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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Juno and the Paycock (1930)

    by Brent Reid 22nd March 2019

    News: A new production of Juno and the Paycock starring J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Rylance at London’s Gielgud Theatre, 21 September–23 November 2024. News: Free commemorative screening of the feature …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Champagne (1928)

    by Brent Reid 6th November 2018

     The Master’s second comedy features Betty Balfour, Britain’s biggest star of the 1920s But even her effervescent charms can’t keep it from occasionally falling a little flat Its mostly hit but a …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Easy Virtue (1927)

    by Brent Reid 7th October 2018

      His most obscure and maligned film, only surviving in severely compromised condition Only a few badly worn 16mm prints exist, all missing over 25% of their original footage As …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Downhill (1927), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 7th October 2018

    Restoration, home video and more Ivor Novello releases Downhill restored: there are two versions, four transfer speeds and five scores! Spoilt for choice: it’s very well represented on most official …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Pleasure Garden (1925), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 18th September 2018

    Restoration and home video releases Lost and found: biblical themes in modern story of sin and salvation The Master’s first film: yet to be released in its restored original version …

  • Anthony Asquith’s Shooting Stars Makes Dazzling Début on BFI Blu-ray and DVD

    by Rebecca Harrison 19th May 2016

    Giveaway: Win BFI Blu-ray/DVD Sets of Anthony Asquith’s Shooting Stars! Following the British Film Institute’s acclaimed restorations of wunderkind British director Anthony Asquith’s Underground (1928) and A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929), it’s …

  • Making Yet More Noise: Interviewing the Women Behind the New BFI Suffragettes in Silent Film Collection

    by Rebecca Harrison 13th December 2015

    Rebecca Harrison interviews two of the prime movers in this groundbreaking and timely theatrical and DVD release From the determined expressions of women marching past cameras at protests, to the …

  • Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film – New BFI DVD Collection

    by Brent Reid 25th September 2015

    “You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else. …

  • Multiple-Language Version Film Collectors Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 4th August 2015

    1931–1932 Films Get your teeth into multiple-language version films on Blu-ray and DVD! Feast your eyes on this rundown of the best MLVs of the early sound era Contents Introduction …

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