2022 | Feature, News
The CineRediscovered festival in Bristol is playing host to some 1930s classics - and then some of them are going on tour around the UK....
Old movies: Queen Christina
by Sarah Cook | Jul 12, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week's old movies column, we take a look a queer-coded film from the Pre-Code era - Rouben Mamoulian's Queen Christina....
Old movies: early queer films
by Sarah Cook | Jun 28, 2022 | Feature, News
As we come to the end of Pride month, we're celebrating by going back to the silent era of cinema to look at some of the earliest queer films. ...
Old Movies: celebrating 1929's The Wild Party
by Sarah Cook | Jun 14, 2022 | Feature, News
To celebrate Pride Month, we take a look at a 1920s film by lesbian filmmaker Dorothy Arzner - The Wild Party. ...
Old Movies: Pre-Code Queens
by Sarah Cook | May 31, 2022 | Feature, News
With Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee at the end of the week, celebrate by watching some Pre-Code movies featuring their very own queens. ...
Royal Albert Hall hosting Brassed Off live with orchestral accompaniment
by Sarah Cook | May 20, 2022 | News
The Royal Albert Hall are hosting Brassed Off Live, showing the film with orchestral accompaniment and a Q&A with the cast....
Old Movies: Joan Blondell and the now-controversial Smarty
by Sarah Cook | May 10, 2022 | Feature, News
Previously in our Old Movies column we focused on the career of Joan Blondell - now we're discussing one of her best films, Smarty. ...
Old Movies: the films of Joan Blondell
by Sarah Cook | Apr 26, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week's old movies column, we take a look at the work of notable Pre-Code actor Joan Blondell....
