Bryony Dixon
@bryonydixon
Silent film curator. Likes watching films and good stuff on the telly. Temp obsession Victorians. Opinions my own.
Had a blast talking to @BFI Silent Film Curator @bryonydixon about Un Chien Andalou and the upcoming BFI Film On Film Festival (12-15 June) on the new @90minfilmfest pod 🎙️ pod.fo/e/2e3041 #filmonfilm
bit.ly/4d6jQSC Forget Kes or the Red Balloon -Poil de Carottte is the best film about childhood ever - accompanied as only he can by Stephen Horne- this Sunday NFT1 @britishsilents @silentlondon @silentfilmcal @BFI
In 1899 Edward Callow would ‘invariably’ take foreign visitors to this London landmark - wish I could do the same! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-sim…
Having moved to the US, Carolyn Seymour [Carolyn von Benckendorf] appeared in a dozen 80s shows, including as villainess Debbie DeFarge in a Modesty Blaise pilot based on the comic strip. As with so many pilots, the TV series was never picked up. Sparks composed the theme song.
The picks from @bryonydixon for The 1800s E5 of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever reveal the diversity of topics and "genres," specifically in British film, at the end of the Victorian era. The episode is live, listen up!
An excerpt from my conversation with @bryonydixon for The 1800s E5 of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever. Important things to keep in mind when watching work from this era! Links in QT
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/641Gyq… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five of the 1800s!
The @bfi film 'Vision, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell' has finally been finished and put up on BFIPlayer. I'm in it alongside far more illustrious and eloquent contributors @ianchris and Thelma Schoonmaker player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/f… #BFINationalArchive
Great news - we have received funding from Research England over the next 5 years. bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/new-fundi…
2024 marks 100 years since Bonzo the Dog started appearing in animated cartoons. Happy anniversary Bonzo!
Three bad men and a baby! Bank robbers find redemption in this silent classic, with live piano accompaniment. theb.fi/3uNWfpT
Vic-Tok… The Story of Victorian Film, @BFI talk with @bryonydixon A fascinating tour through the BFI's restored and digitised Victorian film archive. The closer you look the more Victorian we seem... #BritishFilm #SilentFilm #VicTok ithankyouarthur.blogspot.com/2024/02/vic-to…
Brilliant to hear Melvyn Bragg making the case for the arts transforming our society. As someone who works at the intersection between science and history, as an author and broadcaster - I couldn’t agree more.
“The arts are not the cherry on the cake — they are the cake.” Opening a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, Melvyn Bragg said the UK should realise the full potential of the arts to transform our economy and society.
My film The Happy Man Tree's UK tour launches at #FinsburyPark Picture House on 30th November. Thrilled that @flick selected it to tour the UK as part of the @picturehouse #GreenScreen initiative. #NOTICETHISTREE INTERVENTION#1 FILM/ ART/PROTEST picturehouses.com/movie-details/…