https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/enFilm HistoryCopyright Tristan Ettlemanhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6b6cd6b7a59220c5f78e360e315d1fe9.jpghttps://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:13:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanTristan Ettlemantrettleman@gmail.comThe 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever features experts and enthusiasts and, well, their favorite films of every year ever. Host Tristan Ettleman sits down with a new guest every week to dive into the history and beauty of some of the best movies to ever...trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1913-e6-charlie-keil--72972784Early American Cinema in Transition. His periodization of the transitional era, as explored in that book, ends with 1913 and his take on the traits of the time and how it shifts from the beginning of the period in 1907 defines the conversation.

Charlie has also published seven other books, the most recent being The Oxford Handbook of Silent Cinema, coedited with Rob King. His next book will be Observing Film Art: Themes from the Work of David Bordwell, co-edited with Murray Smith, and due December 2026.

Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!

Films and resource mentioned:

• Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
• Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
• Death’s Marathon (1913) - D.W. Griffith
• The Mothering Heart (1913) - D.W. Griffith
• The Evidence of the Film (1913) - Lawrence Marston and Edward Thanhouser
• The Story the Biograph Told (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
• Judith of Bethulia (1914) - D.W. Griffith
• The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
• The Physician of the Castle (1908) - unknown
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - George Miller
• Thelma and Louise (1991) - Ridley Scott
• Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
• Ingeborg Holm (1913) - Victor Sjöström
• Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
• Falling Leaves (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
• American Cinema’s Transitional Era: Audiences, Institutions, Practices - Charlie Keil and Shelley Stamp, eds.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72972784Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanCharlie Keil, Professor in the Cinema Studies Institute and the Department of History at the University of Toronto, is the author of https://www.amazon.com/dp/029917364X?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback. His periodization of the...Early American Cinema in Transition. His periodization of the transitional era, as explored in that book, ends with 1913 and his take on the traits of the time and how it shifts from the beginning of the period in 1907 defines the conversation.

Charlie has also published seven other books, the most recent being The Oxford Handbook of Silent Cinema, coedited with Rob King. His next book will be Observing Film Art: Themes from the Work of David Bordwell, co-edited with Murray Smith, and due December 2026.

Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!

Films and resource mentioned:

• Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
• Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
• Death’s Marathon (1913) - D.W. Griffith
• The Mothering Heart (1913) - D.W. Griffith
• The Evidence of the Film (1913) - Lawrence Marston and Edward Thanhouser
• The Story the Biograph Told (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
• Judith of Bethulia (1914) - D.W. Griffith
• The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
• The Physician of the Castle (1908) - unknown
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - George Miller
• Thelma and Louise (1991) - Ridley Scott
• Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
• Ingeborg Holm (1913) - Victor Sjöström
• Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
• Falling Leaves (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
• American Cinema’s Transitional Era: Audiences, Institutions, Practices - Charlie Keil and Shelley Stamp, eds.

]]>3614film,moviesfalse156fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1913-e5-paul-gagliardi--72856028
Paul is the author of All Play and No Work: The Comic Plays of the Federal Theatre Project. His website is paul-gagliardi.com.

Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!

Films and resources mentioned:

• A House Divided (1913) - Alice Guy-Blaché
• The Student of Prague (1913) - Stellan Rye
• Fatty Joins the Force (1913) - George Nichols
• Cohen Saves the Flag (1913) - Mack Sennett
• Mabel’s Dramatic Career (1913) - Mack Sennett
• The Brutalist (2024) - Brady Corbet
• The Jazz Singer (1927) - Alan Crosland
• Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Buster Keaton
• The Battle of Gettysburg (1913) - Charles Giblyn and Thomas Ince
• My Dinner with Andre (1981) - Louis Malle
• By the Sea (1915) - Charlie Chaplin
• The Cook (1918) - Roscoe Arbuckle
• Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915) - Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand
• The Round-Up (1920) - George Melford
• Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
• Faust (1926) - F.W. Murnau
• Grease (1978) - Randal Kleiser
• The Power and the Glory: The History of the World Cup - Jonathan Wilson

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72856028Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanPaul Gagliardi, Teaching Associate Professor of English at Marquette University, selects almost entirely comedy shorts for his 1913 highlights, although they connect with his proto-expressionist feature pick in that they all contain morbid...
Paul is the author of All Play and No Work: The Comic Plays of the Federal Theatre Project. His website is paul-gagliardi.com.

Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!

Films and resources mentioned:

• A House Divided (1913) - Alice Guy-Blaché
• The Student of Prague (1913) - Stellan Rye
• Fatty Joins the Force (1913) - George Nichols
• Cohen Saves the Flag (1913) - Mack Sennett
• Mabel’s Dramatic Career (1913) - Mack Sennett
• The Brutalist (2024) - Brady Corbet
• The Jazz Singer (1927) - Alan Crosland
• Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Buster Keaton
• The Battle of Gettysburg (1913) - Charles Giblyn and Thomas Ince
• My Dinner with Andre (1981) - Louis Malle
• By the Sea (1915) - Charlie Chaplin
• The Cook (1918) - Roscoe Arbuckle
• Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915) - Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand
• The Round-Up (1920) - George Melford
• Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
• Faust (1926) - F.W. Murnau
• Grease (1978) - Randal Kleiser
• The Power and the Glory: The History of the World Cup - Jonathan Wilson

]]>2526film,moviesfalse155fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1913-e4-michael-gebert--72705928NitrateVille, the online discussion site about vintage films of the silent era through the 1950s. Looking ahead to the advancements soon to come, his selections of almost all features demonstrate editing and performance style shifts, which branched off in slightly different ways in countries like America, France, and Sweden.

Michael is host of the NitrateVille Radio podcast, which talks to people doing "cool stuff" in the world of vintage film, from authors and filmmakers to the curators of retrospectives and festivals. He is also a food journalist in Chicago and the author of The Chicago Way: An Oral History of Chicago Dining.

Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!

Films and resources mentioned:

• Ingeborg Holm (1913) - Victor Sjöström
• Germinal (1913) - Albert Capellani
• The Child of Paris (1913) - Léonce Perret
• Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
• Mabel’s Dramatic Career (1913) - Mack Sennett
• The Squaw Man (1914) - Cecil B. DeMille
• The Cheat (1915) - Cecil B. DeMille
• The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
• The Searchers (1956) - John Ford
• Sammy’s Scandalous Scheme (1915) - Gilbert P. Hamilton
• The Extra Girl (1923) - F. Richard Jones
• Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
• Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) - Maurice Tourneur
• The Blue Bird (1918) - Maurice Tourneur
• The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) - Maurice Tourneur
• The Miracle Man (1919) - George Loane Tucker
• Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
• Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
• The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
• Weapons (2025) - Zach Cregger
• Breathless (1960) - Jean-Luc Godard
• The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador (1912) - Léonce Perret
• Les Vampires (1915) - Louis Feuillade
• Tih Minh (1918) - Louis Feuillade
• Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
• The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
• Les misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
• Les misérables (1925) - Henri Fescourt
• Les misérables (1934) - Raymond Bernard
• A Man There Was (1917) - Victor Sjöström
• The Gardener (1912) - Victor Sjöström
• The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
• Girl with Hyacinths (1950) - Hasse Ekman
• The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
• The Magician (1926) - Rex Ingram
• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) - Rex Ingram
• Cecil B. DeMille’s Hollywood - Robert S. Birchard
• Cinema’s First Nasty Women
• Pordenone 2025 Report - Michael Gebert
• The Origins of Film
• Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams - Christine Leteux
• George Loane Tucker: The First of the Immortals - Frank Thompson

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72705928Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanMichael Gebert is the founder and co-moderator of https://www.nitrateville.com/, the online discussion site about vintage films of the silent era through the 1950s. Looking ahead to the advancements soon to come, his selections of almost all features...NitrateVille, the online discussion site about vintage films of the silent era through the 1950s. Looking ahead to the advancements soon to come, his selections of almost all features demonstrate editing and performance style shifts, which branched off in slightly different ways in countries like America, France, and Sweden.

Michael is host of the NitrateVille Radio podcast, which talks to people doing "cool stuff" in the world of vintage film, from authors and filmmakers to the curators of retrospectives and festivals. He is also a food journalist in Chicago and the author of The Chicago Way: An Oral History of Chicago Dining.

Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!

Films and resources mentioned:

• Ingeborg Holm (1913) - Victor Sjöström
• Germinal (1913) - Albert Capellani
• The Child of Paris (1913) - Léonce Perret
• Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
• Mabel’s Dramatic Career (1913) - Mack Sennett
• The Squaw Man (1914) - Cecil B. DeMille
• The Cheat (1915) - Cecil B. DeMille
• The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
• The Searchers (1956) - John Ford
• Sammy’s Scandalous Scheme (1915) - Gilbert P. Hamilton
• The Extra Girl (1923) - F. Richard Jones
• Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
• Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) - Maurice Tourneur
• The Blue Bird (1918) - Maurice Tourneur
• The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) - Maurice Tourneur
• The Miracle Man (1919) - George Loane Tucker
• Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
• Suspense...]]>3523film,moviesfalse154fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1913-e3-julie-k-allen--72655135Screening Europe in Australasia. So it makes sense that her selections, each from a different country, would embody the transnational dynamic of silent film just before the outbreak of World War I.
  
  Julie is also the author of Icons of Danish Modernity, Danish but Not Lutheran, and The Silent Muse: The Memoirs of Asta Nielsen. She is currently working on a book about the Danish cinema license system with the tentative title The Cultural Politics of Film Exhibition.
  
  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!
  
  Films and resources mentioned:
  
  • Quo Vadis (1913) - Enrico Guazzoni
  • Atlantis (1913) - August Blom
  • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
  • Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
  • The Suffragette (1913) - Urban Gad
  • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
  • What 80 Million Women Want (1913) - Will Louis
  • Les misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
  • Nick Carter, le roi des détectives (1908) - Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
  • Les Vampires (1915) - Louis Feuillade
  • Judex (1916) - Louis Feuillade
  • Saved from the Titanic (1912) - Étienne Arnaud
  • Destiny (1921) - Fritz Lang
  • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
  • Blind Justice (1916) - Benjamin Christensen
  • Sealed Orders (1914) - Benjamin Christensen
  • Häxan (1922) - Benjamin Christensen
  • Titanic (1997) - James Cameron
  • Nero (1909) - Luigi Maggi and Arturo Ambrosio
  • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
  • Pink-Slipped: What Happened to Women in the Silent Film Industries? - Jane Gaines
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72655135Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanJulie K. Allen, professor of Comparative Arts and Letters at Brigham Young University, is the author of https://www.amazon.com/dp/1905816871?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback. So it makes sense that her selections, each from a...Screening Europe in Australasia. So it makes sense that her selections, each from a different country, would embody the transnational dynamic of silent film just before the outbreak of World War I.
  
  Julie is also the author of Icons of Danish Modernity, Danish but Not Lutheran, and The Silent Muse: The Memoirs of Asta Nielsen. She is currently working on a book about the Danish cinema license system with the tentative title The Cultural Politics of Film Exhibition.
  
  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!
  
  Films and resources mentioned:
  
  • Quo Vadis (1913) - Enrico Guazzoni
  • Atlantis (1913) - August Blom
  • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
  • Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
  • The Suffragette (1913) - Urban Gad
  • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
  • What 80 Million Women Want (1913) - Will Louis
  • Les misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
  • Nick Carter, le roi des détectives (1908) - Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
  • Les Vampires (1915) - Louis Feuillade
  • Judex (1916) - Louis Feuillade
  • Saved from the Titanic (1912) - Étienne Arnaud
  • Destiny (1921) - Fritz Lang
  • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
  • Blind Justice (1916) - Benjamin Christensen
  • Sealed Orders (1914) - Benjamin Christensen
  • 2809film,moviesfalse153fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1913-e2-shelley-stamp--72552424the book on Lois Weber so it makes sense that pioneering filmmaker’s landmark 1913 film factors into the conversation, but all of Shelley's picks reflect the rapid development of American film grammar and stand in for women’s representation in front of and behind the camera, as well as their fights for equality in “real life.”
    
    Shelley is also the author of Movie-Struck Girls: Women and Motion Picture Culture after the Nickelodeon. She curated the award-winning box set Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers.
    
    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!
    
    Films mentioned:
    
    • What 80 Million Women Want (1913) - Will Louis
    • Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
    • A House Divided (1913) - Alice Guy-Blaché
    • Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
    • The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913) - Francis J. Grandon
    • Hypocrites (1915) - Lois Weber
    • The Perils of Pauline (1914) - Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie
    • The Hazards of Helen (1914) - J.P. McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis
    • The Exploits of Elaine (1914) - Louis J. Gasnier, George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton, and Theodore Wharton
    • What Happened to Mary (1912) - Ashley Miller and Charles Brabin
    • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
    • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
    • Shoes (1916) - Lois Weber
    • The Merchant of Venice (1914) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
    • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
    • Making an American Citizen (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
    • Matrimony’s Speed Limit (1913) - Alice Guy-Blaché
    • Falling Leaves (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
    • In the Hands of Impostors (1911) - August Blom
    • A Busy Day (1914) - Charlie Chaplin
    • Your Girl and Mine (1914) - Giles R. Warren
    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72552424Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:00:04 +0000Tristan EttlemanThis is the 100th episode and just two weeks past the second anniversary of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever! It’s a special episode made even more so by Shelley Stamp, Distinguished Professor of Film & Digital Media at the University of...the book on Lois Weber so it makes sense that pioneering filmmaker’s landmark 1913 film factors into the conversation, but all of Shelley's picks reflect the rapid development of American film grammar and stand in for women’s representation in front of and behind the camera, as well as their fights for equality in “real life.”
    
    Shelley is also the author of Movie-Struck Girls: Women and Motion Picture Culture after the Nickelodeon. She curated the award-winning box set Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers.
    
    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!
    
    Films mentioned:
    
    • What 80 Million Women Want (1913) - Will Louis
    • Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
    • A House Divided (1913) - Alice Guy-Blaché
    • Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
    • The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913) - Francis J. Grandon
    • Hypocrites (1915) - Lois Weber
    • The Perils of Pauline (1914) - Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie
    • The Hazards of Helen (1914) - J.P. McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis
    • The Exploits of Elaine (1914) - Louis J. Gasnier, George B. Seitz, Leopold Wharton, and Theodore Wharton
    • What Happened to Mary (1912) - Ashley Miller and Charles Brabin
    • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
    • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
    • Shoes (1916) - Lois Weber
    • The Merchant of Venice (1914) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
    • 3007film,moviesfalse152fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1913-e1-a-milestone-year--72442152
      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!
      
      Films mentioned:
      
      • The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913) - Francis J. Grandon
      • What Happened to Mary (1912) - Ashley Miller and Charles Brabin
      • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
      • Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
      • The Artist’s Dream (1913) - John Randolph Bray
      • The Evidence of the Film (1913) - Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser
      • Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72442152Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan Ettleman1913 is considered by many to be a milestone year in the development of film grammar and industry. And it perhaps is, as is set up by this context-setting introduction and the conversations with guests to come for this season! Visit...
      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!
      
      Films mentioned:
      
      • The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913) - Francis J. Grandon
      • What Happened to Mary (1912) - Ashley Miller and Charles Brabin
      • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
      • Traffic in Souls (1913) - George Loane Tucker
      • The Artist’s Dream (1913) - John Randolph Bray
      • The Evidence of the Film (1913) - Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser
      • Suspense (1913) - Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley
      ]]>277film,moviesfalse151fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1912-e7-the-ol-power-players-hang-in-there--72301375
      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to see the list of every film submitted for 1912!
      
      Films mentioned:
      
      
      • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
      • The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912) - Harold M. Shaw
      • How a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCay
      • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
      • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
      • Cleopatra (1912) - Charles L. Gaskill
      • From the Manger to the Cross (1912) - Sidney Olcott
      • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) - Lucius Henderson
      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72301375Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanAlthough the 1912 season introduction asserted that “Hollywood was incoming,” the top picks for the year (fueled by a record number of submissions from guests!) is mostly made up of old power players, even if that power would recede in short order....
      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to see the list of every film submitted for 1912!
      
      Films mentioned:
      
      
      • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
      • The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912) - Harold M. Shaw
      • How a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCay
      • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
      • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
      • Cleopatra (1912) - Charles L. Gaskill
      • From the Manger to the Cross (1912) - Sidney Olcott
      • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) - Lucius Henderson
      ]]>314film,moviesfalse147fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1912-e6-paul-pt-klein--72174265
      PT’s writing has appeared in Film Atlas, Film Matters, Foglifter, Metro Weekly, and more. His work can be found at ptklein.com.
      
      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1912!
      
      Films and resources mentioned:
      
      • The Girl and Her Trust (1912) - D.W. Griffith
      • The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (1912) - J.P. McGowan
      • Algie the Miner (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
      • The Invaders (1912) - Francis Ford and Thomas Ince
      • In Night and Ice (1912) - Mime Misu
      • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
      • The Lonedale Operator (1911) - D.W. Griffith
      • The Hazards of Helen (1914) - J.P McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis
      • Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Ang Lee
      • Wild and Woolly (1917) - John Emerson
      • The Wild Bunch (1969) - Sam Peckinpah
      • The Searchers (1956) - John Ford
      • Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford
      • Richard III (1912) - André Calmettes and James Keane
      • Cleopatra (1912) - Charles L. Gaskill
      • Queen Elizabeth (1912) - Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines
      • Saved from the Titanic (1912) - Étienne Arnaud
      • Titanic (1997) - James Cameron
      • Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture - Kathleen Loock
      • Girls Will Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934 - Laura Horak
      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72174265Wed, 27 May 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm historian and cultural critic Paul (PT) Klein’s work focuses on American filmgoing cultures. So even when discussing his sole foreign pick, the conversation dives into audience reception to his selections, then and now, in addition to the various...
      PT’s writing has appeared in Film Atlas, Film Matters, Foglifter, Metro Weekly, and more. His work can be found at ptklein.com.
      
      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1912!
      
      Films and resources mentioned:
      
      • The Girl and Her Trust (1912) - D.W. Griffith
      • The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher (1912) - J.P. McGowan
      • Algie the Miner (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
      • The Invaders (1912) - Francis Ford and Thomas Ince
      • In Night and Ice (1912) - Mime Misu
      • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
      • The Lonedale Operator (1911) - D.W. Griffith
      • The Hazards of Helen (1914) - J.P McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis
      • Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Ang Lee
      • Wild and Woolly (1917) - John Emerson
      • The Wild Bunch (1969) - Sam Peckinpah
      • The Searchers (1956) - John Ford
      • Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford
      • Richard III (1912) - André Calmettes and James Keane
      • Cleopatra (1912) - Charles L. Gaskill
      • Queen Elizabeth (1912) - Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines
      • Saved from the Titanic (1912) - Étienne Arnaud
      • Titanic (1997) - James Cameron
      • Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture - Kathleen Loock
      • Girls Will Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema,...]]>4085film,moviesfalse146fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1912-e5-stephen-horne--72072311Stephen Horne has already composed for or accompanied a couple of his five multinational picks for 1912. But besides discussing the general aesthetic pleasures of his selections, he also ruminates on how he could approach playing for both these grounded features and short trick films (they were still hanging in there!).
        
        Stephen is a house musician at London’s BFI Southbank. He released Silent Sirens, an album of solo piano pieces based on his silent film compositions, and has scored Stella Dallas, The Manxman, and many more films.
        
        Films mentioned:
        
        • The Gardener (1912) - Victor Sjöström
        • How a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCay
        • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
        • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
        • The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) - Paul Wegener and Carl Boese
        • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
        • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
        • Oliver Twist (1912) - Thomas Bentley
        • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Robert Wiene
        • A Ruined Life (1912) - Victor Sjöström
        • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
        • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
        • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) - Gordon Hessler
        • The Mascot (1933) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
        • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - Stanley Kramer
        • Barbie (2023) - Greta Gerwig
        • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72072311Wed, 20 May 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanSilent film accompanist and composer https://stephenhorne.co.uk/ has already composed for or accompanied a couple of his five multinational picks for 1912. But besides discussing the general aesthetic pleasures of his selections, he also ruminates on...Stephen Horne has already composed for or accompanied a couple of his five multinational picks for 1912. But besides discussing the general aesthetic pleasures of his selections, he also ruminates on how he could approach playing for both these grounded features and short trick films (they were still hanging in there!).
        
        Stephen is a house musician at London’s BFI Southbank. He released Silent Sirens, an album of solo piano pieces based on his silent film compositions, and has scored Stella Dallas, The Manxman, and many more films.
        
        Films mentioned:
        
        • The Gardener (1912) - Victor Sjöström
        • How a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCay
        • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
        • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
        • The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) - Paul Wegener and Carl Boese
        • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
        • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
        • Oliver Twist (1912) - Thomas Bentley
        • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Robert Wiene
        • A Ruined Life (1912) - Victor Sjöström
        • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
        • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
        • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) - Gordon Hessler
        • The Mascot (1933) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
        • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - Stanley Kramer
        • Barbie (2023) - Greta Gerwig
        • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
        ]]>2839film,moviesfalse145fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1912-e4-marsha-gordon--71980391
        Marsha is the author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott, Film, Form & Culture (with Robert Kolker), and Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller’s War Films. She is currently writing a biography of the pioneering Hollywood director Dorothy Arzner.
        
        Films mentioned:
        
        • Falling Leaves (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
        • Making an American Citizen (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
        • The Girl and Her Trust (1912) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
        • The Divorcee (1930) - Robert Z. Leonard
        • Next Time We Love (1936) - Edward H. Griffith
        • The Immigrant (1917) - Charlie Chaplin
        • The Brutalist (2024) - Brady Corbet
        • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
        • The Lonedale Operator (1911) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
        • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Mervyn LeRoy
        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
        • Gangs of New York (2002) - Martin Scorsese
        • Regeneration (1915) - Raoul Walsh
        • Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71980391Wed, 13 May 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanMarsha Gordon, Professor of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, mostly highlights two directors credited with advancing film narrative with four picks. But she also sings the praises of a certain work of stop-motion animation, one taking...
        Marsha is the author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott, Film, Form & Culture (with Robert Kolker), and Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller’s War Films. She is currently writing a biography of the pioneering Hollywood director Dorothy Arzner.
        
        Films mentioned:
        
        • Falling Leaves (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
        • Making an American Citizen (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
        • The Girl and Her Trust (1912) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
        • The Divorcee (1930) - Robert Z. Leonard
        • Next Time We Love (1936) - Edward H. Griffith
        • The Immigrant (1917) - Charlie Chaplin
        • The Brutalist (2024) - Brady Corbet
        • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
        • The Lonedale Operator (1911) - D.W. Griffith
        • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
        • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - Mervyn LeRoy
        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
        • Gangs of New York (2002) - Martin Scorsese
        • Regeneration (1915) - Raoul Walsh
        • Princess Nicotine; or, The...]]>3415film,moviesfalse144fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1912-e3-alison-strauss--71879238HippFest, Scotland’s first and only silent film festival, Alison Strauss is especially knowledgeable about the history of Scottish filmmaking and -going, as represented by three of her picks. But the conversation, which concludes with outlandish animation, also addresses the preponderance of short films in an era of increasingly long ones.
          
          Alison works as Falkirk Council’s Arts Development Officer (Film and Media), programming the Hippodrome year-round. Alison is the ‘face of the Festival’ and leads on the artistic programme, commissioning, funding, research and development, and touring.
          
          Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1912!
          
          Films and resources mentioned:
          • Bo’ness Fair 1912 (1912) - Louis Dickson
          • Mairi: The Romance of a Highland Maiden (1912) - Andrew Paterson
          • Herring Harvest at Yarmouth (1912) - unknown
          • How a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCay
          • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
          • Annual Baby Parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. (1904) - Alfred C. Abadie
          • The Herring Harvest (1925) - unknown
          • Drifters (1929) - John Grierson
          • Patriotic Porkers (1918) - unknown
          • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
          • Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) - Winsor McCay
          • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Robert Zemeckis
          • To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy Smith
          • The Tragic Error (1913) - Louis Feuillade
          • The Mascot (1933) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
          • The Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950 - Trevor Griffiths
          • Hippodrome Presentations
          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71879238Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:04 +0000Tristan EttlemanAs Founding Director of https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/, Scotland’s first and only silent film festival, Alison Strauss is especially knowledgeable about the history of Scottish filmmaking and -going, as represented by three of her picks....HippFest, Scotland’s first and only silent film festival, Alison Strauss is especially knowledgeable about the history of Scottish filmmaking and -going, as represented by three of her picks. But the conversation, which concludes with outlandish animation, also addresses the preponderance of short films in an era of increasingly long ones.
          
          Alison works as Falkirk Council’s Arts Development Officer (Film and Media), programming the Hippodrome year-round. Alison is the ‘face of the Festival’ and leads on the artistic programme, commissioning, funding, research and development, and touring.
          
          Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1912!
          
          Films and resources mentioned:
          • Bo’ness Fair 1912 (1912) - Louis Dickson
          • Mairi: The Romance of a Highland Maiden (1912) - Andrew Paterson
          • Herring Harvest at Yarmouth (1912) - unknown
          • How a Mosquito Operates (1912) - Winsor McCay
          • The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
          • Annual Baby Parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. (1904) - Alfred C. Abadie
          • The Herring Harvest (1925) - unknown
          • Drifters (1929) - John Grierson
          • Patriotic Porkers (1918) - unknown
          • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
          • Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) - Winsor McCay
          • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Robert Zemeckis
          • To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy Smith
          • The Tragic Error (1913) - Louis Feuillade
          • The Mascot (1933) - Wladyslaw Starewicz
          • The Cinema and Cinema-Going in Scotland, 1896-1950 - Trevor Griffiths
          • Hippodrome Presentations
          ]]>2581film,moviesfalse143fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1912-e2-tanya-goldman--71709928
          https://www.tanyagoldmanphd.com/ focuses on media access, considering how the distribution of documentary + nonfiction film is a political and cultural taste-making practice. She is currently completing a monograph on the career of labor activist-turned-film distributor Thomas J. Brandon.
          
