Watch for free: ARTE is streaming a documentary on the making of Chaplin’s Modern Times.
Chaplin’s Modern Times, The End of Silent Film is available until the end of November on Arte.tv with English subtitles, or on YouTube.
Directed by Grégory Munro and co-produced by Temps Noir and ARTE, it delves into the transition from silent to sound cinema, focusing on Modern Times. In 1936, nearly a decade after the advent of the talkies, Chaplin boldly defied the trend, releasing a film that embraced minimal speech, drawing instead on physical performance and inventive sound design.
Director: Grégory Monro｜France｜2024｜55 min｜Available until 29/11/2025
Photographer Lorenzo Burlando captured the atmosphere at Piazza Maggiore during the 100th anniversary screening of The Gold Rush, presented by Roy Export SAS (the Chaplin Office) and mk2 Films, in a new 4K restoration by the Cineteca di Bologna and L’Immagine Ritrovata showcased at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2025. See more photos on Facebook.
The screening took place on 26 June 2025—the exact date of the film’s original premiere 100 years ago. Thousands gathered in the square as Chaplin’s timeless classic returned to the big screen, its appeal undiminished.
The live score, adapted, arranged and conducted by Timothy Brock, was brilliantly performed by the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna — a remarkable rendition of the score Chaplin composed for the 1942 reissue.
Gian Luca Farinelli, director of the Cineteca di Bologna, introduced the film, presenting a stereoscopic image of the Chilkoot Pass, one of Chaplin’s key inspirations for The Gold Rush.
Carmen Chaplin, her husband Ashim Bhalla, and their daughter Uma were in attendance, pictured alongside Arnold Lozano, director of the Chaplin Office.
Thanks to the BFI National Archive, Blackhawk Films and the Lobster Films Collection, Das Bundesarchiv, Filmoteca de Catalunya, George Eastman Museum, and MoMA for their contributions to the restoration.
Special thanks to Cineteca di Bologna and L’Immagine Ritrovata, and to mk2 for their continued collaboration. Viva il cinema, viva Charlot!
Celebrate 100 years of The Gold Rush – watch the official trailer:
To mark the 100th anniversary of The Gold Rush, the newly restored 4K version of Charlie Chaplin’s silent classic will be released in cinemas worldwide on June 26, 2025 — exactly a century after its original premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
Following its prestigious opening at Cannes Classics 2025, the film has already been confirmed for over 500 screenings in 70 countries, coordinated by mk2 films with the support of the Chaplin Office.
Among the many international highlights of the centenary celebrations is a special open-air screening in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, with live accompaniment by the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, conducted by Timothy Brock, during this year’s Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival.
The new 4K restoration, overseen by Cineteca di Bologna and L’Immagine Ritrovata, was carried out with the support of mk2 Films and Roy Export S.A.S. It will also be the subject of a dedicated panel at Il Cinema Ritrovato: Restorations Always in Progress: Gold Rush 1925, The Full Frame Chimera with Cecilia Cenciarelli (Cineteca di Bologna), Arnold Lozano (Director of Roy Export S.A.S.), Madeleine Lourenço and Frédérique Rouault (mk2 Films), and Elena Tammaccaro (L’Immagine Ritrovata)
Watch below as Arnold Lozano speaks at Cannes about the new release:
