In one of the pinnacles of silent cinema, Louise Brooks opens Pandora's Box and sex, lust, and charm comes oozing out.
Silent Film
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Mario Davies stars in The Red Mill, a delightful comedy that is set in my native country The Netherlands.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the earliest surviving animated feature film in existence. It was made by German animator and director Lotte Reiniger in 1926.
Dementia is a strange Film Noir horror film from 1955. No spoken dialog, but only haunting music and a nice Jazz score accompany disturbing footage of a woman gone mad.
Asphalt tells the story of how a nice young man falls into the clutches of a gorgeous female jewel thief. One of the earliest films noir out there.
Angel's Egg is the strangest film I have seen to date. It comes with a beautiful soundtrack and eerie scenery. A masterpiece in the category of conceptual art films.
Die Nibelungen is a 1924 German epic by Fritz Lang. It tells the legend of Siegfried, Kriemhild's Revenge and the Nibelungen.
La Antena is a surreal 21st century Argentinian Sci-Fi silent film by Esteban Sapir, with stunning visuals and beautiful music.
The Naked Island tells of a family who live on an otherwise deserted island. Their main concern is getting fresh water to grow what passes for crops.
Häxan is a silent film and an early horror classic. Its sub-title is Witchcraft Through the Ages. It shows torture, witch hunts, superstition and more.