          Films and resources mentioned:
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMK_3-16FMs
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U424m8utJnA
          - https://youtu.be/QmwuL-98nYk?si=L9NTTfjUqEy2VVUm
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2rafjx1zoQ
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bow99bzHfiM
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-IZvAUosc
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKbUgu8rItQ
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udr6wKr5tHk
          - https://letterboxd.com/film/we-carry-on/
          - https://youtu.be/-KtGFyd9WVQ?si=BbzziQ1h3DFx_4th
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FvpEeUBQo
          - https://youtu.be/8tLXkKsYFgc?si=SK-rrL8AFQtEnyM3
          - https://youtu.be/gOHQOJaHTXo?si=mAXbMtUr5WSl4vCZ
          - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_F%C3%A9e_aux_Choux
          - https://youtu.be/X8K7I0Jczi0?si=hLEtnllyFpAGEB4i
          - https://youtu.be/ZPp_t8fcL4o?si=kTY-g57IKd-DEJT7
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igh5ohb2_oU
          - https://youtu.be/6hs_FAKJTSc?si=ndphj4s69UdlmgAX
          - https://benaturalthemovie.com/
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tgam3nXUPU
          - https://hmharchive.com/vnsny-visiting-nurse-service-of-new-york/
          - https://vimeo.com/16838597
          - https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/golden-gate-girls?frontend=kui
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SqvD1-0odY
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIyCMicwvU4
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjhb7KtZZj4
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gCeu3BRvuk
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYlYTrni4-Q
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSntDDpk0-k
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpTWbuXhqfs
          - https://youtu.be/wq7hMuiz1mI?si=_K4Saxl7o_azhusk
          - https://youtu.be/32pzHWUTcPc?si=cj9kzS_63r0ywT-V
          - https://youtu.be/ebtiJH3EOHo?si=F1M8SuY4mexjrZAC
          - https://youtu.be/QTrBrDWxjg8?si=rn_PrVbYqvDzDNKk
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptUAAiMu9LA
          - https://harvardfilmarchive.org/collections/preserved-films
          - https://youtu.be/J0Ncv2OEhpc?si=g7xIGbXzhJIyC4AO
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbigdjDw1PY
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_QiYh4bsw
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiMjXYQ4dp8
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is57lyOYSss
          - https://youtu.be/1CVLz1_MrCk?si=5i8kOdhdNpijAIhD
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WPouUzryNU
          - https://www.amateurcinema.org/index.php/film/americas-disinherited
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uEwGmjhquU
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_wKmMj5Bn4
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vBmN4bYITc
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwmOPPqXcgI
          - https://youtu.be/gOWicOwtHa8?si=fJ7tlYr5rUkmnkTE
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrooRi4_RFc
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dmMPN3ihC8
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afA0M0rO72I
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELsgPvgDBoY
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewdFqTwM4KQ
          - https://kinolorber.com/product/pioneers-first-women-filmmakers-dvd-1
          - https://www.dukeupress.edu/useful-cinema
          - https://www.filmpreservation.org/dvds-and-books/the-field-guide-to-sponsored-film
          - https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Movie-Theater-Sponsors-Audiences/dp/0520391500
          - https://digital.hagley.org/2017227
          - https://mediahistoryproject.org/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71709928Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanTanya Goldman, Assistant Professor of Film at Missouri State University, has a strong interest in what could variably be called “nontheatrical movies,” “minor cinema,” “useful films,” and other such phrases, reflected by her two concluding picks...
          https://www.tanyagoldmanphd.com/ focuses on media access, considering how the distribution of documentary + nonfiction film is a political and cultural taste-making practice. She is currently completing a monograph on the career of labor activist-turned-film distributor Thomas J. Brandon.
          
          Films and resources mentioned:
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMK_3-16FMs
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U424m8utJnA
          - https://youtu.be/QmwuL-98nYk?si=L9NTTfjUqEy2VVUm
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2rafjx1zoQ
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bow99bzHfiM
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd-IZvAUosc
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKbUgu8rItQ
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udr6wKr5tHk
          - https://letterboxd.com/film/we-carry-on/
          - https://youtu.be/-KtGFyd9WVQ?si=BbzziQ1h3DFx_4th
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FvpEeUBQo
          - https://youtu.be/8tLXkKsYFgc?si=SK-rrL8AFQtEnyM3
          - https://youtu.be/gOHQOJaHTXo?si=mAXbMtUr5WSl4vCZ
          - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_F%C3%A9e_aux_Choux
          - https://youtu.be/X8K7I0Jczi0?si=hLEtnllyFpAGEB4i
          - https://youtu.be/ZPp_t8fcL4o?si=kTY-g57IKd-DEJT7
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igh5ohb2_oU
          - https://youtu.be/6hs_FAKJTSc?si=ndphj4s69UdlmgAX
          - https://benaturalthemovie.com/
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tgam3nXUPU
          - https://hmharchive.com/vnsny-visiting-nurse-service-of-new-york/
          - https://vimeo.com/16838597
          - https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/golden-gate-girls?frontend=kui
          - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SqvD1-0odY
          - 3764film,moviestrue142fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1912-e1-hollywood-incoming--71527882
          Films mentioned:
          
          • Queen Elizabeth (1912) - Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines
          • Oliver Twist (1912) - unknown
          • Oliver Twist (1912) - Thomas Bentley
          • Richard III (1912) - André Calmettes and James Keane
          • Cleopatra (1912) - Charles L. Gaskill
          • Lorna Doone (1912) - Wilfred Noy
          • What Happened to Mary (1912) - Ashley Miller and Charles Brabin
          • Shree Pundalik (1912) - Dadasaheb Torne
          • Saved from the Titanic (1912) - Étienne Arnaud
          • An Unseen Enemy (1912) - D.W. Griffith
          • With Our King and Queen Through India (1912) - unknown
          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71527882Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:00:05 +0000Tristan Ettleman1912 seems to offer more threads of industrial, technological, and social changes in the global film industry than the previous few years, but maybe just because a few still recognizable names can essentially “headline” this season. The threads...
          Films mentioned:
          
          • Queen Elizabeth (1912) - Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines
          • Oliver Twist (1912) - unknown
          • Oliver Twist (1912) - Thomas Bentley
          • Richard III (1912) - André Calmettes and James Keane
          • Cleopatra (1912) - Charles L. Gaskill
          • Lorna Doone (1912) - Wilfred Noy
          • What Happened to Mary (1912) - Ashley Miller and Charles Brabin
          • Shree Pundalik (1912) - Dadasaheb Torne
          • Saved from the Titanic (1912) - Étienne Arnaud
          • An Unseen Enemy (1912) - D.W. Griffith
          • With Our King and Queen Through India (1912) - unknown
          ]]>367film,moviesfalse141fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1911-e7-the-shorts-continue--71325008
          Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to see the most selected films and the list of every one submitted!
          
          Films mentioned:
          
          
          • The Strange Bird (1911) - Urban Gad
          • Animated Putty (1911) - Walter R. Booth
          • Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
          • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
          • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
          • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
          • The Roman Orgy (1911) - Louis Feuillade
          • L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71325008Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:00:04 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe introduction to this 1911 season made a big point (or did it?) that the features have begun, and although the majority of the five most selected films from guests and listeners indeed operate in that mode, the vast majority of selections in...
          Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to see the most selected films and the list of every one submitted!
          
          Films mentioned:
          
          
          • The Strange Bird (1911) - Urban Gad
          • Animated Putty (1911) - Walter R. Booth
          • Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
          • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
          • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
          • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
          • The Roman Orgy (1911) - Louis Feuillade
          • L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
          ]]>298film,moviesfalse137fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1911-e6-casper-tybjerg--71162901
          A scholar of Danish and international silent film, Casper is the co-editor of the anthology Danish and German Silent Cinema: Towards a Common Film Culture. He was awarded the Dr. Phil. (Habilitation) degree for his forthcoming book, The Historiography of Filmmaking – through the Lens of Carl Th. Dreyer.
          
          Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1911!
          
          Films mentioned:
          
          • The Lonedale Operator (1911) - D.W. Griffith
          • The Golden Wedding (1911) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
          • The Defect (1911) - Louis Feuillade
          • The Hauler (1911) - Léonce Perret
          • Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
          • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
          • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
          • Häxan (1922) - Benjamin Christensen
          • Mikaël (1924) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
          • The Life of a Butterfly (1911) - Roberto Omegna
          • Il tamburino sardo (1911) - Umberto Paradisi
          • L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
          • The Fall of Troy (1911) - Giovanni Pastrone and Luigi Romano Borgnetto
          • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
          • The Vipers (1911) - Louis Feuillade
          • L’Atalante (1934) - Jean Vigo
          • La belle Nivernaise (1924) - Jean Epstein
          • The Swallow and the Titmouse (1920) - André Antoine
          • The Ballet Dancer (1911) - August Blom
          • Les misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
          • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71162901Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanCasper Tybjerg, Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Copenhagen, selects five films that reflect the advancement of narrative cinematic drama. Whether they offer visual and emotional spectacle or crusading social messages, his...
          A scholar of Danish and international silent film, Casper is the co-editor of the anthology Danish and German Silent Cinema: Towards a Common Film Culture. He was awarded the Dr. Phil. (Habilitation) degree for his forthcoming book, The Historiography of Filmmaking – through the Lens of Carl Th. Dreyer.
          
          Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1911!
          
          Films mentioned:
          
          • The Lonedale Operator (1911) - D.W. Griffith
          • The Golden Wedding (1911) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
          • The Defect (1911) - Louis Feuillade
          • The Hauler (1911) - Léonce Perret
          • Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
          • The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
          • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
          • Häxan (1922) - Benjamin Christensen
          • Mikaël (1924) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
          • The Life of a Butterfly (1911) - Roberto Omegna
          • Il tamburino sardo (1911) - Umberto Paradisi
          • L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
          • The Fall of Troy (1911) - Giovanni Pastrone and Luigi Romano Borgnetto
          • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
          • The Vipers (1911) - Louis Feuillade
          • L’Atalante (1934) - Jean Vigo
          • La belle Nivernaise (1924) - Jean Epstein
          • The Swallow and the Titmouse (1920) - André Antoine
          • 3640film,moviesfalse136fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1911-e5-eva-hielscher--71020646Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, selects a wholly international survey of 1911 films, jumping from country to country and genre to genre. This heterogeneous view of the year ranges from French comedy and animation experiment shorts to an Italian epic and German feature…and a document of a historic expedition!
            
            Eva is also co-artistic director of the Bonn International Silent Film Festival. She is co-editor of The City Symphony Phenomenon: Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity between the Wars and Color Mania – The Material of Color in Photography and Film.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resource mentioned:
            
            • Rosalie and Her Phonograph (1911) - Romeo Bosetti
            • The Strange Bird (1911) - Urban Gad
            • The Third Fram Expedition to the South Pole (1911) - Leon Amundsen
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
            • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
            • Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theatre (1911) - Romeo Bosetti
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • The Great White Silence (1924) - Herbert Ponting
            • Atlantis (1913) - August Blom
            • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
            • Sentimental Value (2025) - Joachim Trier
            • Timeline of Historical Film Colors in Photography and Film
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71020646Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanEva Hielscher, head of film-related collections at https://www.dff.film/en/, selects a wholly international survey of 1911 films, jumping from country to country and genre to genre. This heterogeneous view of the year ranges from French comedy and...Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, selects a wholly international survey of 1911 films, jumping from country to country and genre to genre. This heterogeneous view of the year ranges from French comedy and animation experiment shorts to an Italian epic and German feature…and a document of a historic expedition!
            
            Eva is also co-artistic director of the Bonn International Silent Film Festival. She is co-editor of The City Symphony Phenomenon: Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity between the Wars and Color Mania – The Material of Color in Photography and Film.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resource mentioned:
            
            • Rosalie and Her Phonograph (1911) - Romeo Bosetti
            • The Strange Bird (1911) - Urban Gad
            • The Third Fram Expedition to the South Pole (1911) - Leon Amundsen
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
            • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
            • Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theatre (1911) - Romeo Bosetti
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • The Great White Silence (1924) - Herbert Ponting
            • Atlantis (1913) - August Blom
            • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
            • Sentimental Value (2025) - Joachim Trier
            • Timeline of Historical Film Colors in Photography and Film
            ]]>3324film,moviesfalse135fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1911-e4-thomas-christensen--70856607
            Thomas also serves on the Executive Committee of the European Cinematheque Association and served on the FIAF Technical Commission from 2003 to 2015. He has recently been involved in a project digitizing all surviving Danish silent films from 1896 to 1929.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • The Black Dream (1911) - Urban Gad
            • Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
            • In the Hands of Imposters (1911) - August Blom
            • The Price of Beauty (1911) - August Blom
            • The Girl Behind the Counter (1911) - August Blom
            • The Execution (1903) - Peter Elfelt
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
            • Lion Hunting (1907) - Viggo Larsen
            • The Ballet Dancer (1911) - August Blom
            • The Two Gold Diggers (1909) - Viggo Larsen
            • The White Slave Trade (1910) - Alfred Cohn
            • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
            • The Dangerous Age (1927) - Eugen Illés
            • Double Indemnity (1944) - Billy Wilder
            • The Clown (1917) - A.W. Sandberg
            • Love One Another (1922) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
            • Silent Film Festival 2026
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70856607Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:05 +0000Tristan EttlemanThomas Christensen is Curator at the Danish Film Institute, so it stands to reason that all of his selections hail from Denmark. All but one of them come in at “feature length” (and from the same director) as well, reflecting the country’s place in...
            Thomas also serves on the Executive Committee of the European Cinematheque Association and served on the FIAF Technical Commission from 2003 to 2015. He has recently been involved in a project digitizing all surviving Danish silent films from 1896 to 1929.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • The Black Dream (1911) - Urban Gad
            • Temptations of a Great City (1911) - August Blom
            • In the Hands of Imposters (1911) - August Blom
            • The Price of Beauty (1911) - August Blom
            • The Girl Behind the Counter (1911) - August Blom
            • The Execution (1903) - Peter Elfelt
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
            • Lion Hunting (1907) - Viggo Larsen
            • The Ballet Dancer (1911) - August Blom
            • The Two Gold Diggers (1909) - Viggo Larsen
            • The White Slave Trade (1910) - Alfred Cohn
            • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
            • The Dangerous Age (1927) - Eugen Illés
            • Double Indemnity (1944) - Billy Wilder
            • The Clown (1917) - A.W. Sandberg
            • Love One Another (1922) - Carl Theodor Dreyer
            • Silent Film Festival 2026
            ]]>4472film,moviesfalse134fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1911-e3-patrick-friel--70691973
            Patrick is currently an Adjunct Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago and has previously taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also the former Program Director at Chicago Filmmakers and the Festival Director and Programmer of the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
            • I.P. Müller (1911) - Peter Elfelt
            • The Carrot Caterpillar (1911) - unknown
            • The Two Obadiahs (1911) - unknown
            • Technical Color Tests (1911) - Luca Comerio
            • Eureka (1979) - Ernie Gehr
            • Quo Vadis (1913) - Enrico Quazzoni
            • Cabiria (1914) - Giovanni Pastrone
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
            • Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) - Winsor McCay
            • The Centaurs (1921) - Winsor McCay
            • The Municipal Hospital - A Boy with a Seizure (1907) - Peter Elfelt
            • I.P. Müller. Mit System (1906) - Peter Elfelt
            • Sandow (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
            • Olympia (1938) - Leni Riefenstahl
            • The Life of a Butterfly (1911) - Roberto Omegna
            • Under the Skin (2013) - Jonathan Glazer
            • Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (1972) - David Rimmer
            • Daisies (1966) - Věra Chytilová
            • Timeline of Historical Color
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70691973Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanPatrick Friel, educator and programmer, is very interested in non-narrative and experimental film. Therefore, his five selections totally fit into those designations (well, with one semi-exception), but each of them offer totally different visual...
            Patrick is currently an Adjunct Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago and has previously taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also the former Program Director at Chicago Filmmakers and the Festival Director and Programmer of the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
            • I.P. Müller (1911) - Peter Elfelt
            • The Carrot Caterpillar (1911) - unknown
            • The Two Obadiahs (1911) - unknown
            • Technical Color Tests (1911) - Luca Comerio
            • Eureka (1979) - Ernie Gehr
            • Quo Vadis (1913) - Enrico Quazzoni
            • Cabiria (1914) - Giovanni Pastrone
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro, and Adolfo Padovan
            • Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) - Winsor McCay
            • The Centaurs (1921) - Winsor McCay
            • The Municipal Hospital - A Boy with a Seizure (1907) - Peter Elfelt
            • I.P. Müller. Mit System (1906) - Peter Elfelt
            • Sandow (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
            • Olympia (1938) - Leni Riefenstahl
            • The Life of a Butterfly (1911) - Roberto Omegna
            • Under the Skin (2013) - Jonathan Glazer
            • Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (1972) - David Rimmer
            • Daisies (1966) - Věra Chytilová
            • Timeline of Historical Color
            ]]>4815film,moviesfalse133fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1911-e2-kathy-feeley--70572331Mary Pickford: Hollywood and the New Woman, so it makes sense that two of her picks center the film icon and pioneer, still in the early years of her career. But the rest of Kathy’s selections also paint a picture of women’s contributions before and behind the camera in an era before mass corporatization and the sidelining of women in various roles across the film industry.
            
            Kathy co-edited, with Jennifer Frost, When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in American History. She is also, again with Jennifer Frost, co-author of the forthcoming “‘Of Inestimable Value to All of Us’: Olivia de Havilland, the Studio Contract, and the Screen Actors Guild, 1943-1945” in Labor: Studies in Working Class History.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • Their First Misunderstanding (1911) - Thomas H. Ince and George Loane Tucker
            • Sweet Memories (1911) - Thomas H. Ince
            • Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theatre (1911) - Romeo Bosetti
            • A Heroine of ‘76 (1911) - Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Edwin S. Porter
            • Cupid and the Comet (1911) - Alice Guy-Blaché
            • Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Howard Hawks
            • Women Film Pioneers Project
            • Media History Digital Library
            • Cinema’s First Nasty Women
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70572331Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanKathy Feeley, professor of history at the University of Redlands, wrote https://www.routledge.com/Mary-Pickford-Hollywood-and-the-New-Woman/Feeley/p/book/9780813348056, so it makes sense that two of her picks center the film icon and pioneer, still in...Mary Pickford: Hollywood and the New Woman, so it makes sense that two of her picks center the film icon and pioneer, still in the early years of her career. But the rest of Kathy’s selections also paint a picture of women’s contributions before and behind the camera in an era before mass corporatization and the sidelining of women in various roles across the film industry.
            
            Kathy co-edited, with Jennifer Frost, When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in American History. She is also, again with Jennifer Frost, co-author of the forthcoming “‘Of Inestimable Value to All of Us’: Olivia de Havilland, the Studio Contract, and the Screen Actors Guild, 1943-1945” in Labor: Studies in Working Class History.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1911!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • Their First Misunderstanding (1911) - Thomas H. Ince and George Loane Tucker
            • Sweet Memories (1911) - Thomas H. Ince
            • Rosalie and Léontine Go to the Theatre (1911) - Romeo Bosetti
            • A Heroine of ‘76 (1911) - Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Edwin S. Porter
            • Cupid and the Comet (1911) - Alice Guy-Blaché
            • Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Howard Hawks
            • Women Film Pioneers Project
            • Media History Digital Library
            • Cinema’s First Nasty Women
            ]]>3517film,moviesfalse132fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1911-e1-the-feature-begins--70417399
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1911!
            
            Films mentioned:
            
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
            • L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
            • The Black Dream (1911) - Urban Gad
            • The Girl Behind the Counter (1911) - August Blom
            • Defence of Sevastopol (1911) - Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Vasily Goncharov
            • Enoch Arden (1911) - D.W. Griffith
            • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
            • David Copperfield (1911) - Theodore Marston
            • She (1911) - George Nichols
            • A Tale of Two Cities (1911) - Charles Kent and William J. Humphrey
            • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1911) - Albert Capellani
            • A Heroine of ‘76 (1911) - Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Edwin S. Porter
            • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70417399Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan Ettleman1911 really feels like the beginning of the feature film. Oh sure, it didn’t suddenly define the output of the global film industry, but ambitious experiments from Italy, Denmark, Russia, and only very tentatively, America, sat alongside narrative, as...
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1911!
            
            Films mentioned:
            
            • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
            • L’Odissea (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
            • The Black Dream (1911) - Urban Gad
            • The Girl Behind the Counter (1911) - August Blom
            • Defence of Sevastopol (1911) - Aleksandr Khanzhonkov and Vasily Goncharov
            • Enoch Arden (1911) - D.W. Griffith
            • Little Nemo (1911) - Winsor McCay and J. Stuart Blackton
            • David Copperfield (1911) - Theodore Marston
            • She (1911) - George Nichols
            • A Tale of Two Cities (1911) - Charles Kent and William J. Humphrey
            • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1911) - Albert Capellani
            • A Heroine of ‘76 (1911) - Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Edwin S. Porter
            • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
            ]]>280film,moviesfalse131fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1910-e7-legitimacy-and-controversy--70252618
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to see every film submitted by guests and listeners!
            
            Films mentioned:
            
            
            • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
            • Le Rembrandt de la Rue Lepic (1910) - Jean Durand
            • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • White Fawn’s Devotion (1910) - James Young Deer
            • A Christmas Carol (1910) - J. Searle Dawley, Charles Kent, and Ashley Miller
            • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
            • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70252618Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanHopefully you’re not too tired of hearing about how 1910 and its surrounding years are part of a transitional era, but this season’s conversations also revealed how diverse the global medium was at the turn of a new decade with offbeat modes, genres,...
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to see every film submitted by guests and listeners!
            
            Films mentioned:
            
            
            • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
            • Le Rembrandt de la Rue Lepic (1910) - Jean Durand
            • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • White Fawn’s Devotion (1910) - James Young Deer
            • A Christmas Carol (1910) - J. Searle Dawley, Charles Kent, and Ashley Miller
            • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
            • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
            ]]>332film,moviesfalse127fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1910-e6-kathy-rose-o-regan--70101281San Francisco Film Preserve, Kathy Rose O’Regan works hard to highlight our shared film heritage. Her five picks certainly paint a picture of the international nuances of 1910 filmmaking, with each hailing from a different country and operating in a different narrative mode (or lack thereof).
            
            Kathy also served as the Senior Film Restorer for San Francisco Silent Film Festival, overseeing all operations of the preservation department and managing the restoration of dozens of silent era titles. Previously, she managed the preservation department of the Bay Area Video Coalition.
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            • The Aerial Submarine (1910) - Walter R. Booth
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • Dutch Hairstyles and Types (1910) - Alfred Machin
            • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • The Youghal Clock Tower Animation (1910) - Philip, James, and Thomas Horgan
            • The White Heather (1919) - Maurice Tourneur
            • The Airship Destroyer (1909) - Walter R. Booth
            • Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) - James Cameron
            • The Abyss (1989) - James Cameron
            • The Mill (1909) - Alfred Machin
            • Mad God (2021) - Phil Tippett
            • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
            • Frankenstein (1931) - James Whale
            • The Irish Lumières: The Horgan Brothers (2024) - Darina Clancy
            • Hamnet (2025) - Chloé Zhao
            • Wicked (2024) - Jon M. Chu
            • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
            • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
            • Timeline of Historical Colors in Photography and Film
            • Uncovering the Film Company of Ireland with Veronica Johnson
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70101281Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanAs Executive Director of https://filmpreserve.org/, Kathy Rose O’Regan works hard to highlight our shared film heritage. Her five picks certainly paint a picture of the international nuances of 1910 filmmaking, with each hailing from a different...San Francisco Film Preserve, Kathy Rose O’Regan works hard to highlight our shared film heritage. Her five picks certainly paint a picture of the international nuances of 1910 filmmaking, with each hailing from a different country and operating in a different narrative mode (or lack thereof).
            
            Kathy also served as the Senior Film Restorer for San Francisco Silent Film Festival, overseeing all operations of the preservation department and managing the restoration of dozens of silent era titles. Previously, she managed the preservation department of the Bay Area Video Coalition.
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            • The Aerial Submarine (1910) - Walter R. Booth
            • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
            • Dutch Hairstyles and Types (1910) - Alfred Machin
            • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • The Youghal Clock Tower Animation (1910) - Philip, James, and Thomas Horgan
            • The White Heather (1919) - Maurice Tourneur
            • The Airship Destroyer (1909) - Walter R. Booth
            • Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) - James Cameron
            • The Abyss (1989) - James Cameron
            • The Mill (1909) - Alfred Machin
            • Mad God (2021) - Phil Tippett
            • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
            • Frankenstein (1931) - James Whale
            • The Irish Lumières: The Horgan Brothers (2024) - Darina Clancy
            • Hamnet (2025) - Chloé Zhao
            • Wicked (2024) - Jon M. Chu
            • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
            • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
            • Timeline of Historical Colors in Photography and Film
            • Uncovering the Film Company of Ireland with Veronica Johnson
            ]]>2189film,moviesfalse126fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1910-e5-kynan-dias--69954369the TruStory.FM network. His picks reflect some of the conversation surrounding this 1910 season regarding literary adaptations and real-world impact, but the discussion finds new angles to explore, including a landmark work of Native American filmmaking.
            
