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....
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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. ...
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....
Old Movies: Pre-code film recommendations for April
by Sarah Cook | Apr 05, 2022 | Feature, News
This week in our old movies column, we challenge you to take part in pre-code April - here's some recommendations of films to watch....
Old Movies: The Eagle And The Hawk
by Sarah Cook | Mar 29, 2022 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns, and we're looking at 1933 war drama The Eagle And The Hawk, a film whose title does it a disservice....
Old movies: the films of Fredric March
by Sarah Cook | Mar 15, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week's old movies column, we take a look back at the career of silent and classical film actor Fredric March. ...
Old Movies: pre-code films that inspired Batman
by Sarah Cook | Mar 08, 2022 | Feature
In this weeks' old movies column, we take a look at some silent and pre-code films that inspired the Batman stories of today....
Old Movies: the many screen adaptations of Jekyll & Hyde
by Sarah Cook | Mar 01, 2022 | Feature, News
In our old movies column, we take a look at the various adaptations, and influences, of The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde. ...
Old movies: an intro to Charlie Chaplin
by Sarah Cook | Feb 15, 2022 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns with an introduction to one of the icons of silent cinema - the great Charlie Chaplin....
Old movies: a look at the original Nightmare Alley
by Sarah Cook | Jan 18, 2022 | Feature, News
As Guillermo del Toro's new take on Nightmare Alley heads to UK cinemas, we've been digging into the 1947 take on the same story....
Old movies: the films of 1932
by Sarah Cook | Jan 11, 2022 | Feature, News
We celebrate the cinema of yesteryear, by enjoying the line-up that 1932 had to offer: and, yep, there's something for everyone here....
Old cinema: party like it’s the 1930s
by Sarah Cook | Dec 21, 2021 | Feature, News
Sarah Cook returns to celebrate pre-Hays Code cinema, and she’s trying to get a party going....
Old movies: classic Christmas films from 1901 to 1951
by Sarah Cook | Dec 07, 2021 | Feature, News
In our latest old movie piece, Sarah goes through some of the finest Christmas movies from the early years of cinema....
A celebration of the very best femme fatales
by Sarah Cook | Nov 30, 2021 | Feature, News
Our latest older movies column salutes the women who made the femme fatale such an iconic part of cinema history - and here are Sarah's ten...
Old Movies: Sunset Boulevard, and the golden age of Hollywood
by Sarah Cook | Nov 09, 2021 | Feature, News
It's hard to pin down just when the Golden Age of Hollywood was - but few films demonstrate the more harder edged City Of Stars quite like Sunset...
Old movies: all about #Noirvember
by Sarah Cook | Nov 02, 2021 | Feature, News
Old movies set into the limelight with #Noirvember this month: here's our guide to film noir to set you on your way....
An introduction to Universal monsters
by Sarah Cook | Oct 05, 2021 | Feature, News
As October begins, we delve into the world of the Universal monster: from Dracula and Frankenstein to The Invisible Man and The Wolfman....
Old movies: a salute to 1931's Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
by Sarah Cook | Sep 14, 2021 | Feature, News
Ahead of a special screening of the film this weekend, a few thoughts on what makes 1931's Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde such a timeless piece of work....
Celebrating Marlene Dietrich
by Sarah Cook | Jul 26, 2021 | Feature, News
Our old movies feature returns, as we celebrate the screen work of Marlene Dietrich: and you never forget your first Dietrich film....
Old movies: the wonder of Mädchen In Uniform
by Sarah Cook | Jul 19, 2021 | Feature, News
We continue our look back at older films with a trip to 1931, and the quietly impactful Madchen In Uniform....
Old movies: revisiting Merrily We Go To Hell
by Sarah Cook | Jun 14, 2021 | Feature, News
In our old movies column, Sarah looks at Dorothy Arzner's Merrily We Go To Hell, and why is very much deserves watching....
Old movies: pre-code lesbian cinema
by Sarah Cook | May 17, 2021 | Feature, News
LGBT representation in 1930s movies was not on the strong side - but as Sarah discusses, there are some films to watch out for....
Old movies: The Sign Of The Cross in focus
by Sarah Cook | Apr 12, 2021 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns, and this time we take a look back at the pre-code era film The Sign Of The Cross from Cecil B DeMille....
Old movies: a chat about #PreCodeApril
by Sarah Cook | Mar 22, 2021 | Feature, News
In our weekly old movies column, a chat with the man trying to get us all to watch late 1920s and 1930s cinema this April....
