Méliès the Magician: Father of the Fantasy Film
❉ Glen McCulla waxes lyrical on master of illusion Georges Méliès and the origins of cinema.
SILENT CINEMA
‘Metropolis’ 90th Anniversary Limited Edition Boxed Set
❉ The definitive version of Fritz Lang’s silent, sci-fi masterpiece.
Coming soon from BFI: ‘Charlie Chaplin: The Essanay Comedies’
❉ A comprehensive collection of 16 films, fully restored in High Definition.
Eureka Entertainment to release German silent masterpiece ‘Varieté’
❉ German Film pioneer Eward André Dupont makes his Masters of Cinema debut with perhaps his finest film.
Abel Gance’s ‘Napoleon’ (1927)
❉ “Cinema like this must be FELT as well as witnessed.” We report back from the BFI’s exclusive media preview of the restoration of Abel Gance’s silent epic, out this month.
Eureka to release ‘Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari’ Limited Edition SteelBook
❉ One of the most iconic masterpieces in cinema history in a new Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray SteelBook.