For those of you in Nuremberg in January, several Chaplin films will be screened at Filmhaus Nürnberg during their month-long Charlie Chaplin retrospective: The Great Dictator, The Kid, The Circus, Monsieur Verdoux and more!
See Filmhaus Nürnberg’s website for details.
The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London, hosts a season dedicated to some of Charlie Chaplin’s timeless classics.
Wednesday 8th January
The Kid (18:50)
Wednesday 15th January
Modern Times (18:55)
Wednesday 22nd January
City Lights (18:50)
Wednesday 29th January
The Great Dictator (18:20)
Visit the Prince Charles Cinema website for tickets.
Slapstick Festival 2014
January 24-26
This year the Slapstick Festival in Bristol celebrates their 10th anniversary AND 100 years of Charlie Chaplin’s famous Little Tramp.
Celebrate the Tramp’s centenary at their many Chaplin-related events. Chaplin’s biographer David Robinson presents a visual history of the creation and evolution of this seemingly immortal and universally cherished figure. Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Kelly examine Chaplin’s complex relationship to the First World War. Kate Guyonvarch vividly demonstrates the continuing relevance of Chaplin to a very young 21st century audience. Matthew Sweet hosts a discussion with guests at the festival about Chaplin’s film City Lights and a century of The Little Tramp. This event will be broadcast as a Landmark Discussion on BBC Radio 3 and available as a download. And Chaplin launches the 2014 festival with CITY LIGHTS, on Friday evening at Colston Hall in an event hosted by Omid Djalili and accompanied by live orchestra!
For full details, see Bristol Slapstick Festival’s website. You can also visit their facebook page and check out the t-shirts they’ve made for the occasion!
Photo: © Roy Export SAS
Join the San Francisco Silent Film Festival at the Castro Theatre on January 11th for a day-long centennial celebration of Charlie Chaplin’s beloved “Little Tramp” character. PLUS a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest!
The Silent Film festival celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp character in KID AUTO RACES AT VENICE (1914).
SFSFF’s celebration at the Castro Theatre will feature three programs of Chaplin’s indelible contribution to cinema. Three comedy shorts from Chaplin’s time at the Mutual Film Corporation - THE VAGABOND (1916), THE CURE (1917), and EASY STREET (1917) - start the day off, accompanied on solo piano by John Mirsalis. Chaplin’s masterpiece, THE KID (1921) will be preceded by KID AUTO RACES AT VENICE and accompanied by San Francisco Chamber Orchestra conducted by Timothy Brock. THE GOLD RUSH (1925) will also be accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra conducted by Brock. Timothy Brock is an acclaimed composer/conductor who restored many of Chaplin’s original scores.
Tickets are available on the San Francisco Silent Film Festival website.
Celebrate the centennial of the cinema’s greatest icon at Film Forum NYC with their weeklong series, “The Tramp 100”, from January 1-7, 2014!
Don’t miss screenings of The Kid, The Gold Rush, Modern Times, City Lights, The Great Dictator, the First Nationals, the Keystones, the Essanays, the Mutuals, and more!
Book tickets now at Film Forum’s website.
Lobster Films and Arte Editions have released a new 4-DVD set of the beautifully restored Chaplin Mutual Comedies: La naissance de Charlot, Volume 2, The Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
Available on Amazon.
Format : PAL
Subtitles : English, French, German
Region : Region 2
DVD 1: The Floorwalker – The Fireman – The Vagabond – One A.M.
DVD 2: The Count – The Pawnshop – Behind The Screen – The Rink
DVD 3: Easy Street – The Cure – The Immigrant – The Adventurer
DVD 4 EXTRAS: Unknown Chaplin 1st episode - Chaplin’s Goliath –- Little Tich - The Musical Marvel
This week in Lyon, France, the Institut Lumière has programmed FIVE live orchestral screenings of Modern Times at the Auditorium de Lyon. Timothy Brock will be conducting the Orchestre National de Lyon performing Chaplin’s own score, which Maestro Brock restored for live performance.
DATES and TIMES:
Wednesday, Dec 4, 8pm
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2 pm (special screening for schoolchildren)
Saturday, Dec. 7, 3 pm
Sunday, Dec. 8, 11 am
Sunday, Dec. 8, 4 pm
For further details, visit the Institut Lumière’s website or book tickets directly on the Auditorium de Lyon’s website.