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Samson und Delila (1922)

Samson und Delila is an Austrian-made silent by the Hungarian-born director Alexander Korda, one of two Samson themed films which were rele...

With so many silent films lost to the ages, we should be grateful even for those where the remains are only part of what was originally proj...

It's been the British Silent Film Festival this week, hosted in my local city of Leicester, so whilst none of the films are (strictly) b...

"For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. " - Paul's letter to the Romans...

The Silents of Jesus in the Cinema (1897-1927) Edited by David J. Shepherd Routledge, Taylor and Francis (2016) 292 pages 61 B/W Illustratio...

The story of Joseph is one that's never really benefited from a major Bible film, though the Joseph entry in The Bible Collection did ...

I'm reviewing this film as part of the Early Women Filmmakers Blogathon (though I've been meaning to do so for some time). The film...

Shadow of Nazareth is unusual amongst Jesus films because it sits, somewhat awkwardly between films that are primarily about Jesus, and tho...

Carl Theodor Dreyer is rightly revered as a filmmaker of some repute, whose bold and uncompromising films, such as Ordet (1954) and La Pass...

This is the latest in a series of posts about the relationship between the Bible, the idea of canonicity and film. The latter part of the s...

Robert Wiene will, rightly, always be best remembered for his 1920 expressionistic classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , but by 1923 with hi...