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Film critic, historian, 2021 Collegium Prize Winner at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (Pordenone Silent Film Festival)

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You should visit Crítica Retrô, the only bilingual classic film blog in which you can occasionally find graphics, info graphics and Venn diagrams: criticaretro.blogspot.com
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Happy #Halloween
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Neves@euj_nevesOct 29
Replying to @_eoantao
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A highlight from the online @PordenoneSilent , “Voluntad que Vence” is a rare preserved Spanish silent. lostfoundfilms.blogspot.com/
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The full coverage of the online event can be found here: #GCM45 criticaretro.blogspot.com/20…
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Incredible news to close the year! The 1926 silent film THE LITTLE IRISH GIRL, considered lost since the late 1940s has been found in Australia and has now been restored by the National Film and Sound Archive. The film stars Dolores Costello and John Harron.
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M ✨🪻@m_bee4Oct 26
national ballet of japan just premiered a ballet adaptation of charlie chaplin’s CITY LIGHTS & i’m obsessed
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Breaking News: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro to stay president of Brazil, halting the right’s march in Latin America. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4iFMwIg
Lula Wins Re-election as Bolsonaro Rejects Result

Lula Wins Re-election as Bolsonaro Rejects Result

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s win ended a string of conservative victories in Latin America. His opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, called for the election to be annulled.

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In the end, Brazil really did teach the United States a lesson. They jailed the fascist, and then they defeated his political heir.
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My mother crying in relief because Lula won. Democracy won. Hooray!
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Spooky season special: The Library is home to the sole surviving nitrate print of the first film adaptation of "Frankenstein," produced in 1910 by the Edison Manufacturing Company! Watch the full film and learn how it came to the Library. ⬇️ blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/11/th…
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🇺🇸 🇬🇭 🎬 “ it’s an universal story, about change and tradition, and it’s told with a heart and in a funny way.” Full review of “The Fisherman” from Ghana :  medium.com/cinesuffragette/t…
The Fisherman (2024), by Zoey Martinson

The Fisherman (2024), by Zoey Martinson

Fresh fish, fresh film

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It’s #SilentMovieDay! Here’s a list of 12 hidden silent gems: criticaretro.blogspot.com/20…
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I had the chance, inside the program of @silentfilmbonn of watching the long lost “Béhula” (1921), so far the only extant film with Indian cinema superstar Patience Cooper: lostfoundfilms.blogspot.com/…
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BREAKING NEWS! I finally watched Lubitsch’s “To be or not to be” (1942). Here are my thoughts: criticaretro.blogspot.com/20…
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Murnau was still figuring it out here
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Another brilliant take from the guy who looked at the history of cinema, one of mankind's greatest cultural achievements, and said "No, thanks"
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This August I saw part of the online program of @silentfilmbonn . Here are my thoughts: criticaretro.blogspot.com/20…
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I just can’t wrap my head around the inventiveness of Black Narcissus visuals, because how do you make a movie that looks like this while barely leaving the studio in UK
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🇺🇸🎥✊🏻 We are lucky to have shared this planet with Gloria Steinem and be able to celebrate her legacy, from Ms Magazine and beyond: medium.com/cinesuffragette/d…
Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print (2025)

Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print (2025)

Typing and reporting for change

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This month on Lost and Found Films, I reconstruct the first Brazilian movie with a queer character, the cross-dresser Darwin: Augusto Aníbal Quer Casar(Augusto Aníbal Wants to Get Married), from 1923 lostfoundfilms.blogspot.com/…
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I’ve never learned a fact about Brazil that felt easily assimilable. Everything I know about Brazil has expanded my world.
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bro im crying what the fuck 😭😭😭
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