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Added review of the
Kino Classics
Blu-ray Disc edition of
Poker Faces (1926)

Added review of the
Undercrank Productions
Blu-ray Disc edition of
You’d Be Surprised (1926)

Added review of the
VCI Entertainment
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Johanna Enlists (1918)

Added review of the
Kino Classics
Blu-ray Disc edition of
Michael (1924)

Added review of the
Undercrank Productions
Blu-ray Disc edition of
The Big Diamond Robbery (1929)

Added review of the
Flicker Alley
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Foolish Wives (1922)

Added review of the
Kino Classics
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Where the North Begins (1923)

Added review of the
Kino Classics
Blu-ray Disc edition of
Sumurun (1920)

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Undercrank Productions
Blu-ray Disc edition of
Paths to Paradise (1925)

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Kino Classics
Blu-ray Disc edition of
The Wildcat (1921)

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Kino Classics
Blu-ray Disc edition of
Asphalt (1929)

Added review of the
Eureka Entertainment
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

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Film Detective
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The Tarzan Vault Collection (1918-1935)

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Reel Vault
Blu-ray Disc edition of
Nosferatu (1922)

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Kino Classics
Blu-ray Disc edition of
The Trap (1922)

Added review of the
Undercrank Productions
DVD edition of
Back Pay (1922)

Added review of the
Undercrank Productions
DVD edition of
The Valley of Silent Men (1922)

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2. Metropolis (1927)
3. Sunrise (1927)
4. City Lights (1931)
5. Nosferatu (1922)
6. The Gold Rush (1925)
7. La Passion et la Mort de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)
8. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
9. Bronenosets ‘Potyomkin’ (1925)
10. Greed (1924)

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A review of the 30th Annual Pordenone Festival of Silent Film by Lokke Heiss.

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A review of the many home video editons of Nosferatu (1922).

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Eureka Entertainment (England) has announced their Blu-ray Disc limited edition of G.W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box (1929) starring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner and Francis Lederer.

The film is accompanied by an orchestral music score by Peer Raben.

Supplemental material includes new audio commentary by critic Pamela Hutchinson; a visual appreciation by author and critic Kat Ellinger; new video essays by David Cairns and Fiona Watson; stills gallery; 60-page book with essays by critics Alexandra Heller Nicholas, Imogen Sara Smith and Richard Combs.

North American collectors will need a region-free Blu-ray Disc player to view this Blu-ray Disc edition limited to 3000 copies, which is scheduled for release on 30 October 2023.

The Criterion Collection (USA) has announced their two-disc boxset Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers (1925-1932), including two silent era Browning films: a 2K digital restoration of The Mystic (1925) starring Aileen Pringle and Conway Tearle, a 2K digital reconstruction and restoration of The Unknown (1927) starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford, and a 2K digital restoration of the early sound film cult classic Freaks (1932).

The silent films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Philip Carli and Dean Hurley.

Supplementary material includes audio commentary by film historian David J. Skal for The Unknown and Freaks, a documentary and other information on Freaks, and an essay by Farran Smith Nehme.

The Blu-ray Disc and DVD editions are scheduled for release on 17 October 2023.

Milestone Films (USA) has announced their Blu-ray Disc edition of E.A. Dupont’s Piccadilly (1929), starring Gilda Gray and Anna May Wong, with Jameson Thomas, Cyril Ritchard, King Hou Chang, Hannah Jones, and a young Charles Laughton.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Neil Brand.

Supplemental material includes an audio commentary by film historian Farran Smith Nehme; and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival panel, “Dangerous to Know: The Career and Legacy of Anna May Wong,” moderated by B. Ruby Rich.

The Blu-ray Disc edition is scheduled for release on 26 September 2023.

Milestone Films (USA) has announced their Blu-ray Disc edition of The Spanish Dancer (1923) starring Pola Negri and Antonio Moreno, with Wallace Beery, Kathlyn Williams, Gareth Hughes and Adolphe Menjou.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Bill Ware. Supplementary material includes audio commentary by author Scott Eyman, and an interview with composer Bill Ware.

The Blu-ray Disc has been rescheduled for release on 29 August 2023.

