We've got to enjoy the Castro's final, proper days as a neighborhood movie palace. Saturday's day-long salute to silent films—of the animated and live action variety—is a perfect opportunity to pay homage. Here's the must-sees of 'A Day of Silents': 48hills.org/2023/11/no-wor…

We are co-presenting "Forgotten Faces" (1928) at the SF Silent Film Fest Day of Silents this Saturday at the Castro Theatre . Eddie Muller will introduce the film. Tickets: silentfilm.org/ados-2023-sche… Use promocode NOIR to receive $2 off Yes, that is William Powell in the bushes!

The 16-mo closure and overhaul of the Castro Theatre now looms, and this weekend will see the final film screenings at the Castro Theatre as we know it — with the 1932 horror masterpiece ‘Vampyr’ and a Sunday double feature of 'Blade Runner' and 'Robocop.' sfist.com/2024/01/11/rem…

🎞35MM Frames from Allan Dwan's PADLOCKED, recently restored from the sole surviving copy of the film🎞 Playing this Saturday at 11:30am, presented by Chicago Film Society, with Live Musical Accompaniment by David Drazin! Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-even…

Reporting from SF Silent Film Fest for Guardian Film, Pamela Hutchinson writes on the belated revival of Gregory La Cava's lost film THE PILL POUNDER, starring Clara Bow. theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

The discovery of old Irish film footage in the cellar of an American college, filmed in 1925 in & around Dingle - this never seen before footage was completely forgotten about except for a local farmer, watch #RTENationwide Monday 15th April RTÉ One 7pm Dingle Peninsula Tourism RTÉ RT

Lovely to see the Gault collection a preservation partnership between SF Silent Film Fest and Irish Film Institute on RTÉ Nationwide today.

🎥 Congrats to Mr. Hisashi Okajima, Director of the National Film Archive of Japan 国立映画アーカイブ on receiving the SF Silent Film Fest Festival Award for commitment to the preservation & presentation of silent cinema! Thank you SFSFF for inviting us to this recognition of Japanese film!

"Ultimately attending a festival like SF Silent Film Fest, that is so rooted in the deep love of preservation and presentation, of discovery and reappraisal, of cinema as a community, is a priceless experience." Read 🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 on this year's SF Silent: rogerebert.com/festivals/san-…

Join us Cinema Rediscovered 2024, Sat 27 July, 14:10, for the UK Premiere of the brand new restoration of William Worthington’s wonderful #SilentFilm The Dragon Painter (1919) starring Sessue Hayakawa. Intro by Pamela Hutchinson + new score by Mas Koga and Makia Matsumura: watershed.co.uk/whatson/12691/…

Yes, we are MUCH delayed sharing this but are firmly of the opinion it's never too late to geek out over #ClaraBow! 😘 This fascinating article (thanks Pamela Hutchinson) details the recent discovery and SF Silent Film Fest premiere of 1923’s THE PILL POUNDER. 📰 Read: theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

Long considered lost, The Dragon Painter remains a tribute to Hayakawa’s talents & a shining example of Asian-American cinema. See Watershed w/new score by Maskoh restored by SF Silent Film Fest, Eye Filmmuseum & EastmanMuseum presented by Pamela Hutchinson w/🎬 South West Silents 🎬 wshd.to/dragonpainter

In our 10.2-3 issue, Kate Saccone Kate Saccone reflects on her work curating lost films directed, written, and produced by early women filmmakers from Peru, Croatia, Egypt, China, Mexico, Poland, and the United States. Read the essay for free here: online.ucpress.edu/fmh/article/10… University of California Press (is on Bluesky)

Save the date for the next Women and the Silent Screen conference!! More info and the CFP coming soon!

ICYMI: a few weeks back, our SF Legacy Business plaque was finally installed!

See this Instagram video by Rialto.pictures instagram.com/reel/DIg9p9evH…