Podcast – Silent London Podcast
1) Ritrovato Roundtable: Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019 podcast
The Bologna suntans are fading but the Il Cinema Ritrovato memories are still vivid. So Peter Baran and I were delighted to be joined on our latest podcast by academic and film programmer Eloise Ross,...Show More
2) Sound Barrier: A Ghost Story (2017) & The Phantom Carriage (1921)
A spooky double-bill for our eighth Sound Barrier podcast: A Ghost Story, David Lowery’s high-threadcount, high-concept tale of love and loss, and The Phantom Carriage, Victor Sjöström’s l...Show More
3) Sound Barrier: Dunkirk (2017) & The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927)
The Sound Barrier returns with two wartime blockbusters. In this episode, Pete Baran and I are joined in the studio by the Guardian’s Nick Dastoor. We’re debating the relative merits of Ch...Show More
4) Ritrovato Roundtable: Il Cinema Ritrovato 2017 podcast report
I’m back from Bologna and joined in the podcast studio by Pete Baran and film writer Philip Concannon. We’re chatting about our highlights, discoveries and duds from the Il Cinema Ritrovat...Show More
5) Sound Barrier: Der Müde Tod (1921) & The Seventh Seal (1957)
We’re breaking the Sound Barrier rules again. Or bending them slightly. Once more, the new-release film we want to discuss in this episode is actually silent. It’s the theatrical re-release of F...Show More
6) San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2017: podcast report
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has just closed for another year. Four days of movies and music at the sumptuous Castro Theatre – and this time I was actually there! Pinch me, I still can’...Show More
7) Sound Barrier: The Red Turtle & Wall-E (2008)
Come break the Sound Barrier with us again. In this episode, we go to the edge of the world and the ends of the earth and back again with two animated features. We’re talking about Studio Ghibli...Show More
8) Sound Barrier: Mindhorn & The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
This episode of the Sound Barrier features two druggy and slightly dim detectives. We're talking about Julian Barratt's absurdly funny TV spoof Mindhorn and the cult favourite that is The Mystery of t...Show More
9) Sound Barrier: Lady Macbeth and The Wind (1928)
In this episode of the Sound Barrier, Silent London’s cinematic sommeliers pair Victor Sjostrom’s majestic The Wind (1928) with William Oldroyd’s astonishing debut feature Lady Macbe...Show More
10) Sound Barrier: Neruda & The Beloved Rogue (1927)
In episode two of the Sound Barrier podcast we wax poetic, with two films about poets – specifically poets in exile. The two films we will discuss – one new release and one silent classic – are Pablo ...Show More