            Kynan earned a B.A. in film from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he pursued acting, screenwriting, and directing. Later, Kynan earned his MFA in screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he developed a love for writing TV sitcoms that was further nurtured during his time studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your five selections for 1910!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
            • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
            • White Fawn’s Devotion (1910) - James Young Deer
            • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
            • Boxing Cats (1894) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
            • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
            • The “Teddy” Bears (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
            • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow
            • Alice in Wonderland (1951) - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske
            • Alice in Wonderland (1933) - Norman Z. McLeod
            • Frankenstein (1931) - James Whale
            • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
            • Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) - Kenneth Branagh
            • Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - James Whale
            • A Christmas Carol (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
            • The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) - J. Farrell MacDonald
            • The Wizard of Oz (1933) - Ted Eshbaugh
            • Wicked (2024) - Jon M. Chu
            • The Wizard of Oz (1925) - Larry Semon
            • Cabin in the Sky (1943) - Vincente Minnelli
            • The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) - Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
            • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
            • The Red Girl and the Child (1910) - James Young Deer
            • The Toll of the Sea (1922) - Chester M. Franklin
            • Stagecoach (1939) - John Ford
            • Smoke Signals (1998) - Chris Eyre
            • Glenroy Bros. (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
            • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) - Stanley Kramer
            • Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Ang Lee
            • Norma Rae (1979) - Martin Ritt
            • Triumph of the Will (1935) - Leni Riefenstahl
            • The Great White Hope (1970) - Martin Ritt
            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
            • The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney - Richard Schickel
            • Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only - The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker - Patrick McGilligan
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69954369Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanKynan Dias, Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is no stranger to podcasting as co-host, with Lester Ryan Clark, of a series of film history podcasts on http://trustory.fm. His picks reflect some of the conversation surrounding...the TruStory.FM network. His picks reflect some of the conversation surrounding this 1910 season regarding literary adaptations and real-world impact, but the discussion finds new angles to explore, including a landmark work of Native American filmmaking.
            
            Kynan earned a B.A. in film from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he pursued acting, screenwriting, and directing. Later, Kynan earned his MFA in screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he developed a love for writing TV sitcoms that was further nurtured during his time studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade.
            
            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your five selections for 1910!
            
            Films and resources mentioned:
            
            • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
            • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
            • White Fawn’s Devotion (1910) - James Young Deer
            • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
            • Boxing Cats (1894) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
            • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
            • The “Teddy” Bears (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
            • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow
            • Alice in Wonderland (1951) - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske
            • Alice in Wonderland (1933) - Norman Z. McLeod
            • Frankenstein (1931) - James Whale
            • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
            • Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) - Kenneth Branagh
            • Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - James Whale
            • A Christmas Carol (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
            • The Wizard of Oz (1939) -...]]>2570film,moviesfalse125fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1910-e4-laura-horak--69765060Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressing Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema. Therefore, most of the conversation addresses the transgression, or lack thereof, of films that depicted such changes in dress, a rich topic represented by four of her five picks.
              
              Laura is also the director of the Transgender Media Lab and Transgender Media Portal. She is co-curator of the 99-film Bluray set Cinema’s First Nasty Women and co-editor of Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space and Unwatchable.
              
              Films and resources mentioned:
              
              • The Red Girl and the Child (1910) - James Young Deer
              • The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg (1910) - Sidney Olcott
              • The House with Closed Shutters (1910) - D.W. Griffith
              • Le Rembrandt de la Rue Lepic (1910) - Jean Durand
              • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
              • White Fawn’s Devotion (1910) - James Young Deer
              • The Fabelmans (2022) - Steven Spielberg
              • The General (1926) - Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
              • The Sealed Room (1909) - D.W. Griffith
              • Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance (1921) - Svend Gade and Heinz Schall
              • Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry - David Morton
              • The American Girl Goes to War: Women and National Identity in U.S. Silent Film - Liz Clarke
              • Danish Silent Film
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69765060Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanLaura Horak, Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University, is the author of https://www.ubcpress.ca/girls-will-be-boys. Therefore, most of the conversation addresses the transgression, or lack thereof, of films that depicted such changes in dress,...Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressing Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema. Therefore, most of the conversation addresses the transgression, or lack thereof, of films that depicted such changes in dress, a rich topic represented by four of her five picks.
              
              Laura is also the director of the Transgender Media Lab and Transgender Media Portal. She is co-curator of the 99-film Bluray set Cinema’s First Nasty Women and co-editor of Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space and Unwatchable.
              
              Films and resources mentioned:
              
              • The Red Girl and the Child (1910) - James Young Deer
              • The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg (1910) - Sidney Olcott
              • The House with Closed Shutters (1910) - D.W. Griffith
              • Le Rembrandt de la Rue Lepic (1910) - Jean Durand
              • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
              • White Fawn’s Devotion (1910) - James Young Deer
              • The Fabelmans (2022) - Steven Spielberg
              • The General (1926) - Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
              • The Sealed Room (1909) - D.W. Griffith
              • Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance (1921) - Svend Gade and Heinz Schall
              • Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry - David Morton
              • The American Girl Goes to War: Women and National Identity in U.S. Silent Film - Liz Clarke
              • Danish Silent Film
              ]]>3419film,moviesfalse124fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1910-e3-david-morton--69625508Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry. With this expertise in mind, the opening of the conversation covers the American film industry’s halting migration to the southern state, but moves on to American migrations to other locations and censored films.
              
              David received his Ph.D. in Texts and Technology in 2019 from University of Central Florida in 2019. He was a 2017-18 recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship and served as a visiting scholar at the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies at Ghent University.
              
              Films and resources mentioned:
              
              • Ramona (1910) - D.W. Griffith
              • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
              • The Lad from Old Ireland (1910) - Sidney Olcott
              • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
              • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
              • In Old California (1910) - D.W. Griffith
              • Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - Jack Arnold
              • Mank (2020) - David Fincher
              • Broken Blossoms (1919) - D.W. Griffith
              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
              • An Irish Honeymoon (1911) - Sidney Olcott
              • Mississippi Burning (1988) - Alan Parker
              • Psycho (1998) - Gus Van Sant
              • The White Slave Trade (1910) - Alfred Cohn
              • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
              • Taken (2008) - Pierre Morel
              • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
              • Frankenstein (1931) - James Whale
              • Dracula (1931) - Tod Browning
              • The Crowd (1928) - King Vidor
              • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
              • Early American Cinema in Transition: Story, Style and Filmmaking - Charlie Keil
              • A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government’s Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes - Helen Hunt Jackson
              • At the Picture Show: Small-town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture - Kathy Fuller-Seeley
              • The O’Kalem Collection: Two Views - Michael Patrick Gillespie
              • Movie-Struck Girls: Women and Motion Picture Culture after the Nickelodeon - Shelley Stamp
              • Danish, But Not Lutheran: The Impact of Mormonism on Danish Cultural Identity, 1850–1920 - Julie Allen
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69625508Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanDavid Morton, Lecturer at the University of Central Florida, is the author of https://floridapress.org/9780813069999/motion-picture-paradise/. With this expertise in mind, the opening of the conversation covers the American film industry’s halting...Motion Picture Paradise: A History of Florida’s Film and Television Industry. With this expertise in mind, the opening of the conversation covers the American film industry’s halting migration to the southern state, but moves on to American migrations to other locations and censored films.
              
              David received his Ph.D. in Texts and Technology in 2019 from University of Central Florida in 2019. He was a 2017-18 recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship and served as a visiting scholar at the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies at Ghent University.
              
              Films and resources mentioned:
              
              • Ramona (1910) - D.W. Griffith
              • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
              • The Lad from Old Ireland (1910) - Sidney Olcott
              • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
              • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
              • In Old California (1910) - D.W. Griffith
              • Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - Jack Arnold
              • Mank (2020) - David Fincher
              • Broken Blossoms (1919) - D.W. Griffith
              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
              • An Irish Honeymoon (1911) - Sidney Olcott
              • Mississippi Burning (1988) - Alan Parker
              • Psycho (1998) - Gus Van Sant
              • The White Slave Trade (1910) - Alfred Cohn
              • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
              • Taken (2008) - Pierre Morel
              • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
              • Frankenstein (1931) - James Whale
              • Dracula (1931) - Tod Browning
              • The Crowd (1928) - King Vidor
              • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
              • 4434film,moviesfalse123fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1910-e2-ned-thanhouser--69521784Thanhouser Company Film Preservation and grandson of film pioneers Gertrude and Edwin Thanhouser. It makes sense, then, that he and Tristan discuss the founding of his family’s studio, which released its first film in 1910, but they also move on to Ned’s picks of classic literature adaptations and controversy.
                
                Ned directed the 2014 documentary The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema. He has been active in film preservation since 1986, produced 17 DVDs containing over 120 surviving Thanhouser films, and published Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History by Q. David Bowers.
                
                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own picks for 1910!
                
                Films mentioned:
                
                • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
                • Ramona (1910) - D.W. Griffith
                • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
                • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
                • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
                • The Actor’s Children (1910) - Barry O’Neil
                • The Winter’s Tale (1910) - Barry O’Neil
                • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                • Rip Van Winkle (1910) - unknown
                • Willing Wendy to Willie (1916) - unknown
                • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
                • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow
                • A Dog’s Love (1912) - Jack Harvey
                • Wicked (2024) - Jon M. Chu
                • The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) - Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
                • Cinderella (1911) - George Nichols
                • The Cry of the Children (1912) - George Nichols
                • The Evidence of the Film (1913) - Lawrence Marston and Edwin Thanhouser
                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69521784Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanNed Thanhouser is president of https://thanhouser.org/ and grandson of film pioneers Gertrude and Edwin Thanhouser. It makes sense, then, that he and Tristan discuss the founding of his family’s studio, which released its first film in 1910, but they...Thanhouser Company Film Preservation and grandson of film pioneers Gertrude and Edwin Thanhouser. It makes sense, then, that he and Tristan discuss the founding of his family’s studio, which released its first film in 1910, but they also move on to Ned’s picks of classic literature adaptations and controversy.
                
                Ned directed the 2014 documentary The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema. He has been active in film preservation since 1986, produced 17 DVDs containing over 120 surviving Thanhouser films, and published Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History by Q. David Bowers.
                
                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own picks for 1910!
                
                Films mentioned:
                
                • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
                • Ramona (1910) - D.W. Griffith
                • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
                • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) - Otis Turner
                • The Abyss (1910) - Urban Gad
                • The Actor’s Children (1910) - Barry O’Neil
                • The Winter’s Tale (1910) - Barry O’Neil
                • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                • Rip Van Winkle (1910) - unknown
                • Willing Wendy to Willie (1916) - unknown
                • Frankenstein (2025) - Guillermo del Toro
                • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow
                • A Dog’s Love (1912) - Jack Harvey
                • Wicked (2024) - Jon M. Chu
                • The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) - Francis Boggs and Otis...]]>3006false122fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1910-e1-the-beginning-of-a-decade--69424165
                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five picks for 1910!
                  
                  Films mentioned:
                  
                  • The Broken Oath (1910) - Harry Solter
                  • The Railroad Porter (1912) - William D. Foster
                  • The Birth of a Race (1918) - John W. Noble
                  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                  • The Actor’s Children (1910) - Barry O’Neill
                  • In Old California (1910) - D.W. Griffith
                  • Ramona (1910) - D.W. Griffith
                  • In the Sultan’s Power (1909) - Francis Boggs
                  • The Heart of a Race Tout (1909) - Francis Boggs
                  • The Lad from Old Ireland (1910) - Sidney Olcott
                  • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
                  • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
                  • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
                  • A Christmas Carol (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
                  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
                  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69424165Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe start of the 1910s doesn’t quite immediately usher in the cinematic measurement that would come to rule the decade: the feature film. But proto-forms of what would become the narrative standard arise in 1910, and otherwise, exciting images,...
                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five picks for 1910!
                  
                  Films mentioned:
                  
                  • The Broken Oath (1910) - Harry Solter
                  • The Railroad Porter (1912) - William D. Foster
                  • The Birth of a Race (1918) - John W. Noble
                  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                  • The Actor’s Children (1910) - Barry O’Neill
                  • In Old California (1910) - D.W. Griffith
                  • Ramona (1910) - D.W. Griffith
                  • In the Sultan’s Power (1909) - Francis Boggs
                  • The Heart of a Race Tout (1909) - Francis Boggs
                  • The Lad from Old Ireland (1910) - Sidney Olcott
                  • The White Slave Trade (1910) - August Blom
                  • Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest (1910) - unknown
                  • Frankenstein (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
                  • A Christmas Carol (1910) - J. Searle Dawley
                  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1910) - Edwin S. Porter
                  ]]>344film,moviesfalse121fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1909-e7-a-funny-year--69327297
                  Films mentioned:
                  
                  
                  • The Mill (1909) - Alfred Machin
                  • Mr. Flip (1909) - Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson
                  • Why Girls Leave Home (1909) - unknown
                  • First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia (1909) - unknown
                  • The Man in the Moon (1909) -  Étienne Arnaud and Émile Cohl
                  • To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy Smith
                  • Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton
                  • The Spider and the Butterfly (1909) - Georges Méliès
                  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1909) - Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton
                  • The Airship Destroyer (1909) - Walter R. Booth
                  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69327297Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanOne of the most diverse lists of films selected for any season so far defines this brief conclusion to 1909. The unique array of selections does ultimately lead into a universal appreciation for comedy, rising above some of the efforts to “legitimize”...
                  Films mentioned:
                  
                  
                  • The Mill (1909) - Alfred Machin
                  • Mr. Flip (1909) - Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson
                  • Why Girls Leave Home (1909) - unknown
                  • First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia (1909) - unknown
                  • The Man in the Moon (1909) -  Étienne Arnaud and Émile Cohl
                  • To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy Smith
                  • Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton
                  • The Spider and the Butterfly (1909) - Georges Méliès
                  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1909) - Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton
                  • The Airship Destroyer (1909) - Walter R. Booth
                  ]]>276film,moviesfalse117fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1909-e6-paul-flaig--69252359Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed. While it clearly deals with a later period than 1909, he still works German and American (and French!) comedy into his picks, in addition to a sound novelty and an actuality with a connection to Franz Kafka.
                  
                  Paul is also the co-editor, with Katherine Groo, of New Silent Cinema and co-director, with Dora Osborne, of the German Screen Studies Network (GSSN). His writing has appeared in many journals and edited collections, including Cinema Journal, Screen, Camera Obscura, animation, and Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS).
                  
                  Films and resources mentioned:
                  
                  • Klebolin Sticks to Everything (1909) - Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers
                  • Those Awful Hats (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                  • The Happy Microbes (1909) - Émile Cohl
                  • What Is a Flag (1909) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                  • First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia (1909) - unknown
                  • Rain (1929) - Mannus Franken and Joris Ivens
                  • Good Glue Sticks (1907) - Georges Méliès
                  • A Sticky Woman (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                  • L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895) - Louis Lumière
                  • At the Crossroads of Life (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                  • Miller’s Crossing (1990) - Joel and Ethan Coen
                  • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                  • Brains Repaired (1911) - Émile Cohl
                  • The Yawner (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                  • Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton
                  • Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) - Marshall Neilan
                  • Original Films of Frank B. Gilbreth (1910-1924) - Frank B. Gilbreth
                  • Bad Film Histories: Ethnography and the Early Archive - Katherine Groo
                  • “Women's Hats and Silent Film Spectatorship: Between Ostrich Plume and Moving Image” - Maggie Hennefeld
                  • Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film - Donald Crafton
                  • Kafka Goes to the Movies DVD set
                  • Kafka Goes to the Movies - Hanns Zischler
                  • Motion Study: A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman - Frank Gilbreth
                  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69252359Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanPaul Flaig, Lecturer in Film Studies at University of St Andrews, wrote a stellar synthesis of disciplines with his new book https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-slapstick-and-hollywood-comedy-transformed-9781350439177/. While it clearly deals with a...Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed. While it clearly deals with a later period than 1909, he still works German and American (and French!) comedy into his picks, in addition to a sound novelty and an actuality with a connection to Franz Kafka.
                  
                  Paul is also the co-editor, with Katherine Groo, of New Silent Cinema and co-director, with Dora Osborne, of the German Screen Studies Network (GSSN). His writing has appeared in many journals and edited collections, including Cinema Journal, Screen, Camera Obscura, animation, and Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS).
                  
                  Films and resources mentioned:
                  
                  • Klebolin Sticks to Everything (1909) - Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers
                  • Those Awful Hats (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                  • The Happy Microbes (1909) - Émile Cohl
                  • What Is a Flag (1909) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                  • First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia (1909) - unknown
                  • Rain (1929) - Mannus Franken and Joris Ivens
                  • Good Glue Sticks (1907) - Georges Méliès
                  • A Sticky Woman (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                  • L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895) - Louis Lumière
                  • At the Crossroads of Life (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                  • Miller’s Crossing (1990) - Joel and Ethan Coen
                  • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                  • Brains Repaired (1911) - Émile Cohl
                  • The Yawner (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                  • Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton
                  • Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) - Marshall Neilan
                  • Original Films of Frank B. Gilbreth (1910-1924) - Frank B. Gilbreth
                  • 3504film,moviesfalse116fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1909-e5-yuki-irikura--69185331
                    Yuki’s research focuses on Japanese and American silent film history. She earned her Ph.D. in February 2024 with a dissertation on Bluebird Photoplays, examining the company’s production of five-reel feature films, their popularity in Japan, and the contributions of the company’s female filmmakers and actresses.
                    
                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1909!
                    
                    Films mentioned:
                    
                    • Those Awful Hats (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • The Country Doctor (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • Whimsical Illusions (1909) - Georges Méliès
                    • Goban Tadanobu (1909) - Shôzô Makino
                    • A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • True Heart Susie (1919) - D.W. Griffith
                    • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                    • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                    • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                    • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                    • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                    • Jiraiya the Hero (1921) - Shôzô Makino
                    • Orochi (1925) - Buntarō Futagawa
                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69185331Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanYuki Irikura, Assistant Professor at Waseda University, mostly selects D.W. Griffith films for her 1909 list, reflecting the director’s growing powers and appeal. She concludes, however, with old-school tricks and the debut of Japan’s first film star....
                    Yuki’s research focuses on Japanese and American silent film history. She earned her Ph.D. in February 2024 with a dissertation on Bluebird Photoplays, examining the company’s production of five-reel feature films, their popularity in Japan, and the contributions of the company’s female filmmakers and actresses.
                    
                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1909!
                    
                    Films mentioned:
                    
                    • Those Awful Hats (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • The Country Doctor (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • Whimsical Illusions (1909) - Georges Méliès
                    • Goban Tadanobu (1909) - Shôzô Makino
                    • A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • True Heart Susie (1919) - D.W. Griffith
                    • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                    • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                    • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                    • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                    • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                    • Jiraiya the Hero (1921) - Shôzô Makino
                    • Orochi (1925) - Buntarō Futagawa
                    ]]>3126film,moviesfalse115fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1909-e4-kathy-fuller-seeley--69081715At the Picture Show: Small Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture. Since then, her research interests have ranged to radio and back again to mid-1910s film history, and her interests similarly weave back and forth from morbid drama and eye-popping tricks.
                    
                    Kathy also produced the Blu-ray release Francis Ford: The Craving plus Three Shorts. She is co-author, with Frank Thompson, of the upcoming book The First Movie Studio in Texas: Gaston Méliès’ Star Film Ranch.
                    
                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top picks for 1909!
                    
                    Films and resources mentioned:
                    
                    • The Sealed Room (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton
                    • A Trip to Jupiter (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                    • The Mill (1909) - Alfred Machin
                    • The Cry of the Children (1912) - George Nichols
                    • The Fabelmans (2022) - Steven Spielberg
                    • The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                    • The Haunted House (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                    • The Movie Orgy (1968) - Joe Dante
                    • The Craving (1918) - Francis Ford
                    • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
                    • Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Buster Keaton
                    • The One Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                    • The Devilish Tenant (1909) - Georges Méliès
                    • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                    • Excursion to the Moon (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                    • The Cowboy Millionaire (1909) - Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
                    • Screening Out the Past: The Birth of Mass Culture and the Motion Picture Industry - Lary May
                    • The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900-1910 - Richard Abel
                    • Fulton History
                    • Before Mickey: The Animated Film 1898-1928 - Donald Crafton
                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69081715Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanKathy Fuller-Seeley, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, studied early cinema audiences with her book https://www.amazon.com/At-Picture-Show-Small-Town-Audiences/dp/0813920825. Since then, her research interests have...At the Picture Show: Small Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture. Since then, her research interests have ranged to radio and back again to mid-1910s film history, and her interests similarly weave back and forth from morbid drama and eye-popping tricks.
                    
                    Kathy also produced the Blu-ray release Francis Ford: The Craving plus Three Shorts. She is co-author, with Frank Thompson, of the upcoming book The First Movie Studio in Texas: Gaston Méliès’ Star Film Ranch.
                    
                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top picks for 1909!
                    
                    Films and resources mentioned:
                    
                    • The Sealed Room (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                    • Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909) - J. Stuart Blackton
                    • A Trip to Jupiter (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                    • The Mill (1909) - Alfred Machin
                    • The Cry of the Children (1912) - George Nichols
                    • The Fabelmans (2022) - Steven Spielberg
                    • The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                    • The Haunted House (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                    • The Movie Orgy (1968) - Joe Dante
                    • The Craving (1918) - Francis Ford
                    • The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Victor Sjöström
                    • Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Buster Keaton
                    • The One Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                    • The Devilish Tenant (1909) - Georges Méliès
                    • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                    • Excursion to the Moon (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                    • The Cowboy Millionaire (1909) - Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
                    • 2907film,moviesfalse114fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1909-e3-donald-crafton--68963498Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898-1928, a defining work of early animation history. Yet with the exception of one example from a filmmaker much discussed in that book and especially his other Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film, his picks range into the live action territory of editing innovations alongside the still-surviving tradition of trick films and actualities.
                      
                      Donald also wrote on the transition from silent cinema to sound production in The Talkies: American Cinema’s Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. Since retiring, he has written a play, Winsor and Gertie, that has been produced in Europe and the U.S, and which he has recently adapted as a feature-length screenplay.
                      
                      Films and resources mentioned:
                      
                      • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Spider and the Butterfly (1909) - Georges Méliès
                      • A Trip to the White Seas Fisheries (1909) - Joe Rosenthal
                      • Dick Is Not Dead (1909) - unknown
                      • The Man in the Moon (1909) -  Étienne Arnaud and Émile Cohl
                      • The Scarlet Drop (1918) - John Ford
                      • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                      • Cyrano de Bergerac (1923) -  Augusto Genina
                      • Baron Munchausen’s Dream (1911) - Georges Méliès
                      • Slippery Jim (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Wild and Woolly (1917) - John Emerson
                      • Un Chien Andalou (1929) - Luis Buñuel
                      • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                      • Women Film Pioneers Project
                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68963498Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanAuthor and scholar Donald Crafton wrote https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo3639284.html, a defining work of early animation history. Yet with the exception of one example from a filmmaker much discussed in that book and especially...Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898-1928, a defining work of early animation history. Yet with the exception of one example from a filmmaker much discussed in that book and especially his other Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film, his picks range into the live action territory of editing innovations alongside the still-surviving tradition of trick films and actualities.
                      
                      Donald also wrote on the transition from silent cinema to sound production in The Talkies: American Cinema’s Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. Since retiring, he has written a play, Winsor and Gertie, that has been produced in Europe and the U.S, and which he has recently adapted as a feature-length screenplay.
                      
                      Films and resources mentioned:
                      
                      • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Spider and the Butterfly (1909) - Georges Méliès
                      • A Trip to the White Seas Fisheries (1909) - Joe Rosenthal
                      • Dick Is Not Dead (1909) - unknown
                      • The Man in the Moon (1909) -  Étienne Arnaud and Émile Cohl
                      • The Scarlet Drop (1918) - John Ford
                      • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                      • Cyrano de Bergerac (1923) -  Augusto Genina
                      • Baron Munchausen’s Dream (1911) - Georges Méliès
                      • Slippery Jim (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Wild and Woolly (1917) - John Emerson
                      • Un Chien Andalou (1929) - Luis Buñuel
                      • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                      • Women Film Pioneers Project
                      ]]>3192film,moviesfalse113fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1909-e2-paddy-adamson--68834464Projecting America: The Epic Western and National Mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood. While this particular research interest is represented by one pick, albeit through a Danish interpretation of the genre, the rest of his picks showcase film comedy as it was interpreted in France, Italy, America, and beyond.
                      
                      Paddy is also editor of Open Screens and Film Journal. His research on 1920s Westerns has appeared in journals including Film History.
                      
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      • Slippery Jim (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Curtain Pole (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Happy New Year! (1909) - Arrigo Frusta
                      • The Two Gold Diggers (1909) - Viggo Larsen
                      • Why Girls Leave Home (1909) - unknown
                      • A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                      • The Cowboy Millionaire (1909) - Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
                      • The Millionaire Cowboy (1913) - unknown
                      • The Red Man’s View (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The House of Cards (1909) - Edwin S. Porter
                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                      • The Hazards of Helen (1914-1917) - J.P. McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis
                      • The Kiss (1929) - Jacques Feyder
                      • The Goddess (1934) - Wu Yonggang
                      • New Women (1935) - Cai Cusheng
                      • Why Girls Leave Home (1913) - C.J. Williams
                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68834464Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanPaddy Adamson, Associate Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, recently published his monograph https://www.oupress.com/9780806196077/projecting-america/. While this particular research interest is represented by one pick, albeit...Projecting America: The Epic Western and National Mythmaking in 1920s Hollywood. While this particular research interest is represented by one pick, albeit through a Danish interpretation of the genre, the rest of his picks showcase film comedy as it was interpreted in France, Italy, America, and beyond.
                      
                      Paddy is also editor of Open Screens and Film Journal. His research on 1920s Westerns has appeared in journals including Film History.
                      
