Cinephile Paradiso is BACK. We are so excited to announce our first event of 2025 in collaboration with the Silent Cinema. Presenting… DIRECTED BY DOROTHY ARNZER.

In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8th, we invite you to a special event exploring the legacy of Dorothy Arzner, a true trailblazer of early Hollywood. As the only woman director to successfully transition from the silent era to sound in the studio system, Arzner broke barriers in a male-dominated industry. She was not only the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America but also a mentor to many actresses who sought stronger, more independent roles on screen.

This event features a screening of the 1927 film Get Your Man, starring Clara Bow. A collaboration between Bow and Arzner, the film marks an early collaboration between the two before Arzner later directed Bow in her first talkie where she famously invented the boom mic by rigging a microphone to a fishing rod.

The screening will be followed by a post screening discussion (in true Cinephile Paradiso style!).

Screening with live piano accompaniment by Mila Maia

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IMDb RATING: 6.4/10

This year's St. Patrick's Day will be special for two reasons. The first reason is Samuel Beckett. The second - Buster Keaton.

We invite you to the screening of the Film directed by Beckett and Alan Schneider (1965). A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based around Bishop Berkeley's principle 'esse est percipi' (to be is to be perceived), Keaton's very existence conspires against his efforts.

This was Samuel Beckett's only venture into the medium of cinema. According to the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, it is "the greatest Irish film."

The event will kick off with a screening of short silent films that connect to Ireland, featuring works from both silent film era and modern filmmakers.

Screening with live musical accompaniment by Graham Keane

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^{IMDb RATING: 7.4/10}

^{ROTTEN TOMATOES: 76%}

We are delighted to be a part of this year's Grá Festival! Join us for a special screening of the darkly romantic 1927 silent film by F.W. Murnau, Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans, starring Janet Gaynor, George O`Brien and Margaret Livingston. Sunrise, primely the finest and most beautiful love story of two humans, hailed for its simplicity and passion. A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

It`s the perfect film, and setting, for time-travelling film lovers! Grá goers are invited to luxuriate in the cinema`s intimate wine bar for a pre-screening drink!

Screening with live piano accompaniment by Agustina Taborda

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IMDb RATING: 8.1/10

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 98%

...also known as Seduction - a 1929 silent erotic melodrama film by Czech director Gustav Machatý.

A young woman is seduced and abandoned by a man who was invited to stay at his home by her father in a stormy night. Noticing that she is pregnant, the girl decides to leave home and start a new life.

Erotikon was released just as the arrival of "talkies" was stifling (at least temporarily) the artistry out of cinema, and it's one of the most lusciously-photographed films of its era.

Screening with live piano accompaniment by Mila Maia

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^{IMDb RATING: 7.1/10}

^{ROTTEN TOMATOES: 75%}

Silent Cinema won the Irish Hospitality Awards 2024 in the Best Independent Cinema Experience category!
Our heartfelt thanks go out to all our fans, friends, and artists who have collaborated with us. Your contributions have been invaluable in achieving this victory!
If you have not yet been to Silent Cinema, we would like to invite you to enjoy a silent film with live piano accompaniment.

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^{OUR RATING: 10/10}