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The birth of action: 10 sensational stunts from the silent era

How daredevil men and women helped to invent action cinema in the days before Hollywood safety regulations.

By David Parkinson

The birth of action: 10 sensational stunts from the silent era

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Restoration of Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases to premiere at the 68th BFI London Film Festival

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10 great films of 1924

By Pamela Hutchinson

10 great films of 1924

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Napoleon: 10 unmissable highlights from Abel Gance’s five-and-a-half-hour masterpiece

By Pamela Hutchinson

Napoleon: 10 unmissable highlights from Abel Gance’s five-and-a-half-hour masterpiece

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These rural English comedies from the silent era are gobsmackingly beautiful

By Bryony Dixon

These rural English comedies from the silent era are gobsmackingly beautiful

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10 great films of 1923

By Pamela Hutchinson

10 great films of 1923

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10 great British silent films

By Bryony Dixon, Neil Brand and others

10 great British silent films

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Silent Sherlock Holmes series of the 1920s gets major restoration project

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How the Lulu bob became cinema’s most imitated haircut

By Pamela Hutchinson

How the Lulu bob became cinema’s most imitated haircut

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BFI Recommends: The Great White Silence

By Angelo Lucatello

BFI Recommends: The Great White Silence

Where to stream

Where to stream the best silent films

By Pamela Hutchinson

Where to stream the best silent films

Where to begin

Where to begin with Lillian Gish

By Pamela Hutchinson

Where to begin with Lillian Gish

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Lost for nearly a century, Love, Life and Laughter screens as BFI LFF’s Archive Special Presentation with live musical accompaniment

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Where to begin with early women filmmakers

By Pamela Hutchinson

Where to begin with early women filmmakers

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How the Victorians first saw their world on film

By Bryony Dixon

How the Victorians first saw their world on film

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10 great silent romances

By Pamela Hutchinson

10 great silent romances

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Where to begin with city symphonies

By Pamela Hutchinson

Where to begin with city symphonies

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10 great German expressionist films

By Pamela Hutchinson and Alex Barrett

10 great German expressionist films

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The serial-killer thriller that launched Alfred Hitchcock’s career

By Pamela Hutchinson

The serial-killer thriller that launched Alfred Hitchcock’s career

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Metropolis at 90: 5 early sci-fi films that paved the way for Fritz Lang’s classic

By Pamela Hutchinson

Metropolis at 90: 5 early sci-fi films that paved the way for Fritz Lang’s classic

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10 great silent epics

By Pamela Hutchinson

10 great silent epics

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It’s time for one of the great British silent films to get its due: The Informer

By Bryony Dixon

It’s time for one of the great British silent films to get its due: The Informer

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Fascinating suffragette films now on BFI Player

By Bryony Dixon, Edward Anderson and others

Fascinating suffragette films now on BFI Player

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How to make your first (silent) movie count

By Bryony Dixon

How to make your first (silent) movie count

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The joys of archival discovery: The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands

By Bryony Dixon

The joys of archival discovery: The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands

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Restoring The Epic of Everest

By Bryony Dixon

Restoring The Epic of Everest

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Restoring Hitchcock #4: the trouble with Champagne

By Bryony Dixon

Restoring Hitchcock #4: the trouble with Champagne

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Restoring Hitchcock #3: finding the best materials

By Bryony Dixon

Restoring Hitchcock #3: finding the best materials

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Restoring Hitchcock #2: reconstructing intertitles

By Kieron Webb

Restoring Hitchcock #2: reconstructing intertitles

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Restoring Hitchcock #1: how a film restoration begins

By Bryony Dixon

Restoring Hitchcock #1: how a film restoration begins