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      • Slippery Jim (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Curtain Pole (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Happy New Year! (1909) - Arrigo Frusta
                      • The Two Gold Diggers (1909) - Viggo Larsen
                      • Why Girls Leave Home (1909) - unknown
                      • A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                      • The Cowboy Millionaire (1909) - Francis Boggs and Otis Turner
                      • The Millionaire Cowboy (1913) - unknown
                      • The Red Man’s View (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The House of Cards (1909) - Edwin S. Porter
                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                      • The Hazards of Helen (1914-1917) - J.P. McGowan and J. Gunnis Davis
                      • The Kiss (1929) - Jacques Feyder
                      • The Goddess (1934) - Wu Yonggang
                      • New Women (1935) - Cai Cusheng
                      • Why Girls Leave Home (1913) - C.J. Williams
                      ]]>3024film,moviesfalse112fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1909-e1-the-end-of-a-decade--68744809
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      • Hiawatha (1909) - William V. Ranous
                      • Disinherited Son’s Loyalty (1909) - Fred J. Balshofer
                      • In the Sultan’s Power (1909) - Francis Boggs
                      • The Heart of a Race Tout (1909) - Francis Boggs
                      • Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68744809Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe end of the first decade of the 20th century is a fitting time to reflect on the monumental changes facing the cinematic medium and the global industry that supported it in 1909. As this season will demonstrate, with an extremely diverse array of...
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      • Hiawatha (1909) - William V. Ranous
                      • Disinherited Son’s Loyalty (1909) - Fred J. Balshofer
                      • In the Sultan’s Power (1909) - Francis Boggs
                      • The Heart of a Race Tout (1909) - Francis Boggs
                      • Pippa Passes; or, The Song of Conscience (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                      ]]>380film,moviesfalse111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1908-e7-prestige-and-spectacle--68622671
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      
                      • Get Me a Stepladder (1908) - unknown
                      • Unterm Paraplui Nr. 87 (1908) - unknown
                      • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                      • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
                      • Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest (1908) - J. Searle Dawley
                      • The Electric Hotel (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68622671Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe introduction to this 1908 season addressed the elephant in the room: D.W. Grififth’s directorial debut. However, even though he came up quite a bit in the five conversations, his films didn’t dominate the selections (yet), and the heterogeneity of...
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      
                      • Get Me a Stepladder (1908) - unknown
                      • Unterm Paraplui Nr. 87 (1908) - unknown
                      • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                      • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
                      • Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest (1908) - J. Searle Dawley
                      • The Electric Hotel (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                      ]]>308film,moviesfalse107fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1908-e6-benjamin-schultz-figueroa--68525330
                      Ben is the author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life. He is currently working on two other book projects, tentatively titled Against Encounter: The Problem of Organicism in Animal Documentary and Beastly Futures: Rightwing Animal Aesthetics in the 21st Century.
                      
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      • The Grateful Mice (1908) - Giovanni Vitrotti
                      • Legend of a Ghost (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Harvest (1908) - unknown
                      • The Frog (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Electric Hotel (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Sinners (2025) - Ryan Coogler
                      • Grandma’s Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                      • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) - John Musker, Ron Clements, Dave Michener, and Burny Mattinson
                      • Maximum Overdrive (1986) - Stephen King
                      • Excursion to the Moon (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                      • Under the Skin (2013) - Jonathan Glazer
                      • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                      • The War and the Dream of Momi (1917) - Segundo de Chomón
                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68525330Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanBenjamín Schultz-Figueroa, Associate Professor of Film and Media at Seattle University, focuses his research on the history of scientific filmmaking, nontheatrical film, and animal studies. But except for a couple of intriguing threads related to this...
                      Ben is the author of The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life. He is currently working on two other book projects, tentatively titled Against Encounter: The Problem of Organicism in Animal Documentary and Beastly Futures: Rightwing Animal Aesthetics in the 21st Century.
                      
                      Films mentioned:
                      
                      • The Grateful Mice (1908) - Giovanni Vitrotti
                      • Legend of a Ghost (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Harvest (1908) - unknown
                      • The Frog (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • The Electric Hotel (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Sinners (2025) - Ryan Coogler
                      • Grandma’s Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                      • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) - John Musker, Ron Clements, Dave Michener, and Burny Mattinson
                      • Maximum Overdrive (1986) - Stephen King
                      • Excursion to the Moon (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                      • Under the Skin (2013) - Jonathan Glazer
                      • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                      • The War and the Dream of Momi (1917) - Segundo de Chomón
                      ]]>2912film,moviesfalse106fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1908-e5-donald-sosin--68418465
                      Donald and Joanna record for Criterion, Kino, Milestone, Flicker Alley and European labels. Their website is oldmoviemusic.com.
                      
                      Films mentioned:
                      • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Taming of the Shrew (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                      • Stenka Razin (1908) - Vladimir Romashkov
                      • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                      • The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Rupert Julian
                      • The Gold Rush (1925) - Charlie Chaplin
                      • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Broken Blossoms (1919) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The General (1926) - Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
                      • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                      • The City without Jews (1924) - Hans Karl Breslauer
                      • A Night at the Opera (1935) - Sam Wood
                      • Jaws (1975) - Steven Spielberg
                      • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                      • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
                      • Pass the Gravy (1928) - Fred Guiol
                      • The Diabolical Pickpocket (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                      • Rain (1929) - Mannus Franken and Joris Ivens
                      • Parsifal (1912) - Mario Caserini
                      • Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Alexander Nevsky (1938) - Sergei Eisenstein
                      • Ivan the Terrible (1945) - Sergei Eisenstein
                      • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
                      • The Night Before the Christmas (1913) - Ladislas Starevich
                      • The Origin of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (1909) - unknown
                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68418465Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanDonald Sosin has been composing and performing silent film music since 1971. His experience playing at major festivals all over the world, often with his wife, singer/percussionist Joanna Seaton, informs the milestone in film music that is one of his...
                      Donald and Joanna record for Criterion, Kino, Milestone, Flicker Alley and European labels. Their website is oldmoviemusic.com.
                      
                      Films mentioned:
                      • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The Taming of the Shrew (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                      • Stenka Razin (1908) - Vladimir Romashkov
                      • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                      • The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Rupert Julian
                      • The Gold Rush (1925) - Charlie Chaplin
                      • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                      • Broken Blossoms (1919) - D.W. Griffith
                      • The General (1926) - Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
                      • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                      • The City without Jews (1924) - Hans Karl Breslauer
                      • A Night at the Opera (1935) - Sam Wood
                      • Jaws (1975) - Steven Spielberg
                      • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                      • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
                      • Pass the Gravy (1928) - Fred Guiol
                      • The Diabolical Pickpocket (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                      • Rain (1929) - Mannus Franken and Joris...]]>3113film,moviesfalse105fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1908-e4-ivo-blom--68315424Jean Desmet and the Early Dutch Film Trade. His five selections for 1908 similarly give a broad picture of filmic development in the year and period, from attempted artfulness to technological novelties.
                        
                        Ivo has frequently published on Italian silent film and its links to art and visual culture, resulting in his most recent monograph Quo vadis?, Cabiria and the ‘Archaeologists’: Early Italian Cinema's Appropriation of Art and Archaeology. He is also the author of Reframing Luchino Visconti and is currently involved in the research project Museum of Dream Worlds: Silent Antiquity Films in the British National Film Archive.
                        
                        Films and resources mentioned:
                        • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                        • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
                        • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                        • Lion Hunting (1908) - Viggo Larsen
                        • Unterm Paraplui Nr. 87 (1908) - unknown
                        • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
                        • Judex (1916) - Louis Feuillade
                        • Queen Elizabeth (1912) - Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines
                        • La dame aux camélias (1912) - André Calmettes, Louis Mercanton, and Henri Pouctal
                        • The Fall of Troy (1911) - Giovanni Pastrone and Luigi Romano Borgnetto
                        • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
                        • Fabiola (1918) - Enrico Guazzoni
                        • Quo Vadis (1913) - Enrico Guazzoni
                        • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                        • The Last Days of Pompeii (1913) - Eleuterio Rodolfi
                        • Jone or the Last Days of Pompeii (1913) - Ubaldo Maria Del Colle and Giovanni Enrico Vidali
                        • Way Down East (1920) - D.W. Griffith
                        • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter or Jacob Blair Smith
                        • The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986) - Masanori Hata and Kon Ichikawa
                        • Atlantis (1913) - August Blom
                        • The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900-1910 - Richard Abel
                        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68315424Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanIvo Blom, lecturer in Comparative Arts & Media Studies at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, connected, through the lens of an early film pioneer in the Netherlands, international aesthetics and film industry markets with his book...Jean Desmet and the Early Dutch Film Trade. His five selections for 1908 similarly give a broad picture of filmic development in the year and period, from attempted artfulness to technological novelties.
                        
                        Ivo has frequently published on Italian silent film and its links to art and visual culture, resulting in his most recent monograph Quo vadis?, Cabiria and the ‘Archaeologists’: Early Italian Cinema's Appropriation of Art and Archaeology. He is also the author of Reframing Luchino Visconti and is currently involved in the research project Museum of Dream Worlds: Silent Antiquity Films in the British National Film Archive.
                        
                        Films and resources mentioned:
                        • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                        • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
                        • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                        • Lion Hunting (1908) - Viggo Larsen
                        • Unterm Paraplui Nr. 87 (1908) - unknown
                        • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
                        • Judex (1916) - Louis Feuillade
                        • Queen Elizabeth (1912) - Louis Mercanton and Henri Desfontaines
                        • La dame aux camélias (1912) - André Calmettes, Louis Mercanton, and Henri Pouctal
                        • The Fall of Troy (1911) - Giovanni Pastrone and Luigi Romano Borgnetto
                        • L’Inferno (1911) - Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe De Liguoro
                        • Fabiola (1918) - Enrico Guazzoni
                        • Quo Vadis (1913) - Enrico Guazzoni
                        • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                        • The Last Days of Pompeii (1913) - Eleuterio Rodolfi
                        • 3124film,moviesfalse104fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1908-e3-don-mchoull--68229252@silentmoviegifs, first on Twitter and now Bluesky. He has found viral success with striking images throughout silent film history, and with his picks, he similarly finds comedy, tricks, and drama that still resonate today.
                          
                          Don’s enthusiasm for silent movies led to his GIF creations over ten years ago. He has also been making long-form videos on film and comic strips on his YouTube channel.
                          
                          Films and resources mentioned:
                          
                          • His First Cigar (1908) - Louis J. Gasnier
                          • Excursion to the Moon (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                          • The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908) - Lewin Fitzhamon
                          • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
                          • L'Arlésienne (1908) - Albert Capellani
                          • Wings (1927) - William A. Wellman
                          • Workers Leaving Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                          • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                          • Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest (1908) - J. Searle Dawley
                          • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                          • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                          • Humanity through the Ages (1908) - Georges Méliès
                          • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                          • Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese
                          • Raging Bull (1980) - Martin Scorsese
                          • Reefer Madness (1936) - Louis J. Gasnier
                          • One A.M. (1916) - Charlie Chaplin
                          • Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908) - Max Linder
                          • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                          • The Dream of an Opium Fiend (1908) - Georges Méliès
                          • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                          • The Kiss (1896) - William Heise
                          • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                          • Taken (2008) - Pierre Morel
                          • Air Bud (1997) - Charles Martin Smith
                          • The Last Days of Pompeii (1913) - Eleuterio Rodolfi
                          • Jone or the Last Days of Pompeii (1913) - Ubaldo Maria Del Colle and Giovanni Enrico Vidali
                          • Pompeii (2014) - Paul W.S. Anderson
                          • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                          • The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) - Enoch J. Rector
                          • The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) - Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
                          • Ronin (1998) - John Frankheimer
                          • Les misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
                          • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
                          • The Zulu’s Heart (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                          • Movies Silently
                          • Albert Capellani: cinéaste du romanesque - Christine Leteux
                          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68229252Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanDon McHoull is the creator of https://bsky.app/profile/silentmoviegifs.bsky.social, first on Twitter and now Bluesky. He has found viral success with striking images throughout silent film history, and with his picks, he similarly finds comedy,...@silentmoviegifs, first on Twitter and now Bluesky. He has found viral success with striking images throughout silent film history, and with his picks, he similarly finds comedy, tricks, and drama that still resonate today.
                          
                          Don’s enthusiasm for silent movies led to his GIF creations over ten years ago. He has also been making long-form videos on film and comic strips on his YouTube channel.
                          
                          Films and resources mentioned:
                          
                          • His First Cigar (1908) - Louis J. Gasnier
                          • Excursion to the Moon (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                          • The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908) - Lewin Fitzhamon
                          • The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
                          • L'Arlésienne (1908) - Albert Capellani
                          • Wings (1927) - William A. Wellman
                          • Workers Leaving Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                          • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                          • Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest (1908) - J. Searle Dawley
                          • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                          • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                          • Humanity through the Ages (1908) - Georges Méliès
                          • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                          • Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese
                          • Raging Bull (1980) - Martin Scorsese
                          • Reefer Madness (1936) - Louis J. Gasnier
                          • One A.M. (1916) - Charlie Chaplin
                          • Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908) - Max Linder
                          • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                          • The Dream of an Opium Fiend (1908) - Georges Méliès
                          • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                          • 3705film,moviesfalse103fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1908-e2-tracey-goessel--68137432the Film Preservation Society and is in the thick of restoring all of the D.W. Griffith Biograph films. So it makes sense that she selects two films he made in his first year of directing, while also addressing comedy, morbidity, and the enduring appeal of dogs doing things.
                            
                            Tracey is the author of The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks. She is also on the board of directors of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, has published numerous articles on silent film history, and has lectured on Fairbanks widely.
                            
                            Films mentioned:
                            
                            • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908) - Max Linder
                            • The Thieving Hand (1908) - J. Stuart Blackton
                            • The Dog and His Various Merits (1908) - unknown
                            • An Awful Moment (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Good Bad-Man (1916) - Allan Dwan
                            • The Half-Breed (1916) - Allan Dwan
                            • The Guerilla (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Little Tease (1913) - D.W. Griffith
                            • Gold and Glitter (1912) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The White Rose of the Wilds (1911) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Scarlet Drop (1918) - John Ford
                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                            • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                            • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                            • Rough Sea at Dover (1895) - Birt Acres
                            • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                            • Robin Hood (1922) - Allan Dwan
                            • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                            • His Trust (1911) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Red Man and the Child (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                            • The Hands of Orlac (1924) - Robert Wiene
                            • Mad Love (1935) - Karl Freund
                            • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                            • Those Awful Hats (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                            • Romance of a Jewess (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
                            • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                            • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Jacob Blair Smith or Edwin S. Porter
                            • Dumbo (1941) - Ben Sharpsteen
                            • The Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                            • The Clash of the Wolves (1925) - Noel M. Smith
                            • A Tin-Type Romance (1910) - Laurence Trimble
                            • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Fatal Hour (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Chicken Thief (1902) - unknown
                            • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                            • Triumph of the Will (1935) - Leni Riefenstahl
                            • Coontown Suffragettes (1914) - unknown
                            • A Corner in Wheat (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68137432Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanAuthor and preservationist Tracey Goessel is the founder of https://www.filmpreservationsociety.org/ and is in the thick of restoring all of the D.W. Griffith Biograph films. So it makes sense that she selects two films he made in his first year of...the Film Preservation Society and is in the thick of restoring all of the D.W. Griffith Biograph films. So it makes sense that she selects two films he made in his first year of directing, while also addressing comedy, morbidity, and the enduring appeal of dogs doing things.
                            
                            Tracey is the author of The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks. She is also on the board of directors of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, has published numerous articles on silent film history, and has lectured on Fairbanks widely.
                            
                            Films mentioned:
                            
                            • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908) - Max Linder
                            • The Thieving Hand (1908) - J. Stuart Blackton
                            • The Dog and His Various Merits (1908) - unknown
                            • An Awful Moment (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Good Bad-Man (1916) - Allan Dwan
                            • The Half-Breed (1916) - Allan Dwan
                            • The Guerilla (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Little Tease (1913) - D.W. Griffith
                            • Gold and Glitter (1912) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The White Rose of the Wilds (1911) - D.W. Griffith
                            • The Scarlet Drop (1918) - John Ford
                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                            • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                            • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                            • Rough Sea at Dover (1895) - Birt Acres
                            • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                            • Robin Hood (1922) - Allan Dwan
                            • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                            • His Trust (1911) -...]]>3739film,moviesfalse102fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1908-e1-yes-griffith-is-here--68051207
                              Films mentioned:
                              
                              • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                              • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                              • Stenka Razin (1908) - Vladimir Romashkov
                              • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                              • Nick Carter, le roi des détectives (1908) - Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
                              • A Visit to the Seaside (1908) - George Albert Smith
                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68051207Wed, 08 Oct 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe beginning of D.W. Griffith’s directorial career looms large for 1908, with past seasons referring to the upcoming “Griffith era” and behind-the-scenes conversations with potential guests featuring requests to reach back out around this period of...
                              Films mentioned:
                              
                              • The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
                              • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
                              • Stenka Razin (1908) - Vladimir Romashkov
                              • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                              • Nick Carter, le roi des détectives (1908) - Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
                              • A Visit to the Seaside (1908) - George Albert Smith
                              ]]>363film,moviesfalse101fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1907-e7-old-styles-reign-supreme--67953410
                              Films mentioned:
                              
                              • The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
                              • The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                              • Vancouver (1907) - William Harbeck
                              • The Red Spectre (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                              • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907) - Georges Méliès
                              • The Eclipse: A Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) - Georges Méliès
                              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                              • Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - James Whale
                              • A Trip through British North Borneo (1907) - H.M. Lomas
                              • The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67953410Wed, 01 Oct 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanSome already old-school genres, from the chase film to the vaudeville recreation to the traveling actuality, made a good showing in the most selected films for this 1907 season. But the unique array of picks, among the most diverse list of films for...
                              Films mentioned:
                              
                              • The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
                              • The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                              • Vancouver (1907) - William Harbeck
                              • The Red Spectre (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                              • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907) - Georges Méliès
                              • The Eclipse: A Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) - Georges Méliès
                              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                              • Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - James Whale
                              • A Trip through British North Borneo (1907) - H.M. Lomas
                              • The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                              ]]>301film,moviesfalse97fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1907-e6-randy-haberkamp--67868027
                              Randy worked for CBS for 14 years, culminating as Director of Specials and Feature Films. He is also the founder of The Silent Society, a silent film preservation and appreciation group that has presented and preserved silent films in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years, and currently serves on the board of Hollywood Heritage.
                              
                              Films mentioned:
                              • Max Learns to Skate (1907) - Louis J. Gasnier
                              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                              • The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • Smuggled into America (1907) - unknown
                              • The Girl from Montana (1907) - Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson
                              • Modern Times (1936) - Charlie Chaplin
                              • The Rink (1916) - Charlie Chaplin
                              • Reefer Madness (1936) - Louis J. Gasnier
                              • Napoleon (1927) - Abel Gance
                              • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                              • Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler
                              • The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                              • A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
                              • The Count of Monte Cristo (1908) - Francis Boggs and Thomas Persons
                              • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                              • Repas de bébé (1895) - Louis Lumière
                              • L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895) - Louis Lumière
                              • Vertigo (1958) - Alfred Hitchcock
                              • In the Mood for Love (2000) - Wong Kar-wai
                              • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67868027Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm historian Randy Haberkamp just recently retired as the Executive Vice President of the Library, Archive and Sci-Tech for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where he held various positions for 23 years. With that experience in film...
                              Randy worked for CBS for 14 years, culminating as Director of Specials and Feature Films. He is also the founder of The Silent Society, a silent film preservation and appreciation group that has presented and preserved silent films in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years, and currently serves on the board of Hollywood Heritage.
                              
                              Films mentioned:
                              • Max Learns to Skate (1907) - Louis J. Gasnier
                              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                              • The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • Smuggled into America (1907) - unknown
                              • The Girl from Montana (1907) - Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson
                              • Modern Times (1936) - Charlie Chaplin
                              • The Rink (1916) - Charlie Chaplin
                              • Reefer Madness (1936) - Louis J. Gasnier
                              • Napoleon (1927) - Abel Gance
                              • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                              • Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler
                              • The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
                              • A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
                              • The Count of Monte Cristo (1908) - Francis Boggs and Thomas Persons
                              • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                              • Repas de bébé (1895) - Louis Lumière
                              • L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895) - Louis Lumière
                              • Vertigo (1958) - Alfred Hitchcock
                              • In the Mood for Love (2000) - Wong Kar-wai
                              • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                              ]]>3623film,moviesfalse96fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1907-e5-agata-frymus--67782050
                              Agata is the author of Damsels and Divas: European Stardom in Silent Hollywood. She was also a principal investigator on Black Cinema-Going in New York during the Interwar Period (2018-2020) and serves as a submissions editor for Early Popular Visual Culture.
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                              • Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Laughing Gas (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • Pocahontas: A Child of the Forest (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • Katsudō Shashin (1907) - unknown
                              • Laughing Gas (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                              • Pocahontas (1995) - Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg
                              • The New World (2005) - Terrence Malick
                              • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                              • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                              • The Dull Sword (1917) - Jun'ichi Kōuchi
                              • Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema - Maggie Hennefeld
                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67782050Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanAgata Frymus, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Monash University Malaysia, selects mostly comic films to represent 1907. But by rounding out her selections with an (only maybe regrettably?) lost historical drama and the first Japanese...
                              Agata is the author of Damsels and Divas: European Stardom in Silent Hollywood. She was also a principal investigator on Black Cinema-Going in New York during the Interwar Period (2018-2020) and serves as a submissions editor for Early Popular Visual Culture.
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                              • Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Laughing Gas (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • Pocahontas: A Child of the Forest (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • Katsudō Shashin (1907) - unknown
                              • Laughing Gas (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                              • Pocahontas (1995) - Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg
                              • The New World (2005) - Terrence Malick
                              • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                              • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                              • The Dull Sword (1917) - Jun'ichi Kōuchi
                              • Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema - Maggie Hennefeld
                              ]]>2990film,moviesfalse95fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1907-e4-sean-guinan--67670472Candy Town Follies. With that in mind, his selections cover a lot of topical and aesthetic ground, from eroticism and over-the-top comedy to social commentary and actuality footage of a major 20th century pop culture figure.
                              
                              Sean directed the 2000 feature film Flipping the Whale. He also led the musical group Candy Town from 2010 to 2016.
                              
                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1907!
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • Bridge Jump with Handcuff Escape (1907) - unknown
                              • Diana Bathing (1907) - Johann Schwarzer
                              • Children’s Reformatory (1907) - Charles Decroix
                              • The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
                              • The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas
                              • King Kong (1976) - John Guillermin
                              • Superman (1978) - Richard Donner
                              • Cabaret (1972) - Bob Fosse
                              • Bugsy Malone (1976) - Alan Parker
                              • Un chien andalou (1929) - Luis Buñuel
                              • Little Red Riding Hood (1997) - David Kaplan
                              • El Satario (1907) - unknown
                              • Man’s Castle (1933) - Frank Borzage
                              • The World of Apu (1959) - Satyajit Ray
                              • Cops (1922) - Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton
                              • The Blues Brothers (1980) - John Landis
                              • The Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • The Silent Clowns - Walter Kerr
                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67670472Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilmmaker and musician Sean Guinan has an eye for the surreal, as exhibited by his TikTok channel https://www.tiktok.com/@misterdobbs. With that in mind, his selections cover a lot of topical and aesthetic ground, from eroticism and over-the-top...Candy Town Follies. With that in mind, his selections cover a lot of topical and aesthetic ground, from eroticism and over-the-top comedy to social commentary and actuality footage of a major 20th century pop culture figure.
                              
                              Sean directed the 2000 feature film Flipping the Whale. He also led the musical group Candy Town from 2010 to 2016.
                              
                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1907!
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • Bridge Jump with Handcuff Escape (1907) - unknown
                              • Diana Bathing (1907) - Johann Schwarzer
                              • Children’s Reformatory (1907) - Charles Decroix
                              • The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
                              • The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas
                              • King Kong (1976) - John Guillermin
                              • Superman (1978) - Richard Donner
                              • Cabaret (1972) - Bob Fosse
                              • Bugsy Malone (1976) - Alan Parker
                              • Un chien andalou (1929) - Luis Buñuel
                              • Little Red Riding Hood (1997) - David Kaplan
                              • El Satario (1907) - unknown
                              • Man’s Castle (1933) - Frank Borzage
                              • The World of Apu (1959) - Satyajit Ray
                              • Cops (1922) - Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton
                              • The Blues Brothers (1980) - John Landis
                              • The Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • The Silent Clowns - Walter Kerr
                              ]]>3058film,moviesfalse94fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1907-e3-liz-clarke--67583182
                              Liz is the author of The American Girl Goes to War: Women and National Identity in US Film, 1908-1918. She also researches women writers in film and television from the silent period to contemporary female show-runners.
                              
                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1907!
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The “Teddy” Bears (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • The Doll’s Revenge (1907) - Cecil Hepworth
                              • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                              • Vancouver (1907) - William Harbeck
                              • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                              • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                              • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                              • Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                              • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                              • A Trip through British North Borneo (1907) - H.M. Lomas
                              • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                              • Films by the Year
                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67583182Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanThree of Associate Professor at Brock University Liz Clarke’s picks are defined by a sort of morbid delight. But with a cuddlier creature and the colonizing gaze represented in her other two selections, the conversation reveals more layers of the...
                              Liz is the author of The American Girl Goes to War: Women and National Identity in US Film, 1908-1918. She also researches women writers in film and television from the silent period to contemporary female show-runners.
                              
                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1907!
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The “Teddy” Bears (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • The Doll’s Revenge (1907) - Cecil Hepworth
                              • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                              • Vancouver (1907) - William Harbeck
                              • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                              • The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                              • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                              • Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                              • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                              • A Trip through British North Borneo (1907) - H.M. Lomas
                              • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                              • Films by the Year
                              ]]>3456film,moviesfalse93fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1907-e2-matt-page--67509541
                              Matt is the author of the BFI’s 100 Bible Films book and has contributed to a variety of books and journals. He also runs the Bible Films Blog.
                              
