Italian paper engineer and pop-up book artist, Massimo Missiroli, has designed a 2023 Charlie Chaplin desktop calendar, available to all, free of charge, to print and assemble at home. The calendar design includes QR codes to classic Chaplin film clips.
You can download the pdf template from Dropbox.
And follow construction directions in this tutorial:
More good news for Chaplin fans in the UK. The Criterion Collection is releasing CITY LIGHTS on blu-ray on December 12, 2022.
The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (a magical VIRGINIA CHERRILL) and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive beauty of the pre-talkie form. The result was the epitome of his art and the crowning achievement of silent comedy.
The Criterion Collection is releasing THE GREAT DICTATOR on blu-ray in the UK on 26 September 2022.
UK residents can try to win a blu-ray from Silent London, or can pre-order a copy of The Great Dictator from Criterion Collection here.
Special edition features include:
• Audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin historians Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran
• The Tramp and the Dictator (2001), documentary
• Visual essays by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
• On-set, colour production footage shot by Chaplin’s half-brother, Sydney
• Deleted scene from Chaplin’s 1919 film Sunnyside
• Theatrical trailer
• Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood and a 1940 article by Chaplin on the film
Les Editions du Sonneur have published a new French edition of My Trip Abroad (Loin d’Hollywood) by Charlie Chaplin. Visit Les Editions du Sonneur’s website for more details.
From 18 March to 25 September 2022, Chaplin’s World will pay homage to Chaplin’s first feature-length work as a director, The Kid, with a new exhibition created by Yves Durand and produced by the Charlie Chaplin Museum Foundation. Through the lens of Chaplin’s own childhood, it will give kids and adults alike a chance to discover Chaplin’s life journey, from London slums to worldwide fame.
More details about “The Kid: The Exhibition” on Chaplin’s World’s website.
Chaplin’s World will host screenings of The Kid on:
- 23 March & 16 April 2022 (with Eugene Chaplin), and on
- 19 and 26 April 2022.
We are happy to announce the launch of Spreadshirt’s new official Charlie Chaplin shop, where you can find t-shirts and other clothing, home goods and accessories. Shop now!
The web store is operated and managed by Bubbles Inc’s new licensee Spreadshirt (agent Greenlight Rights). Items are available in the UK, Eire, Channel Islands, NORDICS, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic & Benelux.
The Cinémathèque de Toulouse is celebrating Charlie Chaplin with a retrospective from January 4 to February 16, 2022.
Full programme on La Cinémathèque de Toulouse’s website.
On Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 June 2022, the Cinémathèque de Toulouse is also organizing live-to-film concerts of The Circus at L’Escale in Tournefeuille, where the film will be accompanied live by the Orchestre Symphonique de l’École d’Enseignements Artistiques de Tournefeuille playing Chaplin’s score, conducted by Claude Puysségur. More details here.