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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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Neves@euj_nevesOct 29
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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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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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B.C. Wallin@BCWallinSep 17
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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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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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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🇺🇸🎬 Most of the cast and crew of “The Last Showgirl” is female. For the mood of the set, Pamela described it as a “sisterhood”. Full review: medium.com/cinesuffragette/t…

The Last Showgirl (2024), by Gia Coppola

Before the curtain call

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mimi@mariasrainerJul 24
obsessed with these frames in mary poppins (1964)
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🇺🇸🎬 Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride” is more than a remake: it’s a tribute to Old Hollywood medium.com/cinesuffragette/t…
The Bride! (2026), by Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Bride! (2026), by Maggie Gyllenhaal

More than a remake, a tribute

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Luminous and magical - the only color film ever taken of Jean Harlow... all of 18 years old in her breakthrough role in "Hell's Angels" (1930) -
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🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🎬 A queer classic now in the public domain. Discover “Morocco” with me: #pride medium.com/cinesuffragette/q…
Queer classics: Morocco (1930)

Queer classics: Morocco (1930)

For us, Lovers of Old Media, every New Year brings something exciting: the list of books and movies that enter public domain. Here in…

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🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🎬 “ A milestone for queer films, and also a meditation on filmmaking. “Funeral Parade of Roses” is puzzling, surprising, free, fun, but also tragic, ambitious, surprising, mischievous. Did I say surprising?”
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Queer classics: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

Queer classics: Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)

Things were changing for LGBTQ people in 1969. It was the year of the Stonewall Riots, a series of public manifestations against police…

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To celebrate National Cinema Day in Brazil today, here are Abraccine’s top 100 most important Brazilian films of all time 🇧🇷 List compiled by Letterboxd member Felipe Penteado. View the full list: boxd.it/Un1DE
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🇺🇸🎬 A film about love and loss. A film about life. This is “Honeyjoon”, now hitting the theaters. Full review: medium.com/cinesuffragette/h…
Honeyjoon (2026), by Lilian T. Mehrel

Honeyjoon (2026), by Lilian T. Mehrel

Seen from above, Earth is majestic. I started traveling by plane relatively late, in my 20s. It’s been over a decade now, but I still…

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A touch of the glamorous Hedy Lamarr in "Ziegfeld Girl" (1941).......
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