                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1907!
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • The Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                              • Cinderella (1907) - Albert Capellani
                              • The Red Spectre (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                              • The Blind Man of the Village (1907) - Antonio Cuesta and Ángel García Cardona
                              • Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler
                              • The King of Kings (1927) - Cecil B. DeMille
                              • The Sign of the Cross (1932) - Cecil B. DeMille
                              • Golgotha (1935) - Julien Duvivier
                              • L’exode (1910) - Louis Feuillade
                              • Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) - Louis Le Prince
                              • Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888) - Louis Le Prince
                              • The Butterflies (1906) - unknown
                              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                              • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) - Fred Niblo
                              • The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Madame’s Cravings (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Cleaning Man (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • That Fatal Sneeze (1907) - Lewin Fitzhamon
                              • The Runaway Horse (1908) - Louis J. Gasnier
                              • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                              • Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, East Side (1897) - Louis Lumière, Auguste Lumière, and Alexandre Promio
                              • The Life of Our Savior; or, the Passion Play (1914) - Maurice Maître
                              • Cinderella (1899) - Georges Méliès
                              • Cinderella (1950) - Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi
                              • Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) - Václav Vorlíček
                              • Schindler’s List (1993) - Steven Spielberg
                              • Cinderella (1911) - George Nichols
                              • The Doll’s Revenge (1907) - Cecil Hepworth
                              • The Haunted Hotel (1907) - J. Stuart Blackton
                              • The Haunted House (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                              • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                              • Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - James Whale
                              • Laughing Gas (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                              • “The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century”
                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67509541Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm historian Matt Page has been researching film adaptations of the Bible for over 20 years. And yet only one of his picks for 1907 stems from that source and this wide-ranging conversation also reaches chases, tricks, and more. Matt is the author...
                              Matt is the author of the BFI’s 100 Bible Films book and has contributed to a variety of books and journals. He also runs the Bible Films Blog.
                              
                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1907!
                              
                              Films and resources mentioned:
                              
                              • The Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                              • Cinderella (1907) - Albert Capellani
                              • The Red Spectre (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                              • The Blind Man of the Village (1907) - Antonio Cuesta and Ángel García Cardona
                              • Ben-Hur (1959) - William Wyler
                              • The King of Kings (1927) - Cecil B. DeMille
                              • The Sign of the Cross (1932) - Cecil B. DeMille
                              • Golgotha (1935) - Julien Duvivier
                              • L’exode (1910) - Louis Feuillade
                              • Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) - Louis Le Prince
                              • Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888) - Louis Le Prince
                              • The Butterflies (1906) - unknown
                              • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                              • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) - Fred Niblo
                              • The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Irresistible Piano (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • Madame’s Cravings (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Cleaning Man (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                              • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) -...]]>4961film,moviesfalse92fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1907-e1-studios-legal-battles-criticism-oh-my--67411183
                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1907!
                                
                                Films mentioned:
                                
                                • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                                • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                • The Prodigal Son (1907) - Michel Carré
                                • An Exciting Honeymoon (1905) - unknown
                                • Life of a Cowboy (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67411183Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan Ettleman1907, somewhat unlike the past couple years covered on this show, is chock-full of historical developments with details that are fun to plumb. But exploring the legal battles, studio foundings, and trade journal publications of the year just sets up...
                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your top five for 1907!
                                
                                Films mentioned:
                                
                                • Ben Hur (1907) - Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose
                                • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                • The Prodigal Son (1907) - Michel Carré
                                • An Exciting Honeymoon (1905) - unknown
                                • Life of a Cowboy (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                ]]>397film,moviesfalse91fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1906-e7-a-trip-down-history-lane--67335695
                                Films mentioned:
                                
                                • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67335695Wed, 13 Aug 2025 07:00:09 +0000Tristan EttlemanMaybe it’s just Tristan who is surprised by the film that topped this season’s collective list. But its inclusion at all, and its ubiquity in submitters' lists, reflects that the balance of narrative and actuality is not quite as heavily weighted in...
                                Films mentioned:
                                
                                • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                                ]]>344film,moviesfalse87fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1906-e6-coraline-refort--67252451
                                At University of Sassari, Coraline works on the national project “WOW – Women Writing around the Camera,” which focuses on mapping the autobiographical writings of Italian actresses. She holds a PhD in Film History from the University of Florence, in cotutelle with Sorbonne Nouvelle University, where her dissertation explored the French career of Alice Guy-Blaché.
                                
                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five of 1906!
                                
                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                
                                • Madame’s Cravings (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • The Maids’ Strike (1906) - Charles-Lucien Lépine
                                • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                • The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • Esméralda (1905) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • Nurses’ Strike (1907) - André Heuzé
                                • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                • Pauvre Pierrot (1892) - Émile Reynaud
                                • Steamboat Willie (1928) - Walt Disney
                                • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                • The Boxing Cats (1894) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                • Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                • Cinema’s First Nasty Women
                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67252451Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanMost of the picks from Coraline Refort, postdoc fellow at University of Sassari, offer exciting readings through the lens of feminism. But she also examines an animation milestone and a microcosm of film tricks up to 1906. At University of Sassari,...
                                At University of Sassari, Coraline works on the national project “WOW – Women Writing around the Camera,” which focuses on mapping the autobiographical writings of Italian actresses. She holds a PhD in Film History from the University of Florence, in cotutelle with Sorbonne Nouvelle University, where her dissertation explored the French career of Alice Guy-Blaché.
                                
                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five of 1906!
                                
                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                
                                • Madame’s Cravings (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • The Maids’ Strike (1906) - Charles-Lucien Lépine
                                • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                • The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • Esméralda (1905) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • Nurses’ Strike (1907) - André Heuzé
                                • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                • Pauvre Pierrot (1892) - Émile Reynaud
                                • Steamboat Willie (1928) - Walt Disney
                                • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                • The Boxing Cats (1894) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                • Race for the Sausage (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                • Cinema’s First Nasty Women
                                ]]>3172film,moviesfalse86fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1906-e5-joshua-yumibe--67081349
                                Joshua is the author of Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism and co-author of Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema and Chromatic Modernity: Color, Cinema, and Media of the 1920s. He is also an editor of Screen and of the Contemporary Film Directors at the University of Illinois Press.
                                
                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1906!
                                
                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                
                                • The Witch (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • Miniature Theatre (1906) - Gaston Velle
                                • Tit-for-Tat (1906) - Gaston Velle
                                • The Butterflies (1906) - unknown
                                • Le chemineau (1906) - Albert Capellani
                                • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson
                                • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Legend of Rip Van Winkle (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • Bob’s Electric Theatre (1909) - unknown
                                • An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                • Grandma’s Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                • Mickey’s Garden (1935) - Wilfred Jackson
                                • Under the Skin (2013) - Jonathan Glazer
                                • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                • Les Misérables (1934) - Raymond Bernard
                                • Les Misérables (1925) - Henri Fescourt
                                • Les Misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
                                • The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - D.W. Griffith
                                • Discovering Cinema: Learning to Talk & Movies Dream in Color
                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67081349Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanMichigan State University professor Joshua Yumibe has spent much of his research career examining color in silent film (and beyond). Having that particular lens, it makes sense that all of his picks contain some aspect of color, most of them quite...
                                Joshua is the author of Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism and co-author of Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema and Chromatic Modernity: Color, Cinema, and Media of the 1920s. He is also an editor of Screen and of the Contemporary Film Directors at the University of Illinois Press.
                                
                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1906!
                                
                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                
                                • The Witch (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • Miniature Theatre (1906) - Gaston Velle
                                • Tit-for-Tat (1906) - Gaston Velle
                                • The Butterflies (1906) - unknown
                                • Le chemineau (1906) - Albert Capellani
                                • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson
                                • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                • The Legend of Rip Van Winkle (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                • Bob’s Electric Theatre (1909) - unknown
                                • An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                • Grandma’s Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                • Mickey’s Garden (1935) - Wilfred Jackson
                                • Under the Skin (2013) - Jonathan Glazer
                                • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                • Les Misérables (1934) - Raymond Bernard
                                • Les Misérables (1925) - Henri Fescourt
                                • Les Misérables (1912) - Albert Capellani
                                • 4643film,moviesfalse85fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1906-e4-oliver-gaycken--67062399
                                  Oliver is the author of Devices of Curiosity: Early Cinema and Popular Science. His articles have appeared in Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, Science in Context, Journal of Visual Culture, Early Popular Visual Culture, Screen, and the collection Learning with the Lights Off.
                                  
                                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1906!
                                  
                                  Films and resources mentioned:
                                  
                                  • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                  • A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.’s Biscuit Works (1906) - unknown
                                  • La neuropatologia (1906) - Roberto Omegna
                                  • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                  • The Vacuum Cleaner (1906) - Segundo de Chomón
                                  • [warning] Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                  • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                  • San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 (1906) - unknown
                                  • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                  • Eureka (1974) - Ernie Gehr
                                  • Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969) - Ken Jacobs
                                  • Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) - Bill Morrison
                                  • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                  • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                  • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                  • La Séparation de Doodica-Radica (1902) - Eugène-Louis Doyen
                                  • [warning] Epileptic Seizure nos. 1-9 (1905) - Walter G. Chase
                                  • The Enchanted Drawing (1900) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                  • Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl
                                  • Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) - Winsor McCay
                                  • A Lightning Sketch (Chamberlain) [1896] - Georges Méliès
                                  • The Magnetized Man (1906) - Louis Feuillade
                                  • Fantômas (1913) - Louis Feuillade
                                  • Les vampires (1915) - Louis Feuillade
                                  • Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) - Fritz Lang
                                  • “‘Experiments of Destruction’: Cinematic Inscriptions of Physiology” - Lisa Cartwright
                                  • Picturing Time: The Work of Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) - Marta Braun
                                  • “The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century”
                                  • Medicine on Screen
                                  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67062399Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanOliver Gaycken, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, has a particular interest in early cinema and popular science. That perspective is brought to bear on most of his five picks, including both fiction and nonfiction films....
                                  Oliver is the author of Devices of Curiosity: Early Cinema and Popular Science. His articles have appeared in Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, Science in Context, Journal of Visual Culture, Early Popular Visual Culture, Screen, and the collection Learning with the Lights Off.
                                  
                                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1906!
                                  
                                  Films and resources mentioned:
                                  
                                  • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                  • A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.’s Biscuit Works (1906) - unknown
                                  • La neuropatologia (1906) - Roberto Omegna
                                  • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                  • The Vacuum Cleaner (1906) - Segundo de Chomón
                                  • [warning] Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                  • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                  • San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 (1906) - unknown
                                  • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                  • Eureka (1974) - Ernie Gehr
                                  • Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son (1969) - Ken Jacobs
                                  • Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) - Bill Morrison
                                  • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                  • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                  • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                  • La Séparation de Doodica-Radica (1902) - Eugène-Louis Doyen
                                  • [warning] Epileptic Seizure nos. 1-9 (1905) - Walter G. Chase
                                  • 3626film,moviesfalse84fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1906-e3-mario-slugan--66977808the book on fiction in early cinema. With that background and research in mind, he selects four films that may fit into what we consider narrative before turning to a standout “nonfiction” film that looms large for 1906.
                                    
                                    Mario has written three other monographs, including the upcoming Taking Fiction Film Seriously. He is also co-editor of New Perspectives on Early Cinema History and the special double issue of Early Popular Visual Culture, "Early Cinema in the British Colonies.”
                                    
                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1906!
                                    
                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                    • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                    • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                    • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                    • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Hamilton (2020) - Thomas Kail
                                    • American Utopia (2020) - Spike Lee
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                    • Jurassic Park (1993) - Steven Spielberg
                                    • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - Martin Scorsese
                                    • The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                    • They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - Peter Jackson
                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66977808Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanMario Slugan, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, has literally written https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/fiction-and-imagination-in-early-cinema-9781350115682/. With that background and research in mind, he selects four films that may fit...the book on fiction in early cinema. With that background and research in mind, he selects four films that may fit into what we consider narrative before turning to a standout “nonfiction” film that looms large for 1906.
                                    
                                    Mario has written three other monographs, including the upcoming Taking Fiction Film Seriously. He is also co-editor of New Perspectives on Early Cinema History and the special double issue of Early Popular Visual Culture, "Early Cinema in the British Colonies.”
                                    
                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1906!
                                    
                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                    • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                    • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Consequences of Feminism (1906) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                    • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                    • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Hamilton (2020) - Thomas Kail
                                    • American Utopia (2020) - Spike Lee
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                    • Jurassic Park (1993) - Steven Spielberg
                                    • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - Martin Scorsese
                                    • The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                    • They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) - Peter Jackson
                                    ]]>3337film,moviesfalse83fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1906-e2-carl-bennett--66889223silentera.com, has run the crucial resource covering the first decades of film since 1999. He selects five films reflecting the growing trend of narrativization of cinema, with one notable exception in his conclusion.
                                    
                                    Carl’s site provides information about silent motion pictures, silent era people, the era’s theatres, documentation and reviews of home video editions of silent films, book reviews, and more.
                                    
                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Spring Fairy (1906) - Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn
                                    • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                    • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                    • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                    • The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) - Edward Bernds
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                    • Schindler’s List (1993) - Steven Spielberg
                                    • An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
                                    • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                    • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                    • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                    • The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Rupert Julian
                                    • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66889223Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanCarl Bennett, publisher and editor of http://silentera.com, has run the crucial resource covering the first decades of film since 1999. He selects five films reflecting the growing trend of narrativization of cinema, with one notable exception in his...silentera.com, has run the crucial resource covering the first decades of film since 1999. He selects five films reflecting the growing trend of narrativization of cinema, with one notable exception in his conclusion.
                                    
                                    Carl’s site provides information about silent motion pictures, silent era people, the era’s theatres, documentation and reviews of home video editions of silent films, book reviews, and more.
                                    
                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Spring Fairy (1906) - Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn
                                    • The ? Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                    • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906) - Georges Méliès
                                    • A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906) - Harry Miles
                                    • The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) - Edward Bernds
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                    • Schindler’s List (1993) - Steven Spielberg
                                    • An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
                                    • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                    • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                    • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                    • The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Rupert Julian
                                    • Intolerance (1916) - D.W. Griffith
                                    ]]>2775film,moviesfalse82fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1906-e1-firsts-and-finance--66801071
                                    Films mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                    • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                    
                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66801071Wed, 02 Jul 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanFrom changes in distribution and exhibition to formal firsts (with caveats), 1906 carries just a few pieces of oft-cited film history. But this season, on a year that is still very much part of cinema's earliest growth spurts, illustrates the...
                                    Films mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) - Charles Tait
                                    • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                    
                                    ]]>218film,moviesfalse81fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1905-e7-the-experiments-continue--66583510
                                    Films mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (1905) - Albert and Willy Mullens
                                    • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                    • The Night Before Christmas (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                                    • The Miller’s Daughter (1905) - Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon
                                    • An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Palace of the Arabian Nights (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66583510Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanWhile the “nickelodeon boom” began in the United States and the global film industry was standardizing certain production elements, many of the conversations for this 1905 season turned to how wide the modes of moviemaking still were, resulting in...
                                    Films mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (1905) - Albert and Willy Mullens
                                    • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                    • The Night Before Christmas (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                                    • The Miller’s Daughter (1905) - Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon
                                    • An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Palace of the Arabian Nights (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    ]]>317film,moviesfalse77fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1905-e6-mary-mallory--66468012
                                    Mary’s most recent book is First Women of Hollywood: Female Pioneers in the Early Motion Picture Business. She is also a lecturer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and blogger for the LA Daily Mirror.
                                    
                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1905!
                                    
                                    Films mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Living Playing Cards (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                    • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                                    • The Night Before Christmas (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Gone with the Wind (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                    • The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Henry Selick
                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66468012Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm historian and author Mary Mallory has written five books about cinematic yesteryear. With her research of past traditions and underappreciated figures in mind, Mary selects some films that reflect the intermediality of early film and its basis in...
                                    Mary’s most recent book is First Women of Hollywood: Female Pioneers in the Early Motion Picture Business. She is also a lecturer for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and blogger for the LA Daily Mirror.
                                    
                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1905!
                                    
                                    Films mentioned:
                                    
                                    • The Living Playing Cards (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                    • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                                    • The Night Before Christmas (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Gone with the Wind (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                    • The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Henry Selick
                                    ]]>2519film,moviesfalse76fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1905-e5-chris-o-rourke--66359934Acting for the Silent Screen: Film Actors and Aspiration between the Wars. While film acting wasn’t quite a specific discipline in 1905, that distinction would arise sooner than one might think, and in the meantime, Chris’ picks explore UK innovations in editing, pace, and length, French spectacle, and American actuality.
                                    
                                    Chris also developed the website London's Silent Cinemas, which mapped early film exhibition sites across the city. His other research interests include queer and trans film history and he is one of the editors of the academic journal Early Popular Visual Culture.
                                    
                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1905!
                                    
                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                    
                                    • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil Hepworth
                                    • The Life of Charles Peace (1905) - William Haggar
                                    • The Black Imp (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Hen that Laid the Golden Eggs (1905) - Gaston Velle
                                    • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The International Exchange (1905) - Lewin Fitzhamon
                                    • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • History of a Crime (1901) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                    • The Life of Charles Peace (1905) - Frank S. Mottershaw
                                    • A Terrible Night (1896) - Georges Méliès
                                    • King of Dollars (1905) - Segundo de Chomón
                                    • Down in the Coal Mines (1905) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                                    • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                    • The Boarding School Girls (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (1927) - Walter Ruttmann
                                    • The “Teddy” Bears (1907) - Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Spirited Away (2001) - Hayao Miyazaki
                                    • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau
                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66359934Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanChris O’Rourke, Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick, explores the early history of film acting, stardom and fandom in Britain up to the end of the silent era in his book...Acting for the Silent Screen: Film Actors and Aspiration between the Wars. While film acting wasn’t quite a specific discipline in 1905, that distinction would arise sooner than one might think, and in the meantime, Chris’ picks explore UK innovations in editing, pace, and length, French spectacle, and American actuality.
                                    
                                    Chris also developed the website London's Silent Cinemas, which mapped early film exhibition sites across the city. His other research interests include queer and trans film history and he is one of the editors of the academic journal Early Popular Visual Culture.
                                    
                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1905!
                                    
                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                    
                                    • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil Hepworth
                                    • The Life of Charles Peace (1905) - William Haggar
                                    • The Black Imp (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                    • The Hen that Laid the Golden Eggs (1905) - Gaston Velle
                                    • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • The International Exchange (1905) - Lewin Fitzhamon
                                    • The Lonely Villa (1909) - D.W. Griffith
                                    • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • History of a Crime (1901) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                    • The Life of Charles Peace (1905) - Frank S. Mottershaw
                                    • A Terrible Night (1896) - Georges Méliès
                                    • King of Dollars (1905) - Segundo de Chomón
                                    • Down in the Coal Mines (1905) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                                    • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                    • The Boarding School Girls (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                    • Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (1927) - Walter Ruttmann
                                    • 75fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1905-e4-scott-curtis--66287886
                                      Scott is the author of The Shape of Spectatorship: Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany. He is the former president of Domitor, the international society for the study of early cinema.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five of 1905!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Five O’Clock Tea (1905) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Epileptic Seizure nos. 1-9 (1905) - Walter G. Chase
                                      • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • A Crazy Composer (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Dirigible ‘Homeland’ (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • Surgical Operation (1905) - unknown
                                      • Up-to-date Surgery (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Turn-of-the-Century Surgery (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Silent Film Sound - Rick Altman
                                      • Screening the Body: Tracing Medicine’s Visual Culture - Lisa Cartwright
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66287886Wed, 28 May 2025 07:00:10 +0000Tristan EttlemanScott Curtis, associate professor of radio/film/television and communication at Northwestern University, has published extensively on the use of moving images in scientific and medical research, education, and communication. That particular interest...
                                      Scott is the author of The Shape of Spectatorship: Art, Science, and Early Cinema in Germany. He is the former president of Domitor, the international society for the study of early cinema.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five of 1905!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Five O’Clock Tea (1905) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Epileptic Seizure nos. 1-9 (1905) - Walter G. Chase
                                      • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • A Crazy Composer (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Dirigible ‘Homeland’ (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • Surgical Operation (1905) - unknown
                                      • Up-to-date Surgery (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Turn-of-the-Century Surgery (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Silent Film Sound - Rick Altman
                                      • Screening the Body: Tracing Medicine’s Visual Culture - Lisa Cartwright
                                      ]]>3724film,moviesfalse74fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1905-e3-shawn-hall--66155546Shawn Toks Silents TikTok account, where he is currently working his way through reviewing each movie on Silent Era’s Top 100 Silent Movies List. He stretches back a little bit further than most silent film enthusiasts, however, by exploring 1905 through films of “serious” topics and advancing forms of comedy and feel-good stories.
                                      
                                      Shawn also writes his long-form thoughts on silent cinema and early Hollywood at his blog The Everyday Cinephile.
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (1905) - Albert and Willy Mullens
                                      • Revolution in Russia (1905) - Lucien Nonguet
                                      • A Trip to Salt Lake City (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • The Night Before Christmas (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Nihilist (1905) - Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
                                      • Greed (1924) - Erich von Stroheim
                                      • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                                      • Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) - Henry Lehrman
                                      • Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Sergei Eisenstein
                                      • A Night at the Opera (1935) - Sam Wood
                                      • Santa Claus (1898) - George Albert Smith
                                      • White Christmas (1954) - Michael Curtiz
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
                                      • The Suburbanite (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
                                      • The Red Rooster Scare - Richard Abel
                                      • The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 - Charles Musser
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66155546Wed, 21 May 2025 07:00:10 +0000Tristan EttlemanShawn Hall brings his love of silent films to new audiences through his https://www.tiktok.com/@silentshawn95 TikTok account, where he is currently working his way through reviewing each movie on https://www.silentera.com/info/top100.html. He...Shawn Toks Silents TikTok account, where he is currently working his way through reviewing each movie on Silent Era’s Top 100 Silent Movies List. He stretches back a little bit further than most silent film enthusiasts, however, by exploring 1905 through films of “serious” topics and advancing forms of comedy and feel-good stories.
                                      
                                      Shawn also writes his long-form thoughts on silent cinema and early Hollywood at his blog The Everyday Cinephile.
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach (1905) - Albert and Willy Mullens
                                      • Revolution in Russia (1905) - Lucien Nonguet
                                      • A Trip to Salt Lake City (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • The Night Before Christmas (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Nihilist (1905) - Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
                                      • Greed (1924) - Erich von Stroheim
                                      • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                                      • Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) - Henry Lehrman
                                      • Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Sergei Eisenstein
                                      • A Night at the Opera (1935) - Sam Wood
                                      • Santa Claus (1898) - George Albert Smith
                                      • White Christmas (1954) - Michael Curtiz
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
                                      • The Suburbanite (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
                                      • The Red Rooster Scare - Richard Abel
                                      • The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 - Charles Musser
                                      ]]>3292film,moviesfalse73fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1905-e2-dan-willard--66051886site and YouTube channel, which have been linked to many times in this very show’s notes (in this case, ranging from comedy and the féerie to “message films” and naturalism).
                                      
                                      Dan is also a professional musician, composer, producer, and teacher and is currently working on an online History of Western Art Music.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five of 1905!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • First Night Out (1905) - Louis J. Gasnier
                                      • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                                      • The Kleptomaniac (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Palace of the Arabian Knights (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Down in the Coal Mines (1905) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                                      • Eraserhead (1977) - David Lynch
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Ex-Convict (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Little Train Robbery (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Barber of Seville (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Germinal (1913) - Albert Capellani
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66051886Wed, 14 May 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanDan Willard’s interest in film was fostered by a viewing of Eraserhead in 1977 and a number of UCLA film classes. In more recent years and reflecting the depths of his cinephilia, that has manifested in his extensive Films by the Year...site and YouTube channel, which have been linked to many times in this very show’s notes (in this case, ranging from comedy and the féerie to “message films” and naturalism).
                                      
                                      Dan is also a professional musician, composer, producer, and teacher and is currently working on an online History of Western Art Music.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five of 1905!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • First Night Out (1905) - Louis J. Gasnier
                                      • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth and Lewin Fitzhamon
                                      • The Kleptomaniac (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Palace of the Arabian Knights (1905) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Down in the Coal Mines (1905) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                                      • Eraserhead (1977) - David Lynch
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Ex-Convict (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Little Train Robbery (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Barber of Seville (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Coney Island at Night (1905) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Germinal (1913) - Albert Capellani
                                      ]]>1898film,moviesfalse72fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1905-e1-the-nickelodeon-boom--65930994
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1905!]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65930994Wed, 07 May 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe year 1905 pops up early in many film histories to address the start of the "nickelodeon era." As past seasons have shown, the Harris brothers' Pittsburgh storefront wasn't truly the first space dedicated to showing movies, but it and others...
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1905!]]>238film,moviesfalse71fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1904-e7-an-awkward-year--65657811
                                      Films mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Court Ladies Bathing (1904) - unknown
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife through the New York Herald Personal Column (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • Dog Factory (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Suburbanite (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904) - Segundo de Chomón
                                      • Burglars at Work (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • The Christmas Angel (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65657811Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanThis season’s conversations about film in 1904 often turned to the “awkwardness” of finding standout titles and defining the most representative developments in the art, business, and reception of cinema. Nevertheless, this year’s five guests...
                                      Films mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Court Ladies Bathing (1904) - unknown
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife through the New York Herald Personal Column (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • Dog Factory (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Suburbanite (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904) - Segundo de Chomón
                                      • Burglars at Work (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • The Christmas Angel (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      ]]>365film,moviesfalse67fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1904-e6-celine-ruivo--65572059
                                      Céline holds a doctorate in cinema and teaches film preservation at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She is currently in charge of film restoration projects with two European cinémathèques and also directed the documentary Cinégraphies, les femmes de la tempête (2023).
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle (1904) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • The Flight of a Crane Fly (1904) - Lucien Bull
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                      • Alcohol and its Victims (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Down in the Coal Mines (1905) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Le cinématographe des magiciens: 1896-1906, un cycle magique - Frédéric Tabet
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65572059Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm preservationist Céline Ruivo brings an eye for color and pre-cinema to her five early cinema picks for 1904. From scientific intent to fantasy, and industrialism and modernity in between, she demonstrates how an apparently unmemorable year like...
                                      Céline holds a doctorate in cinema and teaches film preservation at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She is currently in charge of film restoration projects with two European cinémathèques and also directed the documentary Cinégraphies, les femmes de la tempête (2023).
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle (1904) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • The Flight of a Crane Fly (1904) - Lucien Bull
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • The Strike (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                      • Alcohol and its Victims (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Down in the Coal Mines (1905) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Le cinématographe des magiciens: 1896-1906, un cycle magique - Frédéric Tabet
                                      ]]>2671film,moviesfalse66fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1904-e5-martin-l-johnson--65389411the book on local films in the United States. While most of his picks fit into that definition, he also brings comic chases and early filmic nudity into the conversation.
                                      