Flicker Alley (USA) has announced their Blu-ray Disc collection Laurel & Hardy: Year One (1927), which contains 15 L&H films including the now very nearly-complete The Battle of the Century (1927).

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, Eric le Guen and Donald Sosin. Optional musical scores include soundtracks for the 1930s French rereleases of three of the films.

The two-disc edition is scheduled for release on 18 August 2023.

Kino Lorber (USA) has announced their two-film Blu-ray Disc edition of Ernst Lubitsch’s The Doll (1919) and I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1919).

The films are likely to be accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Jon C. Mirsalis and Neil Brand.

Supplemental material includes optional audio commentary for both films by Joseph McBride, author of How Did Lubitsch Do It?

The Blu-ray Disc will be released on 15 August 2023.

Cohen Film Collection (USA) has released their double feature Blu-ray Disc edition of Robin Hood (1922) and The Black Pirate (1926) starring Douglas Fairbanks. This will be the Blu-ray Disc premiere for Robin Hood.

The films will be accompanied by music scores. Supplementary material includes audio commentary for The Black Pirate by historian Rudy Behlmer, and outtakes.

Undercrank Productions (USA) has released their Blu-ray Disc and DVD editions of two Tom Mix westerns, Sky High (1922) and The Big Diamond Robbery (1929).

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed on virtual theatre pipe organ by Ben Model.

Kino Lorber (USA) has released their Blu-ray Disc edition of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Michael (1924) starring Benjamin Christensen, Walter Slezak, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison, Dider Aslan and Max Auzinger.

The film is accompanied by a small ensemble music score by Pierre Oser. Supplementary material includes audio commentary by Amanda Doxtater and Maxine Savage, scholars of Scandinavian cinema.

VCI Entertainment (USA) has released their combo Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition of Mary Pickford’s World War I drama, Johanna Enlists (1918) featuring Anne Schaefer, Fred Huntley, Monte Blue, Douglas MacLean, Emory Johnson, John Steppling and Wallace Beery.

The film is likely to be presented with a custom music score.

Flicker Alley (USA) has released their Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition of Foolish Wives (1922) that has been mastered from the 4K recontruction conducted by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art. The reconstruction utilized the original continuity to combine surviving original film elements with digital image restoration and recreation of the original color effects to present the closest possible version of the original film.

The film is accompanied by an orchestral score composed and conducted by Timothy Brock that is performed by Real Filharmonía de Galicia.

Kino Lorber (USA) has released their dual-feature Blu-ray Disc edition of Clash of the Wolves (1925) and Where the North Begins (1923) starring Rin-Tin-Tin. Mastered in 4k high-resolution from archival 35mm materials, this is the first HD home video edition of each film.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed and performed by Ben Model and Jon Mirsalis.

Undercrank Productions (USA) has released their Blu-ray Disc and DVD editions of two Raymond Griffith feature comedies: Paths to Paradise (1925) and You’d Be Surprised (1926).

The films are presented with music scores performed by Ben Model.

Kino Lorber (USA) has released their Blu-ray Disc edition of Ernst Lubitsch’s The Oyster Princess (1919) starring Ossi Oswalda, Viktor Janson, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein and Max Kronert.

The film is presented with a music score by Aljoscha Zimmermann. Supplementary material includes a presentation of Meyer from Berlin (1919), and audio commentary for both films by author Joseph McBride.

Kino Lorber (USA) has released their Blu-ray Disc edition of the Lon Chaney northwoods drama, The Trap (1920). Also featured are Murdock MacQuarrie, Pauline Bush and Cleo Madison.

Supplementary material includes a presentation of By the Sun’s Rays (1914), which has previously been offered by Kino on their Blu-ray Disc edition of The Penalty (1920), and the documentary Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask (1996).

Kino Lorber (USA) has released a Blu-ray Disc double feature edition of Reginald Denny comedy, Oh! Doctor! (1925), with Mary Astor and Otis Harlan. Also included is the comedy feature Poker Faces (1926) starring Edward Everett Horton, Laura La Plante and George Siegmann.

The films are presented with music scores by Jake Monaco and Zach Marsh. Supplementary material includes audio commentaries for both films by Adam Nayman.

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