Category Archives: Film Festivals

Descriptions and dates of film festivals around the world.

Midnight Madness

Posted on May 30, 2014 by John Grant

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) showed “Midnight Madness,” a film from 1928, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon on Friday, May 30, 2014. Rather than being a film about nightlife in the big city, most of the action … Continue reading →

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SFSFF Opening Night

Posted on May 29, 2014 by John Grant

The 2014 San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) opened today with a splendid screening of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1922),” a Rudolph Valentino movie directed by Rex Ingram. Even sitting in the balcony, I could here the gasp … Continue reading →

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Serge Bromberg

Posted on May 19, 2014 by John Grant

The much-decorated Serge Bromberg brings some silent film rarities the 2014 San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) at the Castro Theater in San Francisco on Saturday, May 31 at 12 noon. In an event called “Serge Bromberg’s Treasure Trove,” Bromberg … Continue reading →

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BFI Honored

Posted on May 16, 2014 by John Grant

The British Film Institute (BFI) will be honored with a 2014 Silent Film Festival Award at the showing of the silent film documentary “The Epic of Everest,” a gem which screens on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Castro Theater … Continue reading →

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2014 San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Posted on May 10, 2014 by John Grant

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) opens Thursday, May 29 at 7 PM with a screening of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” the star-making film of Rudolph Valentino. The exciting 4 days of the festival, held at the Castro … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2014

Posted on March 31, 2014 by John Grant

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival announces its Festival 2014 schedule. The festival includes 19 programs and 17 feature films. Festival 2014 commences at the Castro Theater on Thursday, May 29, 2014 and goes through Sunday, June 1, 2014. This … Continue reading →

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Shkurnyk

Posted on October 22, 2013 by John Grant

“Shkurnyk,” a silent film from 1929 that I saw at the 2013 Pordenone Silent Film Festival (Giornate del Cinema Muto), is a very funny satire about the civil war in the years following the Russian Revolution.  The title means “The … Continue reading →

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People Among Each Other

Posted on October 16, 2013 by John Grant

A 1926 German silent film called “Menschen untereinander,” or “People Among Each Other,” employs a handy storytelling device to introduce its characters without the extensive use of title cards.  The story concerns the inhabitants of an apartment building in Berlin, … Continue reading →

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Too Much Johnson

Posted on October 13, 2013 by John Grant

Pordenone, Italy — On October 9, 2013, I had the honor of viewing a short silent film made by Orson Welles, only recently discovered in this great town. The film, “Too Much Johnson,” made in 1938, features a man name … Continue reading →

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Beggars of Life

Posted on October 10, 2013 by John Grant

When a drifter (“The Boy”) knocks on a door of backwoods shack asking for bread, he doesn’t expect to find a murder scene, but that’s what happens in William Wellman’s 1928 silent classic, “Beggars of Life.”  The film screened recently … Continue reading →

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