                                      Martin is also co-president of Domitor, the international society for the study of early cinema. He is currently completing a monograph on the history of the advertising film and co-editing, with Liz Clarke, a forthcoming collection on silent cinema that features films that expand, complicate, and deepen our understanding of silent era film.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Girls Winding Armatures (1904) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • The Heir of Pruna House (1904) - Segundo de Chomón
                                      • Annual Baby Parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. (1904) - Alfred C. Abadie
                                      • Opening Ceremonies, New York Subway, October 27, 1904 (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Court Ladies Bathing (1904) - unknown
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • El Satario (1907) - unknown
                                      • Main Street Movies: The History of Local Films in the United States - Martin L. Johnson
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65389411Wed, 09 Apr 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanMartin L. Johnson, film historian and Associate Professor in English and Comparative Literature at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has literally written https://iupress.org/9780253032539/main-street-movies/. While most of his picks fit...the book on local films in the United States. While most of his picks fit into that definition, he also brings comic chases and early filmic nudity into the conversation.
                                      
                                      Martin is also co-president of Domitor, the international society for the study of early cinema. He is currently completing a monograph on the history of the advertising film and co-editing, with Liz Clarke, a forthcoming collection on silent cinema that features films that expand, complicate, and deepen our understanding of silent era film.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Girls Winding Armatures (1904) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • The Heir of Pruna House (1904) - Segundo de Chomón
                                      • Annual Baby Parade, 1904, Asbury Park, N.J. (1904) - Alfred C. Abadie
                                      • Opening Ceremonies, New York Subway, October 27, 1904 (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Court Ladies Bathing (1904) - unknown
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • New York Subway (1905) - Billy Bitzer
                                      • El Satario (1907) - unknown
                                      • Main Street Movies: The History of Local Films in the United States - Martin L. Johnson
                                      ]]>2551film,moviesfalse65fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1904-e4-dimitrios-latsis--65261919
                                      Dimitrios is the author of How the Movies Got a Past: A Historiography of American Cinema, 1894-1930. He has also co-edited a special issue of The Moving Image, the journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists on the topic of Digital Humanities and/in Film Archives and an anthology on documentaries about the visual arts in the 1950s and 60s for Bloomsbury Academic.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Ball Passing Through a Soap Bubble (1904) - Lucien Bull
                                      • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek (1904) - Harry Buckwalter
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Évènements russo-japonais (1904) - Lucien Nonguet
                                      • Living London (1904) - unknown
                                      • The Wrong Door (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Burglars at Work (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • Japanese Varieties (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • How the Movies Got a Past: A Historiography of American Cinema, 1894-1930 - Dimitrios Latsis
                                      • The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900-1910 - Richard Abel
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65261919Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanDimitrios Latsis, Associate Professor in Digital and Audiovisual Preservation at the University of Alabama, has worked extensively in the fields of American visual culture, early cinema, archival studies, and digital humanities. These interests are...
                                      Dimitrios is the author of How the Movies Got a Past: A Historiography of American Cinema, 1894-1930. He has also co-edited a special issue of The Moving Image, the journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists on the topic of Digital Humanities and/in Film Archives and an anthology on documentaries about the visual arts in the 1950s and 60s for Bloomsbury Academic.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Ball Passing Through a Soap Bubble (1904) - Lucien Bull
                                      • A Butterfly’s Metamorphosis (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek (1904) - Harry Buckwalter
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Évènements russo-japonais (1904) - Lucien Nonguet
                                      • Living London (1904) - unknown
                                      • The Wrong Door (1904) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Burglars at Work (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • Japanese Varieties (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • How the Movies Got a Past: A Historiography of American Cinema, 1894-1930 - Dimitrios Latsis
                                      • The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900-1910 - Richard Abel
                                      ]]>2947film,moviesfalse64fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1904-e3-george-willeman--65089394
                                      At a young age, George got hooked on 8mm releases from the renowned Blackhawk Films company. He brought this lifelong passion to his degree in film production and began his time at the Library with a part-time job as an inspector of nitrate film cans.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      • Gage d’amour (1904) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                                      • The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Dog Factory (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Saving Brinton (2017) - Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne
                                      • The Heart of Lincoln (1922) - Francis Ford
                                      • The Heart of Lincoln (1915) - Francis Ford
                                      • When Lincoln Paid (1913) - Francis Ford
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and the Moon (1907) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Mon Oncle (1958) - Jacques Tati
                                      • The Patriot (1928) - Ernst Lubitsch
                                      • Wonder Dogs
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65089394Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanGeorge Willeman has been the Nitrate Film Vault Leader at the Library of Congress for 41 years. Having been in love with movies as far back as he can remember, George is still constantly amazed at the discoveries found within the Library’s nitrate...
                                      At a young age, George got hooked on 8mm releases from the renowned Blackhawk Films company. He brought this lifelong passion to his degree in film production and began his time at the Library with a part-time job as an inspector of nitrate film cans.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      • Gage d’amour (1904) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                                      • The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Dog Factory (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Saving Brinton (2017) - Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne
                                      • The Heart of Lincoln (1922) - Francis Ford
                                      • The Heart of Lincoln (1915) - Francis Ford
                                      • When Lincoln Paid (1913) - Francis Ford
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and the Moon (1907) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Mon Oncle (1958) - Jacques Tati
                                      • The Patriot (1928) - Ernst Lubitsch
                                      • Wonder Dogs
                                      ]]>3007film,moviesfalse63fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1904-e2-steve-massa--64942803
                                      Steve is the author of Lames Brains and Lunatics: The Good, the Bad, and the Forgotten of Silent Comedy and its sequel as well as many other books. He also co-hosts Silent Comedy Watch Party with Ben Model, has curated comedy film programs for institutions and festivals, and has provided essays and commentary tracks for DVDs and Blu-rays.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Burglars at Work (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • As Seen on the Curtain (1904) - A.E. Weed
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife through the New York Herald Personal Column (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Dog Factory (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Steve Massa
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Trip to Jupiter (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                                      • Pull the Curtain Down, Susie (1904) - A.E. Weed
                                      • A False Beauty (1914) - Ford Sterling
                                      • Shoulder Arms (1918) - Charlie Chaplin
                                      • The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) - Lotte Reiniger
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Seven Chances (1925) - Buster Keaton
                                      • The Mechanical Butcher (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                      • The Sausage Machine (1897) - unknown
                                      • Fun in a Butcher Shop (1907) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Ham and the Sausage Factory (1915) - Marshall Neilan
                                      • The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Joan of Arc (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Robinson Crusoe (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Conquest of the Pole (1912) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Bluebeard (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                      • Broadway (1929) - Paul Fejos
                                      • Lonesome (1928) - Paul Fejos
                                      • The Last Performance (1929) - Paul Fejos
                                      • The Kid Brother (1927) - Ted Wilde and J.A. Howe
                                      • King of Jazz (1930) - John Murray Anderson
                                      • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                      • What Demoralized the Barber Shop (1898) - William Heise
                                      • Lames Brains and Lunatics: The Good, the Bad, and the Forgotten of Silent Comedy - Steve Massa
                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64942803Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm historian Steve Massa is a particular expert on silent film comedy. His five choices for 1904 certainly reflect that interest, as they feature premises and gags that can still rouse surprise, chuckles, and laughs today. Steve is the author of...
                                      Steve is the author of Lames Brains and Lunatics: The Good, the Bad, and the Forgotten of Silent Comedy and its sequel as well as many other books. He also co-hosts Silent Comedy Watch Party with Ben Model, has curated comedy film programs for institutions and festivals, and has provided essays and commentary tracks for DVDs and Blu-rays.
                                      
                                      Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1904!
                                      
                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                      
                                      • Burglars at Work (1904) - Gaston Velle
                                      • As Seen on the Curtain (1904) - A.E. Weed
                                      • How a French Nobleman Got a Wife through the New York Herald Personal Column (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • Dog Factory (1904) - Edwin S. Porter
                                      • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Steve Massa
                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                      • A Trip to Jupiter (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                                      • Pull the Curtain Down, Susie (1904) - A.E. Weed
                                      • A False Beauty (1914) - Ford Sterling
                                      • Shoulder Arms (1918) - Charlie Chaplin
                                      • The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) - Lotte Reiniger
                                      • Personal (1904) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                      • The Policemen’s Little Run (1907) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                      • Seven Chances (1925) - Buster Keaton
                                      • The Mechanical Butcher (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                      • 2542film,moviesfalse62fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1904-e1-the-story-of-narrative-continues--64780719
                                        Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own picks for 1904!
                                        
                                        Films mentioned:
                                        
                                        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64780719Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanWhile 1904 doesn't have an iconic film like the past two seasons have each featured, that doesn't mean it doesn't have its share of worthwhile films and intriguing aspects of film history to explore. From the eve of the nickelodeon boom to expanding...
                                        Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own picks for 1904!
                                        
                                        Films mentioned:
                                        
                                        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        ]]>238film,moviesfalse61fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1903-e7-editing-and-otherwise--64537521
                                        Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to view the full list of films submitted for 1903 (and beyond)!
                                        
                                        Films mentioned:
                                        
                                        • The Enchanted Well (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Infernal Cauldron (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Execution (1903) - Peter Elfelt
                                        • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64537521Wed, 26 Feb 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanWhile one particular film was explored in-depth this season, every guest (whether they selected The Great Train Robbery or not) explored lesser known or at least lesser appreciated arenas of cinema in 1903. The myth busting, amateur spotlighting, and...
                                        Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to view the full list of films submitted for 1903 (and beyond)!
                                        
                                        Films mentioned:
                                        
                                        • The Enchanted Well (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Infernal Cauldron (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Execution (1903) - Peter Elfelt
                                        • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                        ]]>409film,moviesfalse57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1903-e6-colin-williamson--64424051
                                        Colin is the author of Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema and the forthcoming Drawn to Nature: American Animation in the Age of Science. He is also currently Associate Editor at Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
                                        
                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                        
                                        • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Cheese Mites (1903) - F. Martin Duncan
                                        • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Unclean World (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott
                                        • Under the Seas (1907) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                        • Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
                                        • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Louis Lumière
                                        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64424051Wed, 19 Feb 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanColin Williamson, Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies at University of Oregon, has wide-ranging interests, including animation, special effects, and media archaeology. With these angles and more in mind, he brings a unique perspective and some myth...
                                        Colin is the author of Hidden in Plain Sight: An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema and the forthcoming Drawn to Nature: American Animation in the Age of Science. He is also currently Associate Editor at Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
                                        
                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                        
                                        • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Cheese Mites (1903) - F. Martin Duncan
                                        • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Unclean World (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                        • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott
                                        • Under the Seas (1907) - Georges Méliès
                                        • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                        • Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
                                        • Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Louis Lumière
                                        ]]>3517film,moviesfalse56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1903-e5-rob-stone--64307342
                                        Rob’s publishing company Split Reel specializes in books and other media highlighting lesser-known aspects of the entertainment industry, especially the silent era. He was also Moving Image Curator at the Library of Congress for over 15 years.
                                        
                                        Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                        
                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                        • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                        • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • When Comedy Was King (1960) - Robert Youngson
                                        • The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) - Robert Youngson
                                        • Fire! (1901) - James Williamson
                                        • The Lucky Dog (1921) - Jess Robbins
                                        • Pokes & Jabbs: The Before, During and After of the Vim Films Corporation - Rob Stone
                                        • Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel & Oliver "Babe" Hardy - Rob Stone
                                        • Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies - Randy Skretvedt
                                        • Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel - Brent E. Walker
                                        • Victor Moore and His Klever Komedies - Steve Massa and Rob Stone
                                        • Poverty Row Royalty: The Films of Producer Sigmund Neufeld and His Brother, Director Sam Newfield - Thomas Reeder
                                        • Hometown Tinsel: The Life, Career, and Friendships of Virginia Karns - Jim Kerkhoff
                                        • Story of Grover Jones - Rob Stone
                                        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64307342Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm archivist and historian Rob Stone has always been interested in silent film. With his five picks, he charts evolving storytelling capabilities in the medium’s earliest days and the darker side of the fading actuality, mostly as represented by one...
                                        Rob’s publishing company Split Reel specializes in books and other media highlighting lesser-known aspects of the entertainment industry, especially the silent era. He was also Moving Image Curator at the Library of Congress for over 15 years.
                                        
                                        Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                        
                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                        • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                        • Electrocuting an Elephant (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • What Happened in the Tunnel (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                        • When Comedy Was King (1960) - Robert Youngson
                                        • The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) - Robert Youngson
                                        • Fire! (1901) - James Williamson
                                        • The Lucky Dog (1921) - Jess Robbins
                                        • Pokes & Jabbs: The Before, During and After of the Vim Films Corporation - Rob Stone
                                        • Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel & Oliver "Babe" Hardy - Rob Stone
                                        • Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies - Randy Skretvedt
                                        • Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel - Brent E. Walker
                                        • Victor Moore and His Klever Komedies - Steve Massa and Rob Stone
                                        • Poverty Row Royalty: The Films of Producer Sigmund Neufeld and His Brother, Director Sam Newfield - Thomas Reeder
                                        • 2578film,moviesfalse55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1903-e4-jay-weissberg--64175219
                                          Jay also worked as a film critic for 18 years with Variety and contributes essays for a host of festivals, retrospective catalogues, and international publications with a particular focus on contemporary Arab cinema. Among his published works as a film historian are essays on the American films of Albert Capellani and Balzac in silent cinema.
                                          
                                          Films and resources mentioned:
                                          
                                          • Blackpool North Pier (1903) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                          • The Tarantella from ‘Napoli’ (1903) - Peter Elfelt
                                          • He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1903) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                          • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                          • Familie Neubronner geht spazieren (1903) - Julius Neubronner
                                          • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                          • The Execution (1903) - Peter Elfelt
                                          • Move On (1903) - Alfred C. Abadie
                                          • Anna Held (1901) - Frederick S. Armitage
                                          • The Great Ziegfeld (1936) - Robert Z. Leonard
                                          • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                          • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                          • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                          • The Finish of Bridget McKeen (1901) - Edwin S. Porter
                                          • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                          • Conclave (2024) - Edward Berger
                                          • The Slave (1917) - William Nigh
                                          • London After Midnight (1927) - Tod Browning
                                          • Beyond the Rocks (1922) - Sam Wood
                                          • A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen - Daniel Blum
                                          • Cinema’s First Nasty Women
                                          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64175219Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanPordenone Silent Film Festival director Jay Weissberg has facilitated an array of programs that expand the canonical ideas about what was made in the silent era and what can be appreciated now. With his picks (which he stretches a bit past five with...
                                          Jay also worked as a film critic for 18 years with Variety and contributes essays for a host of festivals, retrospective catalogues, and international publications with a particular focus on contemporary Arab cinema. Among his published works as a film historian are essays on the American films of Albert Capellani and Balzac in silent cinema.
                                          
                                          Films and resources mentioned:
                                          
                                          • Blackpool North Pier (1903) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                          • The Tarantella from ‘Napoli’ (1903) - Peter Elfelt
                                          • He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1903) - Wallace McCutcheon
                                          • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                          • Familie Neubronner geht spazieren (1903) - Julius Neubronner
                                          • The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                          • The Execution (1903) - Peter Elfelt
                                          • Move On (1903) - Alfred C. Abadie
                                          • Anna Held (1901) - Frederick S. Armitage
                                          • The Great Ziegfeld (1936) - Robert Z. Leonard
                                          • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                          • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                          • Life of an American Fireman (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                          • The Finish of Bridget McKeen (1901) - Edwin S. Porter
                                          • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                          • Conclave (2024) - Edward Berger
                                          • The Slave (1917) - William Nigh
                                          • London After Midnight (1927) - Tod Browning
                                          • Beyond the Rocks (1922) - Sam Wood
                                          • A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen - Daniel Blum
                                          • 4270film,moviestrue54fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1903-e3-bruce-calvert--63940848The Silent Film Still Archive. He shares his story of how he came to develop this interest and addresses how supporting materials can help us understand how incomplete, missing, and even fully surviving movies were made, seen, and received.
                                            
                                            Bruce is also a moderator of the classic film discussion site NitrateVille.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • The Melomaniac (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Eccentric Waltz (1903) - unknown
                                            • A Search for Evidence (1903) - Billy Bitzer
                                            • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • Ella Cinders (1926) - Alfred E. Green
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                                            • Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas
                                            • Napoléon (1927) - Abel Gance
                                            • A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen - Daniel Blum
                                            • The Film Preservation Society
                                            • Cinema’s First Nasty Women
                                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63940848Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanSilent film historian Bruce Calvert has been collecting silent film memorabilia for 30 years, showcased on his site https://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/index.html. He shares his story of how he came to develop this interest and addresses how...The Silent Film Still Archive. He shares his story of how he came to develop this interest and addresses how supporting materials can help us understand how incomplete, missing, and even fully surviving movies were made, seen, and received.
                                            
                                            Bruce is also a moderator of the classic film discussion site NitrateVille.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • The Melomaniac (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Eccentric Waltz (1903) - unknown
                                            • A Search for Evidence (1903) - Billy Bitzer
                                            • Mary Jane’s Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • Ella Cinders (1926) - Alfred E. Green
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1904) - Siegmund Lubin
                                            • Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas
                                            • Napoléon (1927) - Abel Gance
                                            • A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen - Daniel Blum
                                            • The Film Preservation Society
                                            • Cinema’s First Nasty Women
                                            ]]>2534film,moviesfalse53fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1903-e2-neil-brand--63768401
                                            Neil regularly plays at the Barbican and BFI National Film Theatres in London and film festivals around the world. His scores include Blackmail (1929), Underground (1928), Easy Street (1917), Robin Hood (1922), and The Lodger (1927) and he is also a prolific writer, television presenter, and Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • A Desperate Poaching Affray (1903) - William Haggar
                                            • A Chess Dispute (1903) - Robert W. Paul
                                            • The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - Alfred Hitchcock
                                            • Blackmail (1929) - Alfred Hitchcock
                                            • The Third Man (1949) - Carol Reed
                                            • The Exorcist (1973) - William Friedkin
                                            • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908) - Lewin Fitzhamon
                                            • First Prize in Cello (1907) - unknown
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema - Maggie Hennefeld
                                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63768401Wed, 22 Jan 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanNeil Brand has been a silent film accompanist for nearly 40 years. He shares his musical expertise, which also includes composing new scores for silent film re-releases, while exploring exciting threads of fantasy, comedy, and violence in his five...
                                            Neil regularly plays at the Barbican and BFI National Film Theatres in London and film festivals around the world. His scores include Blackmail (1929), Underground (1928), Easy Street (1917), Robin Hood (1922), and The Lodger (1927) and he is also a prolific writer, television presenter, and Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • Alice in Wonderland (1903) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • A Desperate Poaching Affray (1903) - William Haggar
                                            • A Chess Dispute (1903) - Robert W. Paul
                                            • The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - Alfred Hitchcock
                                            • Blackmail (1929) - Alfred Hitchcock
                                            • The Third Man (1949) - Carol Reed
                                            • The Exorcist (1973) - William Friedkin
                                            • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper (1908) - Lewin Fitzhamon
                                            • First Prize in Cello (1907) - unknown
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema - Maggie Hennefeld
                                            ]]>4366film,moviesfalse52fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1903-e1-the-great-film-robberies--63680718The law (at least in America) had a significant effect on the development of film genres, aesthetics, production, and viewing practices from 1903 on. The world over, tightly run studios were becoming more and more prevalent, shifting story films further and further into the spotlight, and dedicated filmviewing spaces were cropping up. It's difficult to define any one calendar year as fundamentally shifting the development of cinema, but as guests will demonstrate, new techniques, technologies, and industrialization make the case for an exciting year.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                            
                                            Films mentioned:
                                            
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63680718Wed, 15 Jan 2025 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe law (at least in America) had a significant effect on the development of film genres, aesthetics, production, and viewing practices from 1903 on. The world over, tightly run studios were becoming more and more prevalent, shifting story films...The law (at least in America) had a significant effect on the development of film genres, aesthetics, production, and viewing practices from 1903 on. The world over, tightly run studios were becoming more and more prevalent, shifting story films further and further into the spotlight, and dedicated filmviewing spaces were cropping up. It's difficult to define any one calendar year as fundamentally shifting the development of cinema, but as guests will demonstrate, new techniques, technologies, and industrialization make the case for an exciting year.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1903!
                                            
                                            Films mentioned:
                                            
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            ]]>273film,moviesfalse51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1902-e7-from-the-streets-to-the-studio--63529606
                                            Films mentioned:
                                            
                                            • The Treasures of Satan (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Spring Fairy (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                            • Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                            • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • How to Stop a Motor Car (1902) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • The Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63529606Thu, 02 Jan 2025 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanIt's not like the established actuality suddenly evaporated in 1902, but as guests have pointed out throughout this season, a diversification of film topics, aesthetics, and technology fostered new genres and production styles. In this season finale,...
                                            Films mentioned:
                                            
                                            • The Treasures of Satan (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Spring Fairy (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                            • Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                            • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • How to Stop a Motor Car (1902) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • The Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            ]]>344film,moviesfalse47fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1902-e6-tamara-shvediuk-and-federico-striuli--63453872féerie to chronicles of a significant political change.
                                            
                                            Tamara has curated film programs for several events, including the Moscow International Festival of Archival Films and the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna. She also has collaborated with archives such as the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique, the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum and the Cineteca di Bologna.
                                            
                                            Federico holds a Ph.D. in Art History with a focus on Film Studies from the University Cà Foscari, Venice. He has lectured in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Poland, and Russia, and has curated film programs for prestigious festivals, including the Pordenone Silent Film Festival.
                                            
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                            • Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • The Coronation of Edward VII (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Bradford Coronation Procession (1902) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                            • The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                                            • The Ring (1927) - Alfred Hitchcock
                                            • Serenade to the Moon (1902) - unknown
                                            • The Fairy of the Stars (1902) - unknown
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                            • Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • The Story of Victorian Film - Bryony Dixon
                                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63453872Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanTristan welcomes two guests to one episode for the first time: the husband-and-wife film historian, archivist, and curator duo of Tamara Shvediuk and Federico Striuli. The pair showcase spectacle with their five picks, from the féerie to chronicles of...féerie to chronicles of a significant political change.
                                            
                                            Tamara has curated film programs for several events, including the Moscow International Festival of Archival Films and the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna. She also has collaborated with archives such as the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique, the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum and the Cineteca di Bologna.
                                            
                                            Federico holds a Ph.D. in Art History with a focus on Film Studies from the University Cà Foscari, Venice. He has lectured in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Poland, and Russia, and has curated film programs for prestigious festivals, including the Pordenone Silent Film Festival.
                                            
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                            • Jack and the Beanstalk (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • The Coronation of Edward VII (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Bradford Coronation Procession (1902) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                            • The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca and Lucien Nonguet
                                            • The Ring (1927) - Alfred Hitchcock
                                            • Serenade to the Moon (1902) - unknown
                                            • The Fairy of the Stars (1902) - unknown
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                            • Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • The Story of Victorian Film - Bryony Dixon
                                            ]]>3836film,moviesfalse46fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1902-e5-vanessa-toulmin--63360467
                                            Vanessa has published 11 books including Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon and four books on Blackpool's entertainment heritage and was the curator of the Mitchell & Kenyon Collection for the BFI and the Crazy Cinematograph project for the City of Luxembourg.  She is Chair of the Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust, an independent charity which is currently restoring that unique entertainment complex in northwest England.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • Hull Fair (1902) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                            • Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                            • The Six Sisters Dainef (1902) - unknown
                                            • How to Stop a Motor Car (1902) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Freaks (1932) - Tod Browning
                                            • Sandow (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                            • Carmencita (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                            • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                                            • The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901) - Robert W. Paul
                                            • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • The Life of Charles Peace (1905) - William Haggar
                                            • The '?' Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                            • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
                                            • Liverpool Street Scenes (1901) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                            • Kiri-Kis (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                                            • The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon: Edwardian Britain on Film - Vanessa Toulmin, Simon Popple, Patrick Russel, eds.
                                            • Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination: Georges Méliès's Trip to the Moon - Matthew Solomon, ed.
                                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63360467Wed, 18 Dec 2024 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanVanessa Toulmin, Chair in Early Film and Popular Entertainment at the University of Sheffield, is an expert on variety theater, circus, travelling exhibitions, fairgrounds, and other aspects of the history of show business. She brings this expertise...
                                            Vanessa has published 11 books including Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon and four books on Blackpool's entertainment heritage and was the curator of the Mitchell & Kenyon Collection for the BFI and the Crazy Cinematograph project for the City of Luxembourg.  She is Chair of the Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust, an independent charity which is currently restoring that unique entertainment complex in northwest England.
                                            
                                            Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                            
                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                            
                                            • Hull Fair (1902) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                            • Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                            • The Six Sisters Dainef (1902) - unknown
                                            • How to Stop a Motor Car (1902) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                            • Freaks (1932) - Tod Browning
                                            • Sandow (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                            • Carmencita (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                            • The Dancing Pig (1907) - unknown
                                            • The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901) - Robert W. Paul
                                            • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                            • Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                            • The Life of Charles Peace (1905) - William Haggar
                                            • The '?' Motorist (1906) - Walter R. Booth
                                            • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
                                            • Liverpool Street Scenes (1901) - Mitchell & Kenyon
                                            • Kiri-Kis (1907) - Segundo de Chomón
                                            • 3942film,moviesfalse45fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1902-e4-lea-stans--63233773Silent-ology since 2014, informed by her college interests and even younger fascinations with the obscure. Her 1902 picks reflect the increasing diversity of the worldwide filmic output of the year, from the French féerie genre to actuality chronicles of downtown Indianapolis and northern England.
                                              
                                              Lea is also a columnist for Classic Movie Hub and has written for The Keaton Chronicle and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
                                              
                                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                              
                                              Films mentioned:
                                              
                                              • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Ringling Bros. Circus Parade (1902) - unknown
                                              • Living Wigan (1902) - unknown
                                              • The Spring Fairy (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                              • The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901) - Robert W. Paul
                                              • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                                              • London After Midnight (1927) - Tod Browning
                                              • Freaks (1932) - Tod Browning
                                              • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                              • A Trip to Jupiter (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                                              • The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1902) - Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63233773Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanLea Stans has been writing about the silent era on her blog https://silentology.wordpress.com/ since 2014, informed by her college interests and even younger fascinations with the obscure. Her 1902 picks reflect the increasing diversity of the...Silent-ology since 2014, informed by her college interests and even younger fascinations with the obscure. Her 1902 picks reflect the increasing diversity of the worldwide filmic output of the year, from the French féerie genre to actuality chronicles of downtown Indianapolis and northern England.
                                              
                                              Lea is also a columnist for Classic Movie Hub and has written for The Keaton Chronicle and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
                                              
                                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                              
                                              Films mentioned:
                                              
                                              • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902) - Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Ringling Bros. Circus Parade (1902) - unknown
                                              • Living Wigan (1902) - unknown
                                              • The Spring Fairy (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                              • The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901) - Robert W. Paul
                                              • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                                              • London After Midnight (1927) - Tod Browning
                                              • Freaks (1932) - Tod Browning
                                              • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                              • A Trip to Jupiter (1909) - Segundo de Chomón
                                              • The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1902) - Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • The Impossible Voyage (1904) - Georges Méliès
                                              ]]>2611film,moviesfalse44fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1902-e3-karl-wratschko--63113847
                                              Karl’s artistic work includes film, photography, installation, radio art, and public art. He was co-responsible for several retrospectives of early Austrian film at the Viennale and a member of the Austrian team of the EU-funded research and development project European Film Gateway and its successor EFG1914.
                                              
                                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                              
                                              Films mentioned:
                                              
                                              • The Flying Train (1902) - unknown
                                              • The Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                              • Le Cake-walk au Nouveau Cirque (1902) - Louis Lumière
                                              • The Little Match Seller (1902) - James Williamson
                                              • The Fairy of the Stars (1902) - unknown
                                              • The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1902) - Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • Ingenious Soubrette (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and Giants (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                              • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                              • Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott
                                              • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                                              • Martinique Disaster (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • Mt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption (St. Pierre, Martinique) - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Mt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique) - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Le Cake-walk du Nouveau Cirque (1905) - Alice Guy Blaché
                                              • The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                              • The Soldier's Return (1903) - James Williamson
                                              • Serenade to the Moon (1902) - unknown
                                              • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                              • Rough Sea at Dover (1895) - Birt Acres
                                              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63113847Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:00:08 +0000Tristan EttlemanKarl Wratschko, curator, filmmaker, and artist, has been working as a film curator for the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna since 2016. He brings his experience of programming screenings based in specific years, not unlike this very show (he’s...
                                              Karl’s artistic work includes film, photography, installation, radio art, and public art. He was co-responsible for several retrospectives of early Austrian film at the Viennale and a member of the Austrian team of the EU-funded research and development project European Film Gateway and its successor EFG1914.
                                              
                                              Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1902!
                                              
                                              Films mentioned:
                                              
                                              • The Flying Train (1902) - unknown
                                              • The Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                              • Le Cake-walk au Nouveau Cirque (1902) - Louis Lumière
                                              • The Little Match Seller (1902) - James Williamson
                                              • The Fairy of the Stars (1902) - unknown
                                              • The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1902) - Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • Ingenious Soubrette (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and Giants (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                              • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                              • Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott
                                              • Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
                                              • Martinique Disaster (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                              • Mt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption (St. Pierre, Martinique) - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Mt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique) - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                              • Le Cake-walk du Nouveau Cirque (1905) - Alice Guy Blaché
                                              • The Infernal Cake Walk (1903) - Georges Méliès
                                              • The Soldier's Return (1903) - James Williamson
                                              • Serenade to the Moon (1902) - unknown
                                              • 3139film,moviesfalse43fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1902-e2-clara-auclair--63005400
                                                Clara teaches media studies at DIS Stockholm and works as a consultant for film archives. She is a DAFIV research fellow and co-secretary of Domitor, the International Association for the Study of Early Cinema, and is currently working on an edited collection of essays dedicated to the films of Alice Guy-Blaché with former guest Aurore Spiers.
                                                
                                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                                
                                                • The Six Sisters Dainef (1902) - unknown
                                                • Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                • Ingenious Soubrette (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                • The Indiscreet Bathroom Maid (1902) - Georges Hatot
                                                • The Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Life and Passion of the Christ (1903) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                • The Human Fly (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                                • The Circus (1928) - Charlie Chaplin
                                                • Martinique Disaster (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                • Mt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption (St. Pierre, Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                                • Mt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                                • Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                                • The Dreyfus Affair (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                                                • Cinema's First Nasty Women
                                                
                                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63005400Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:00:07 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm scholar and preservationist Clara Auclair and Tristan talk quite a bit about comedy and tricks, those originating from the stage and those that could only come from the magic of filmic technology. That conversation leads into discussing the...
                                                Clara teaches media studies at DIS Stockholm and works as a consultant for film archives. She is a DAFIV research fellow and co-secretary of Domitor, the International Association for the Study of Early Cinema, and is currently working on an edited collection of essays dedicated to the films of Alice Guy-Blaché with former guest Aurore Spiers.
                                                
                                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                                
                                                • The Six Sisters Dainef (1902) - unknown
                                                • Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                • Ingenious Soubrette (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                • The Indiscreet Bathroom Maid (1902) - Georges Hatot
                                                • The Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Life and Passion of the Christ (1903) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                • The Human Fly (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                                • The Circus (1928) - Charlie Chaplin
                                                • Martinique Disaster (1902) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                • Mt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption (St. Pierre, Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                                • Mt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                                • Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique) [1902] - J. Blair Smith and Edwin S. Porter
                                                • The Dreyfus Affair (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Auguste and Louis Lumière
                                                • Cinema's First Nasty Women
                                                
                                                ]]>3409film,moviesfalse42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1902-e1-a-trip-to-the-industry--62779983
                                                Films mentioned:
                                                
                                                • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62779983Wed, 20 Nov 2024 07:00:06 +0000Tristan EttlemanA Trip to the Moon looms large in looking at the picture of 1902 in film. Georges Méliès' masterpiece is inarguably the most famous film of the early cinema period. But as will be explored by this season's guests, its part in reshaping the aesthetics,...
                                                Films mentioned:
                                                
                                                • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                ]]>202film,moviesfalse41fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1901-e7-truth-and-tricks--62601745
                                                Also, he shares his personal five selections for 1901 and puts together the collective list of guest and listener submissions. That list, including all films submitted for the season, can be found at the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list.
                                                
                                                The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1902 coming soon!
                                                
                                                Thank you to the guests of the third season:
                                                
                                                • Ian Christie
                                                • Pamela Hutchinson
                                                • Grazia Ingravalle
                                                • Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi
                                                • Lawrence Napper
                                                Films mentioned:
                                                
                                                • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                • The Death of Poor Joe (1901) - George Albert Smith
                                                • Demolishing and Building up the Star Theatre (1901) - Frederick S. Armitage
                                                • De Maasbrug te Rotterdam Omstreeks 1901 (1901) - unknown
                                                • Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) - unknown
                                                • The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Bluebeard (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                                • The Magic Sword (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                
                                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62601745Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanPropaganda, comedy, tricks; these approaches may seem to obscure truths. That is certainly their potential in film, but in this 1901 season finale, Tristan reflects on the through lines of his guests' picks and the conversations that stemmed from...
                                                Also, he shares his personal five selections for 1901 and puts together the collective list of guest and listener submissions. That list, including all films submitted for the season, can be found at the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list.
                                                
                                                The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1902 coming soon!
                                                
                                                Thank you to the guests of the third season:
                                                
                                                • Ian Christie
                                                • Pamela Hutchinson
                                                • Grazia Ingravalle
                                                • Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi
                                                • Lawrence Napper
                                                Films mentioned:
                                                
                                                • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                • The Death of Poor Joe (1901) - George Albert Smith
                                                • Demolishing and Building up the Star Theatre (1901) - Frederick S. Armitage
                                                • De Maasbrug te Rotterdam Omstreeks 1901 (1901) - unknown
                                                • Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) - unknown
                                                • The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                                • Bluebeard (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                                • The Magic Sword (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                
                                                ]]>406film,moviesfalse37fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1901-e6-lawrence-napper--62535668
                                                Lawrence’s publications include The Great War in Popular British Cinema: Before Journey’s End (2015) and Silent Cinema: Before the Pictures Got Small (2017). He is a regular on the KinoQuickies podcast and occasionally blogs at https://atthepictures.photo.blog/. Currently he is developing a book length study of The Opening of the Benton New Bank Tram Route (1913). Lawrence also hosts the annual British Silent Film Festival Symposium each spring at King’s College London.
                                                
                                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                
                                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                                
                                                • Ride on the Tramcar through Belfast (1901) - unknown
                                                • Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) - unknown
                                                • Manchester Band of Hope Procession (1901) - unknown
                                                • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                • Bailey’s Royal Buxton Punch and Judy Show in Halifax (1901) - unknown
                                                • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                • A Daring Daylight Burglary (1903) - Frank Mottershaw
                                                • Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                                • Buy Your Own Cherries (1904) - Robert W. Paul
                                                • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - Brian Henson
                                                • Megalopolis (2024) - Francis Ford Coppola
                                                • La Chienne (1931) - Jean Renoir
                                                • Tram Ride into Halifax (1902) - unknown
                                                • Movies under the Influence (2024) - Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
                                                ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62535668Wed, 30 Oct 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanAll but one of the picks from Lawrence Napper, senior lecturer in Film Studies at King’s College London, come from the huge trove of discovered Mitchell & Kenyon films. These fascinating records of everyday life in Victorian and Edwardian England...
                                                Lawrence’s publications include The Great War in Popular British Cinema: Before Journey’s End (2015) and Silent Cinema: Before the Pictures Got Small (2017). He is a regular on the KinoQuickies podcast and occasionally blogs at https://atthepictures.photo.blog/. Currently he is developing a book length study of The Opening of the Benton New Bank Tram Route (1913). Lawrence also hosts the annual British Silent Film Festival Symposium each spring at King’s College London.
                                                
                                                Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                
                                                Films and resources mentioned:
                                                
                                                • Ride on the Tramcar through Belfast (1901) - unknown
                                                • Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901) - unknown
                                                • Manchester Band of Hope Procession (1901) - unknown
                                                • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                • Bailey’s Royal Buxton Punch and Judy Show in Halifax (1901) - unknown
                                                • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                • A Daring Daylight Burglary (1903) - Frank Mottershaw
                                                • Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                                • Buy Your Own Cherries (1904) - Robert W. Paul
                                                • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - Brian Henson
                                                • Megalopolis (2024) - Francis Ford Coppola
                                                • La Chienne (1931) - Jean Renoir
                                                • 4271film,moviesfalse36fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1901-e5-elif-rongen-kaynakci--62456885 Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam on YouTube. He expresses his thanks to Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Silent Film at Eye, before the two mostly discuss comedy films, with the broad genre nevertheless inspiring many different tangents from sexuality to the beginning of the film industry’s self-parody.
                                                  
                                                  Elif has worked on the discovery, restoration, and presentation of presumed lost films starring forgotten or neglected actresses such as Rosa Porten, Little Chrysia, Valeria Creti, and Constance Talmadge. She is directly involved with the programs of international archival festivals Il Cinema Ritrovato and Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and other events dedicated to silent cinema. Elif is also one of three curators of Cinema's First Nasty Women, a DVD box set of 99 films.
                                                  
                                                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                  
                                                  Films mentioned:
                                                  
                                                  • What Is Seen Through a Keyhole - Ferdinand Zecca (1901)
                                                  • The Countryman and the Cinematograph - Robert W. Paul (1901)
                                                  • Arrosage général - Ambroise-François Parnaland (1901)
                                                  • The Finish of Bridget McKeen - Edwin S. Porter (1901)
                                                  • De Maasbrug te Rotterdam Omstreeks 1901 - unknown (1901)
                                                  • Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927)
                                                  • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show - Edwin S. Porter (1902)
                                                  • The Sprinkler Sprinkled - Louis Lumière (1895)
                                                  
                                                  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62456885Wed, 23 Oct 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanTristan has been the grateful viewer of many an eye-popping restoration fromhttps://www.youtube.com/@eyefilmNL. He expresses his thanks to Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Silent Film at Eye, before the two mostly discuss comedy films, with the broad... Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam on YouTube. He expresses his thanks to Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator of Silent Film at Eye, before the two mostly discuss comedy films, with the broad genre nevertheless inspiring many different tangents from sexuality to the beginning of the film industry’s self-parody.
                                                  
                                                  Elif has worked on the discovery, restoration, and presentation of presumed lost films starring forgotten or neglected actresses such as Rosa Porten, Little Chrysia, Valeria Creti, and Constance Talmadge. She is directly involved with the programs of international archival festivals Il Cinema Ritrovato and Le Giornate del Cinema Muto and other events dedicated to silent cinema. Elif is also one of three curators of Cinema's First Nasty Women, a DVD box set of 99 films.
                                                  
                                                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                  
                                                  Films mentioned:
                                                  
                                                  • What Is Seen Through a Keyhole - Ferdinand Zecca (1901)
                                                  • The Countryman and the Cinematograph - Robert W. Paul (1901)
                                                  • Arrosage général - Ambroise-François Parnaland (1901)
                                                  • The Finish of Bridget McKeen - Edwin S. Porter (1901)
                                                  • De Maasbrug te Rotterdam Omstreeks 1901 - unknown (1901)
                                                  • Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927)
                                                  • Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show - Edwin S. Porter (1902)
                                                  • The Sprinkler Sprinkled - Louis Lumière (1895)
                                                  
                                                  ]]>3757film,moviesfalse35fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1901-e4-grazia-ingravalle--62364715
                                                  Grazia has published about film archives, digitization, archival remix, colonial histories, and decolonization in several edited volumes and in The Moving Image, Screen, and the JCMS. Her monograph, Archival Film Curatorship: Early and Silent Cinema from Analog to Digital (also very relevant to the “tension” of this show) came out in December 2023. She serves as Vice-President of Domitor: The International Society for the Study of Early Cinema.
                                                  
                                                  Note: apologies for Tristan’s audio quality. It’s cleaned up as much as possible but it was captured in an inferior state!
                                                  
                                                  Films mentioned:
                                                  
                                                  • Hands Off the Flag (1901) - unknown
                                                  • Nankin Road, Shanghai (1901) - Joseph Rosenthal
                                                  • Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc. (1901) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                  • Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand (1901) - Joseph Perry
                                                  • Manchester and Salford Harriers' Cyclists' Procession (1901) - unknown
                                                  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                                                  • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                                  
                                                  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62364715Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanGrazia Ingravalle, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Film at Queen Mary University of London, focuses her 1901 picks in relation to colonialism. She creatively tackles the premise of this show by talking not of the “best films” of the year, but...
                                                  Grazia has published about film archives, digitization, archival remix, colonial histories, and decolonization in several edited volumes and in The Moving Image, Screen, and the JCMS. Her monograph, Archival Film Curatorship: Early and Silent Cinema from Analog to Digital (also very relevant to the “tension” of this show) came out in December 2023. She serves as Vice-President of Domitor: The International Society for the Study of Early Cinema.
                                                  
                                                  Note: apologies for Tristan’s audio quality. It’s cleaned up as much as possible but it was captured in an inferior state!
                                                  
                                                  Films mentioned:
                                                  
                                                  • Hands Off the Flag (1901) - unknown
                                                  • Nankin Road, Shanghai (1901) - Joseph Rosenthal
                                                  • Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc. (1901) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                  • Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to New Zealand (1901) - Joseph Perry
                                                  • Manchester and Salford Harriers' Cyclists' Procession (1901) - unknown
                                                  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - D.W. Griffith
                                                  • Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
                                                  
                                                  ]]>3957film,moviesfalse34fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1901-e3-pamela-hutchinson--62276574Silent London has been a great resource for Tristan since even before he started the written essay series that gives this podcast its name about seven years ago. Now, she joins the show to provide some context yet again, especially for how 1901 filmmakers weren't marching neatly toward narrative (they were tiptoeing toward it, dancing around it) and how some were specifically deconstructing the still-fledgling medium, through the lens of her five picks.
                                                  
                                                  Pamela is a freelance writer, critic, curator, and film historian. Among her publications are two installments in the BFI Film Classics series: Pandora's Box and The Red Shoes.
                                                  
                                                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                  
                                                  Films and resources mentioned:
                                                  
                                                  • Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front - unknown (1901)
                                                  • Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre - Frederick S. Armitage (1901)
                                                  • The Death of Poor Joe - George Albert Smith (1901)
                                                  • The Big Swallow - James Williamson (1901)
                                                  • Histoire d'un crime - Ferdinand Zecca (1901)
                                                  • The Red Shoes - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (1948)
                                                  • Leaving Jerusalem by Railway - Alexandre Promio (1897)
                                                  • Rough Sea at Dover - Birt Acres (1896)
                                                  • Wicked Little Letters - Thea Sharrock (2023)
                                                  • Living - Oliver Hermanus (2022)
                                                  • The Mountain Eagle - Alfred Hitchcock (1926)
                                                  • London After Midnight - Tod Browning (1927)
                                                  • The Dairy Maid's Revenge - Frederick S. Armitage (1899)
                                                  • A Nymph of the Waves - Frederick S. Armitage (1900)
                                                  • Demolition of a Wall - Louis Lumière (1896)
                                                  • The Suicide Squad - James Gunn (2021)
                                                  • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend - Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter (1906)
                                                  • The Entertainer - Tony Richardson (1960)
                                                  • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost - Walter R. Booth (1901)
                                                  • Greed - Erich von Stroheim (1924)
                                                  • Attack on a China Mission - James Williamson (1900)
                                                  • Stop Thief! - James Williamson (1901)
                                                  • Fire! - James Williamson (1901)
                                                  • Eraserhead - David Lynch (1977)
                                                  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62276574Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanPamela Hutchinson's https://silentlondon.co.uk/ has been a great resource for Tristan since even before he started the written essay series that gives this podcast its name about seven years ago. Now, she joins the show to provide some context yet...Silent London has been a great resource for Tristan since even before he started the written essay series that gives this podcast its name about seven years ago. Now, she joins the show to provide some context yet again, especially for how 1901 filmmakers weren't marching neatly toward narrative (they were tiptoeing toward it, dancing around it) and how some were specifically deconstructing the still-fledgling medium, through the lens of her five picks.
                                                  
                                                  Pamela is a freelance writer, critic, curator, and film historian. Among her publications are two installments in the BFI Film Classics series: Pandora's Box and The Red Shoes.
                                                  
                                                  Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                  
                                                  Films and resources mentioned:
                                                  
                                                  • Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front - unknown (1901)
                                                  • Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre - Frederick S. Armitage (1901)
                                                  • The Death of Poor Joe - George Albert Smith (1901)
                                                  • The Big Swallow - James Williamson (1901)
                                                  • Histoire d'un crime - Ferdinand Zecca (1901)
                                                  • The Red Shoes - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (1948)
                                                  • Leaving Jerusalem by Railway - Alexandre Promio (1897)
                                                  • Rough Sea at Dover - Birt Acres (1896)
                                                  • Wicked Little Letters - Thea Sharrock (2023)
                                                  • Living - Oliver Hermanus (2022)
                                                  • The Mountain Eagle - Alfred Hitchcock (1926)
                                                  • London After Midnight - Tod Browning (1927)
                                                  • The Dairy Maid's Revenge - Frederick S. Armitage (1899)
                                                  • A Nymph of the Waves - Frederick S. Armitage (1900)
                                                  • Demolition of a Wall - Louis Lumière (1896)
                                                  • The Suicide Squad - James Gunn (2021)
                                                  • Dream of a Rarebit Fiend - Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter (1906)
                                                  • The Entertainer - Tony Richardson (1960)
                                                  • Scrooge, or, Marley's...]]>3073film,moviestrue33fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1901-e2-ian-christie--62175997
                                                    Ian is an author and Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck, University of London. Among his many works are the book Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema (2019) and the TV production The Last Machine (1995), both of which are discussed in this episode.
                                                    
                                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                    
                                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram (1901) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                    • The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                    • The Death of Poor Joe (1901) - George Albert Smith
                                                    • The Waif and the Wizard (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • Leaving Jerusalem by Railway (1897) - Alexandre Promio
                                                    • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • Santa Claus (1898) - George Albert Smith
                                                    • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                    • The Launch of H.M.S. Albion (1898) - Robert Paul
                                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62175997Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanFilm historian Ian Christie rewires Tristan’s brain a bit in this episode, as Ian draws parallels between the early film “adaptation” and the tableaux painting, both of which benefit from contemporary shared pathos. During the discussion of his five...
                                                    Ian is an author and Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck, University of London. Among his many works are the book Robert Paul and the Origins of British Cinema (2019) and the TV production The Last Machine (1995), both of which are discussed in this episode.
                                                    
                                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1901!
                                                    
                                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram (1901) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                    • The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                    • The Death of Poor Joe (1901) - George Albert Smith
                                                    • The Waif and the Wizard (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • Leaving Jerusalem by Railway (1897) - Alexandre Promio
                                                    • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • Santa Claus (1898) - George Albert Smith
                                                    • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                    • The Launch of H.M.S. Albion (1898) - Robert Paul
                                                    ]]>3470film,moviesfalse32fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1901-e1-entertainment-as-propaganda--62072536
                                                    But as guests will point out, the intent and reception of such things may be alien to our modern eyes, from the idea of a moving picture "tableaux" to colonizing forces. Join host Tristan Ettleman for an exploration of 1901 with The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever!
                                                    
                                                    You can submit your own top five films for 1901 at the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list.
                                                    
                                                    Films mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • Fire! (1901) - James Williamson
                                                    • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                    • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • The Story of a Crime (1901) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62072536Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanAbout five years into film's existence as a publicly available invention and art form, 1901 offers up a number of exciting threads for where the medium did and did not go. Some aspects may appear familiar: a form of a "close-up," attempts at adapting...
                                                    But as guests will point out, the intent and reception of such things may be alien to our modern eyes, from the idea of a moving picture "tableaux" to colonizing forces. Join host Tristan Ettleman for an exploration of 1901 with The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever!
                                                    
                                                    You can submit your own top five films for 1901 at the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list.
                                                    
                                                    Films mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • Fire! (1901) - James Williamson
                                                    • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                    • Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost (1901) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • The Story of a Crime (1901) - Ferdinand Zecca
                                                    ]]>243film,moviesfalse31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1900-e7-sound-color-trickery-oh-my--61306865
                                                    In this finale, host Tristan Ettleman briefly summarizes these themes, shares his five picks for 1900, and creates a high-level list from guests' and listeners' picks. That list, including all films submitted for the season, can be found at the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list.
                                                    
                                                    The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1901 begins soon!
                                                    
                                                    Thank you to the guests of the second season:
                                                    
                                                    • Malcolm Cook
                                                    • Matthew Solomon
                                                    • Frank Kessler
                                                    • Carolyn Jacobs
                                                    • Enri Ceballos
                                                    Films mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • A Railway Collision (1900) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • The Doctor and the Monkey (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • The Christmas Dream (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • Joan of Arc (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • The Enchanted Drawing (1900) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                                    
                                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61306865Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanAlthough this season has emphasized that the sudden transition into the 20th century didn't magically advance the still very young art form of cinema, the films selected by the guests for the 1900 edition of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever...
                                                    In this finale, host Tristan Ettleman briefly summarizes these themes, shares his five picks for 1900, and creates a high-level list from guests' and listeners' picks. That list, including all films submitted for the season, can be found at the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list.
                                                    
                                                    The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1901 begins soon!
                                                    
                                                    Thank you to the guests of the second season:
                                                    
                                                    • Malcolm Cook
                                                    • Matthew Solomon
                                                    • Frank Kessler
                                                    • Carolyn Jacobs
                                                    • Enri Ceballos
                                                    Films mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • A Railway Collision (1900) - Walter R. Booth
                                                    • The Doctor and the Monkey (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • The Christmas Dream (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • Joan of Arc (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                    • The Enchanted Drawing (1900) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                                    
                                                    ]]>377film,moviesfalse27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1900-e6-enri-ceballos--61246643
                                                    Enri is the General Director for the Mexico International Silent Film Festival, a PhD student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a member of Women and Film History International.
                                                    
                                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • La concierge (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Danse directoire (1900) - Marguerite Vrignault
                                                    • Dance of the Seasons: Winter (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Gavotte (1900) - Marguerite Vrignault
                                                    • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • "Do You Believe in Fairies? Cabbages, Victorian Memes, and the Birth of Cinema: Seeing Sapphic Sexuality in the Silent Era" - Kiki Loveday
                                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61246643Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe affinity Enri Ceballos has for dance is intensely represented by his picks for 1900, four of which feature the sheer joy of human movement. Both in front of and behind the screen, these films (all French and helmed by women!) also represent the...
                                                    Enri is the General Director for the Mexico International Silent Film Festival, a PhD student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and a member of Women and Film History International.
                                                    
                                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • La concierge (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Danse directoire (1900) - Marguerite Vrignault
                                                    • Dance of the Seasons: Winter (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Gavotte (1900) - Marguerite Vrignault
                                                    • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                    • "Do You Believe in Fairies? Cabbages, Victorian Memes, and the Birth of Cinema: Seeing Sapphic Sexuality in the Silent Era" - Kiki Loveday
                                                    ]]>2539film,moviesfalse26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1900-e5-carolyn-jacobs--61164653
                                                    Carolyn is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Communication Department at Central Connecticut State University. Her current book project, Sanitizing Cinema: Public Health and the Regulation of American Film, considers the effects of health emergencies on the development of motion pictures in the early twentieth century.
                                                    
                                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1900!
                                                    
                                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo (1900) - James H. White
                                                    • Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                    • The Kiss (1900) - unknown
                                                    • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Turn-of-the-century Surgery (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Oppenheimer (2023) - Christopher Nolan
                                                    • The Cheese Mites (1903) - F. Martin Duncan
                                                    • To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy Smith
                                                    • The Acrobatic Fly (1910) - F. Percy Smith
                                                    • Mad Max (1979) - George Miller
                                                    • The Kiss (1896) - William Heise
                                                    • Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                    • The Horse in Motion (1878) - Eadweard Muybridge
                                                    • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                    • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Midwife to the Upper Class (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Falling Leaves (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • La séparacion de Doodica-Radica (1902) - Eugène-Louis Doyen
                                                    • "Do You Believe in Fairies? Cabbages, Victorian Memes, and the Birth of Cinema: Seeing Sapphic Sexuality in the Silent Era" - Kiki Loveday
                                                    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61164653Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanConsidering Carolyn Jacobs' research focuses on the cultural history of media, especially in relation to histories of medicine, science, and public health, it makes sense that she examines her five picks through those lenses. From kissing panics to...
                                                    Carolyn is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Communication Department at Central Connecticut State University. Her current book project, Sanitizing Cinema: Public Health and the Regulation of American Film, considers the effects of health emergencies on the development of motion pictures in the early twentieth century.
                                                    
                                                    Visit the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1900!
                                                    
                                                    Films and resources mentioned:
                                                    
                                                    • Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo (1900) - James H. White
                                                    • Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                    • The Kiss (1900) - unknown
                                                    • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Turn-of-the-century Surgery (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Oppenheimer (2023) - Christopher Nolan
                                                    • The Cheese Mites (1903) - F. Martin Duncan
                                                    • To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) - F. Percy Smith
                                                    • The Acrobatic Fly (1910) - F. Percy Smith
                                                    • Mad Max (1979) - George Miller
                                                    • The Kiss (1896) - William Heise
                                                    • Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                    • The Horse in Motion (1878) - Eadweard Muybridge
                                                    • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                    • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Midwife to the Upper Class (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • Falling Leaves (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                    • La séparacion de Doodica-Radica (1902) - Eugène-Louis Doyen
                                                    • "Do You Believe in Fairies? Cabbages, Victorian Memes, and the Birth of Cinema: Seeing...]]>2604film,moviesfalse25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1900-e4-frank-kessler--61085101any films from the turn of the century (and earlier), including his picks that include trickery and evolving film language.
                                                      
                                                      Frank is professor in media history at Utrecht University. His research activities concern mainly the field of early cinema and visual media in the 19th and early 20th century. His work includes the research program "The Nation and Its Other" and he acted as project leader and editor for A Million Pictures: Magic Lantern Slides in the History of Learning.
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Attack on a China Mission (1900) - James Williamson
                                                      • Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • A Railway Collision (1900) - Walter R. Booth
                                                      • San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 (1906) - unknown
                                                      • The Dreyfus Affair (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • A Sneaky Boer (1901) - unknown
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                      • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                      • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • Alice Guy Films a ‘Phonoscène’ in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • 'They thought it was a marvel' : Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961) : pioneer of puppet animation (2009) - Tjitte de Vries and Ati Mul
                                                      • Women Film Pioneers Project
                                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61085101Wed, 21 Aug 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanFrom misattribution to missing sound, this conversation with Frank Kessler has a bit of lamentation for the lost works and context of early cinema. But there's also some celebration that we can view any films from the turn of the century (and...any films from the turn of the century (and earlier), including his picks that include trickery and evolving film language.
                                                      
                                                      Frank is professor in media history at Utrecht University. His research activities concern mainly the field of early cinema and visual media in the 19th and early 20th century. His work includes the research program "The Nation and Its Other" and he acted as project leader and editor for A Million Pictures: Magic Lantern Slides in the History of Learning.
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Attack on a China Mission (1900) - James Williamson
                                                      • Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • A Railway Collision (1900) - Walter R. Booth
                                                      • San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 (1906) - unknown
                                                      • The Dreyfus Affair (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • A Sneaky Boer (1901) - unknown
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                      • Rescued by Rover (1905) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                      • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • Alice Guy Films a ‘Phonoscène’ in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • 'They thought it was a marvel' : Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961) : pioneer of puppet animation (2009) - Tjitte de Vries and Ati Mul
                                                      • Women Film Pioneers Project
                                                      ]]>3337film,moviesfalse24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1900-e3-matthew-solomon--61006364
                                                      Matthew is the author of Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century and Méliès Boots: Footwear and Film Manufacturing in Second Industrial Revolution Paris, among many other books, articles, and publications.
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Let Me Dream Again (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                      • Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                      • The Enchanted Drawing (1900) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                                      • The Magic Book (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Aice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • The Playhouse (1921) - Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline
                                                      • The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61006364Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:00:04 +0000Tristan EttlemanMatthew Solomon has taught film history and theory at the University of Michigan since 2011, with special interests in early and silent cinema, classic Hollywood filmmaking, and French film. He brings all that to bear on his five picks for 1900, which...
                                                      Matthew is the author of Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century and Méliès Boots: Footwear and Film Manufacturing in Second Industrial Revolution Paris, among many other books, articles, and publications.
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Let Me Dream Again (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                      • Grandma's Reading Glass (1900) - George Albert Smith
                                                      • The Enchanted Drawing (1900) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                                      • The Magic Book (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Great Train Robbery (1903) - Edwin S. Porter
                                                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Aice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • The Playhouse (1921) - Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline
                                                      • The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      ]]>2671film,moviesfalse23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1900-e2-malcolm-cook--60928375
                                                      Malcolm is the author of Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens (2018)  and co-editor (with Kirsten Moana Thompson) of the collection Animation and Advertising (2019). His current research focusses on useful animation, especially in relation to petroleum industries, with recent articles on this published in Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal (2023) and Media+Environment (2024).
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • The Enchanted Drawing (1900) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                      • Solar Eclipse (1900) - Nevil Maskelyne
                                                      • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                                      • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                      • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
                                                      • Crash (1996) - David Cronenberg
                                                      • The Magic Book (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                      • Women Film Pioneers Project
                                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60928375Wed, 07 Aug 2024 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanMalcolm Cook, Associate Professor of Film at the University of Southampton, found it challenging to pick just five works to represent 1900. But his selections embody the cross-section of genres and approaches across three countries, demonstrating how...
                                                      Malcolm is the author of Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens (2018)  and co-editor (with Kirsten Moana Thompson) of the collection Animation and Advertising (2019). His current research focusses on useful animation, especially in relation to petroleum industries, with recent articles on this published in Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal (2023) and Media+Environment (2024).
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • The Enchanted Drawing (1900) - J. Stuart Blackton
                                                      • The One-Man Band (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Explosion of a Motor Car (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                      • Solar Eclipse (1900) - Nevil Maskelyne
                                                      • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                      • A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming
                                                      • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900) - Cecil Hepworth
                                                      • The Automatic Motorist (1911) - Walter R. Booth
                                                      • Crash (1996) - David Cronenberg
                                                      • The Magic Book (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Hugo (2011) - Martin Scorsese
                                                      • Women Film Pioneers Project
                                                      ]]>2657film,moviesfalse22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1900-e1-the-beginning-of-a-century--60849897
                                                      From medical viewpoints to "animation," retroactive markers of "filmic language" to attribution mysteries, the conversations with host Tristan Ettleman's guests are sure to dispel some myths and preconceived notions of this era of cinema and encourage the discovery of both well-documented and relatively obscure movies. Join us for an exploration of 1900 with The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever!
                                                      
                                                      Films mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • Joan of Arc (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60849897Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanThe second season of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever narrows down from the decade-plus of the first down to just one calendar year. The first year of the 20th century didn't suddenly erupt the cinematic world into wholly unprecedented...
                                                      From medical viewpoints to "animation," retroactive markers of "filmic language" to attribution mysteries, the conversations with host Tristan Ettleman's guests are sure to dispel some myths and preconceived notions of this era of cinema and encourage the discovery of both well-documented and relatively obscure movies. Join us for an exploration of 1900 with The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever!
                                                      
                                                      Films mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Hamlet (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • Cyrano de Bergerac (1900) - Clément Maurice
                                                      • Joan of Arc (1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      ]]>257film,moviesfalse21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1800s-e7-the-end-of-a-century--60700882the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com. And be sure to look forward to the next season on 1900, starting soon!
                                                      
                                                      Thank you to the guests of this first season:
                                                      
                                                      • J.J. DiUbaldi
                                                      • Aurore Spiers
                                                      • Maggie Hennefeld
                                                      • Bryony Dixon
                                                      • Peter Domankiewicz
                                                      Films mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Pauvre Pierrot (1892) - Charles-Émile Reynaud
                                                      • Cinderella (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Astronomer's Dream (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                      • Autour d'une cabine (1894) - Charles-Émile Reynaud
                                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                      • The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Dairy Maid's Revenge (1899) - Frank S. Armitage
                                                      
                                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60700882Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanInvented within the last decade or so of the 1800s, "cinema" (a fluid definition not owed to any one person or group as this season has demonstrated) grew exponentially through the end of the century. The guests for this first season of The 5 Best...the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com. And be sure to look forward to the next season on 1900, starting soon!
                                                      
                                                      Thank you to the guests of this first season:
                                                      
                                                      • J.J. DiUbaldi
                                                      • Aurore Spiers
                                                      • Maggie Hennefeld
                                                      • Bryony Dixon
                                                      • Peter Domankiewicz
                                                      Films mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Pauvre Pierrot (1892) - Charles-Émile Reynaud
                                                      • Cinderella (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Astronomer's Dream (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                      • Autour d'une cabine (1894) - Charles-Émile Reynaud
                                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                      • The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Dairy Maid's Revenge (1899) - Frank S. Armitage
                                                      
                                                      ]]>420film,filmhistory,moviefalse17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1800s-e6-peter-domankiewicz--60647206Tea & Sangria), screenwriter, and journalist with a long-standing interest in the origins of cinema. That interest manifests in five picks that deconstruct some of the myths surrounding early film, including the definition of “cinema” and its “invention,” a widescreen format at least 70 years before it became a standard, and a genuinely exclusive explanation of a film residing in the French national film archive that Peter was able to identify this summer.
                                                      
                                                      He is currently in the final year of a fully-funded PhD at De Montfort University, examining the work and inventions of the controversial moving picture pioneer, William Friese-Greene. He has written about early film for Sight & Sound and The Guardian, contributed to reference works and journals, and has recently co-authored Finding Birt Acres: The Rediscovery of a Film Pioneer for publication by University of Exeter Press in 2025. His blog William Friese-Greene & Me presents original research on early film history for a broad readership.
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Fumerie d'opium (1899) - Gabriel Veyre
                                                      • La Nourrice (c. 1896-1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Derby 1895 (1895) - Birt Acres
                                                      • Young Griffo v. Battling Charles Barnett (1895) - Otway Latham
                                                      • "Untitled" (1890) - William Friese-Greene
                                                      • Napoléon (1927) - Abel Gance
                                                      • Repas annamite (1899) - Gabriel Veyre
                                                      • Le village de Namo: panorama pris d’une chaise à porteurs (1900) - Gabriel Veyre
                                                      • The Soldier's Courtship (1896) - Robert W. Paul
                                                      • Pauvre Pierrot (1892) - Charles-Émile Reynaud
                                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1895) - Birt Acres
                                                      • Rough Sea at Dover (1895) - Birt Acres
                                                      • Bullfight (1896) - Gray Latham and Eugène Lauste
                                                      • The Nichols Sisters (1895) - Otway Latham
                                                      • Sidewalks of New York (1895) - Otway Latham
                                                      • Children Dancing with Barrel Organ (1898) - Charles Goodwin Norton
                                                      • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • "Who? What? When? Where? A mini chronology of the start of cinema" - Peter Domankiewicz
                                                      • "Happy 125th Birthday, Cinema!" - Peter Domankiewicz
                                                      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60647206Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanPeter Domankiewicz is a film director (https://youtu.be/6kUzk5Vgo3g?si=I4ri0bHH54wc70QJ), screenwriter, and journalist with a long-standing interest in the origins of cinema. That interest manifests in five picks that deconstruct some of the myths...Tea & Sangria), screenwriter, and journalist with a long-standing interest in the origins of cinema. That interest manifests in five picks that deconstruct some of the myths surrounding early film, including the definition of “cinema” and its “invention,” a widescreen format at least 70 years before it became a standard, and a genuinely exclusive explanation of a film residing in the French national film archive that Peter was able to identify this summer.
                                                      
                                                      He is currently in the final year of a fully-funded PhD at De Montfort University, examining the work and inventions of the controversial moving picture pioneer, William Friese-Greene. He has written about early film for Sight & Sound and The Guardian, contributed to reference works and journals, and has recently co-authored Finding Birt Acres: The Rediscovery of a Film Pioneer for publication by University of Exeter Press in 2025. His blog William Friese-Greene & Me presents original research on early film history for a broad readership.
                                                      
                                                      Films and resources mentioned:
                                                      
                                                      • Fumerie d'opium (1899) - Gabriel Veyre
                                                      • La Nourrice (c. 1896-1900) - Georges Méliès
                                                      • The Derby 1895 (1895) - Birt Acres
                                                      • Young Griffo v. Battling Charles Barnett (1895) - Otway Latham
                                                      • "Untitled" (1890) - William Friese-Greene
                                                      • Napoléon (1927) - Abel Gance
                                                      • Repas annamite (1899) - Gabriel Veyre
                                                      • Le village de Namo: panorama pris d’une chaise à porteurs (1900) - Gabriel Veyre
                                                      • The Soldier's Courtship (1896) - Robert W. Paul
                                                      • Pauvre Pierrot (1892) - Charles-Émile Reynaud
                                                      • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (1895) - Birt Acres
                                                      • Rough Sea at Dover (1895) - Birt Acres
                                                      • Bullfight (1896) - Gray Latham and Eugène Lauste
                                                      • The Nichols Sisters (1895) - Otway Latham
                                                      • Sidewalks of New York (1895) - Otway Latham
                                                      • Children Dancing with Barrel Organ (1898) - Charles Goodwin Norton
                                                      • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896) - Louis Lumière
                                                      • 4301film,filmhistory,moviefalse16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1800s-e5-bryony-dixon--60493911The Story of Victorian Film.
                                                        
                                                        Bryony is also the author of 100 Silent Films and has written numerous articles and book chapters on silent cinema and archiving. She is co-director of the British Silent Film Festival and has programmed films for many international festivals. She has been lead curator on a number of the BFI’s recent film restorations, including Underground (1928), Shooting Stars (1927), Epic of Everest (1924), The Great White Silence (1924), all nine surviving Hitchcock silent films, and the BFI’s large format Victorian films. Her Twitter is @bryonydixon.
                                                        
                                                        Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                        
                                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                                        
                                                        • Children Dancing with Barrel Organ (1898) - Charles Goodwin Norton
                                                        • Santa Claus (1898) - George Albert Smith
                                                        • Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice (1898) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • The Miller and the Sweep (1897) - George Albert Smith
                                                        • Launch of H.M.S. Albion (1898) - Robert W. Paul
                                                        • Launch of H.M.S. Albion at Blackwall (1898) - E.P. Prestwich
                                                        • The Battle of Midway (1942) - John Ford
                                                        • History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope and Kinetophonograph - William K.L. Dickson and Antonia Dickson
                                                        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60493911Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanBryony Dixon is the curator of silent film at the BFI National Archive and her picks for the 1800s reflect that expertise. Bryony discusses five British films that are emblematic of key developments in the earliest days of film, which align with the...The Story of Victorian Film.
                                                        
                                                        Bryony is also the author of 100 Silent Films and has written numerous articles and book chapters on silent cinema and archiving. She is co-director of the British Silent Film Festival and has programmed films for many international festivals. She has been lead curator on a number of the BFI’s recent film restorations, including Underground (1928), Shooting Stars (1927), Epic of Everest (1924), The Great White Silence (1924), all nine surviving Hitchcock silent films, and the BFI’s large format Victorian films. Her Twitter is @bryonydixon.
                                                        
                                                        Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                        
                                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                                        
                                                        • Children Dancing with Barrel Organ (1898) - Charles Goodwin Norton
                                                        • Santa Claus (1898) - George Albert Smith
                                                        • Panoramic View of the Vegetable Market at Venice (1898) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • The Miller and the Sweep (1897) - George Albert Smith
                                                        • Launch of H.M.S. Albion (1898) - Robert W. Paul
                                                        • Launch of H.M.S. Albion at Blackwall (1898) - E.P. Prestwich
                                                        • The Battle of Midway (1942) - John Ford
                                                        • History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope and Kinetophonograph - William K.L. Dickson and Antonia Dickson
                                                        ]]>3229film,filmhistory,moviesfalse15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1800s-e4-maggie-hennefeld--60416310Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema and Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes tackle similar themes to those explored in her five picks from the 1890s, which reveal the expansive possibilities of the earliest days of film, from anarchic comedy to those who worked behind the camera.
                                                        
                                                        Maggie is also a curator of the 4-disc DVD/Blu-ray collection Cinema's First Nasty Women and co-director of Archives on Screen, Twin Cities. Her socials are:
                                                        Twitter: @magshenny
                                                        Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hennefem/
                                                        Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hennefem.bsky.social
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                        
                                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                                        
                                                        • The Boxing Cats (1894) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                        • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                        • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                        • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                        • The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                                        • The Dairy Maid's Revenge (1899) - Frank S. Armitage
                                                        • Fredd Ott's Sneeze (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • Carmencita (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • Sioux Ghost Dance (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) - Pamela B. Green
                                                        • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                        • Algie, the Miner (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché, Harry Schenk, and Edward Warren
                                                        • The Pill Pounder (1923) - Gregory La Cava
                                                        • Madame's Cravings (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                        • Moonlight (2016) - Barry Jenkins
                                                        • If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) - Barry Jenkins
                                                        • Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) - George Albert Smith
                                                        • The Man with the Rubber Head (1901) - Georges Méliès
                                                        • The Big Swallow (1901) - James Williamson
                                                        • Léontine's Battery (1910) - Unknown
                                                        • "Do You Believe in Fairies? Cabbages, Victorian Memes, and the Birth of Cinema: Seeing Sapphic Sexuality in the Silent Era" - Kiki Loveday
                                                        • Women Film Pioneers Project
                                                        • "The Cinema of Racialized Attraction(s): The John C. Rice–May Irwin Kiss and Something Good—Negro Kiss" - Allyson Nadia Field
                                                        • "The Cinema of Attraction[s]: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde" - Tom Gunning
                                                        • Silent London
                                                        • The Loft Cinema
                                                        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60416310Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:02 +0000Tristan EttlemanMaggie Hennefeld, Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, has literally written the book(s) on early cinematic feminist...Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema and Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes tackle similar themes to those explored in her five picks from the 1890s, which reveal the expansive possibilities of the earliest days of film, from anarchic comedy to those who worked behind the camera.
                                                        
                                                        Maggie is also a curator of the 4-disc DVD/Blu-ray collection Cinema's First Nasty Women and co-director of Archives on Screen, Twin Cities. Her socials are:
                                                        Twitter: @magshenny
                                                        Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hennefem/
                                                        Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/hennefem.bsky.social
                                                        
                                                        
                                                        Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                        
                                                        Films and resources mentioned:
                                                        
                                                        • The Boxing Cats (1894) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                        • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                        • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                        • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                        • The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) - Georges Méliès
                                                        • The Dairy Maid's Revenge (1899) - Frank S. Armitage
                                                        • Fredd Ott's Sneeze (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • Carmencita (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • Sioux Ghost Dance (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                        • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) - Pamela B. Green
                                                        • Pierrette's Escapades (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                        • Algie, the Miner (1912) - Alice Guy-Blaché, Harry Schenk, and Edward Warren
                                                        • The Pill Pounder (1923) - Gregory La Cava
                                                        • Madame's Cravings (1907) - Alice...]]>3034film,filmhistory,moviesfalse14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1800s-e3-aurore-spiers--60343277
                                                          Aurore received her PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from The University of Chicago in 2022. Since 2015, she has been a contributing editor to the Women Film Pioneers Project, edited by Jane Gaines, Monica Dall’Asta, Radha Vatsal, and Kate Saccone, and published by Columbia University Libraries. Her Twitter handle is @AurSpiers.
                                                          
                                                          Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                          
                                                          Films and resources mentioned:
                                                          
                                                          • The Dairy Maid's Revenge (1899) - Frank S. Armitage
                                                          • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                          • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                          • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                          • The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                          • Midwife First Class (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • Madame's Cravings (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                          • The Lily of Life (1920) - Loie Fuller
                                                          • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                          • Women Film Pioneers Project
                                                          • Cinema's First Nasty Women
                                                          • "Do You Believe in Fairies? Cabbages, Victorian Memes, and the Birth of Cinema: Seeing Sapphic Sexuality in the Silent Era" - Kiki Loveday
                                                          • Auguste and Louis Lumière Letters: Inventing the Cinema
                                                          • Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema - Daisuke Miyao
                                                          • Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema - Tom Gunning, Giovanna Fossati, Joshua Yumibe, Jonathon Rosen
                                                          
                                                          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60343277Wed, 19 Jun 2024 07:00:42 +0000Tristan EttlemanAs a feminist film historian and scholar, Aurore Spiers (she/her) is mainly focused on women’s contributions to film, with her work interrogating historiographical processes—what history gets written, how, and why—through the lens of gender and...
                                                          Aurore received her PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from The University of Chicago in 2022. Since 2015, she has been a contributing editor to the Women Film Pioneers Project, edited by Jane Gaines, Monica Dall’Asta, Radha Vatsal, and Kate Saccone, and published by Columbia University Libraries. Her Twitter handle is @AurSpiers.
                                                          
                                                          Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                          
                                                          Films and resources mentioned:
                                                          
                                                          • The Dairy Maid's Revenge (1899) - Frank S. Armitage
                                                          • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                          • The Cabbage Fairy (1896) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • The Cabbage Fairy (1900) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                          • Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895) - William K.L. Dickson and William Heise
                                                          • The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                          • Midwife First Class (1902) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • Madame's Cravings (1907) - Alice Guy-Blaché
                                                          • Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                          • The Lily of Life (1920) - Loie Fuller
                                                          • Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895) - Louis Lumière
                                                          • Women Film Pioneers Project
                                                          • Cinema's First Nasty Women
                                                          • "Do You Believe in Fairies? Cabbages, Victorian Memes, and the Birth of Cinema: Seeing Sapphic Sexuality in the Silent Era" - Kiki Loveday
                                                          • Auguste and Louis Lumière Letters: Inventing the Cinema
                                                          • Japonisme and the Birth of Cinema - Daisuke Miyao
                                                          • Fantasia of Color in Early Cinema - Tom Gunning, Giovanna...]]>3606film,filmhistory,moviesfalse13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1800s-e2-j-j-diubaldi--60267400
                                                            J.J. maintains zepfanman.com, an eclectic hodgepodge of his interests over the years. His goal is to connect people and facilitate sharing in a way that only the internet can provide, which includes a 10 Years 10 Films blog series that is not unlike this podcast. You can also follow him on Letterboxd @zepfanman.
                                                            
                                                            Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                            
                                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                                            
                                                            • Serpentine Dance (1897) - Louis Lumière
                                                            • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                            • Annie G. (1887) - Eadweard Muybridge
                                                            • The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894 or '95) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                            • Cinderella (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                            • La Cucaracha (1934) - Lloyd Corrigan
                                                            • The Movie Orgy (1968) - Joe Dante
                                                            • The Kiss (1896) - William Heise
                                                            • Nope (2022) - Jordan Peele
                                                            • Timeline of Historical Film Colors
                                                            • Méliès: Fairy Tales in Color
                                                            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60267400Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:00:04 +0000Tristan EttlemanAs the first guest of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever and its 1800s season, writer and avid "prehistoric" film watcher J.J. DiUbaldi explores sound, color, and positive racial depictions (among other topics) through his five picks; things one...
                                                            J.J. maintains zepfanman.com, an eclectic hodgepodge of his interests over the years. His goal is to connect people and facilitate sharing in a way that only the internet can provide, which includes a 10 Years 10 Films blog series that is not unlike this podcast. You can also follow him on Letterboxd @zepfanman.
                                                            
                                                            Visit https://www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own five favorites of the 1800s for a final tally in the season finale!
                                                            
                                                            Films and resources mentioned:
                                                            
                                                            • Serpentine Dance (1897) - Louis Lumière
                                                            • Something Good/Negro Kiss (1898) - William Selig
                                                            • Annie G. (1887) - Eadweard Muybridge
                                                            • The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894 or '95) - William K.L. Dickson
                                                            • Cinderella (1899) - Georges Méliès
                                                            • La Cucaracha (1934) - Lloyd Corrigan
                                                            • The Movie Orgy (1968) - Joe Dante
                                                            • The Kiss (1896) - William Heise
                                                            • Nope (2022) - Jordan Peele
                                                            • Timeline of Historical Film Colors
                                                            • Méliès: Fairy Tales in Color
                                                            ]]>2523false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-1800s-e1-the-invention-of-cinema--60121509https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60121509Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:00:03 +0000Tristan EttlemanWelcome to The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever. Ahead of guests and listeners sharing their picks for the first decade or so of cinema up until the end of the nineteenth century, instructor and host Tristan Ettleman provides some context on the...240cinema,film,filmhistory,moviesfalse11full