Matt Page (he/him)
@mattpagefilm.bsky.social
Author/speaker on film. Wrote the BFI book "100 Bible Films". Also has soft spots for Italian cinema, silent movies, Pasolini, Rossellini, Straub/Huillet & HItchcock. Love a good podcast. NFP data geek by day.
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100 Bible Films (BFI Screen Guides) : Matthew Page: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Happy New Year everyone!
If your New Year's resolution was to read more books, or learn more stuff, then my book 100 BIBLE FILMS might be just the ticket.
It's wide-ranging, easy to read & beautifully illustrated. It also won an academic choice award.
Hope you have a smashing 2025!
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If your New Year's resolution was to read more books, or learn more stuff, then my book 100 BIBLE FILMS might be just the ticket.
It's wide-ranging, easy to read & beautifully illustrated. It also won an academic choice award.
Hope you have a smashing 2025!
amzn.eu/d/hKHgjQG
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Here is an excerpt from my conversation with @mattpagefilm.bsky.social about PORCO ROSSO for The Complete Catalog: Studio Ghibli. Links in quoted post!
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here is an excerpt from my conversation with @mattpagefilm.bsky.social about PORCO ROSSO for The Complete Catalog: Studio Ghibli. Links in quoted post!
I really enjoyed chatting to @ettletodd.bsky.social about Ghibli’s PORCO ROSSO. Talking about a film in depth like this is a great way to notice new things that you might not have thought of otherwise
Studio Ghibli E12 of The Complete Catalog is live! @mattpagefilm.bsky.social and I talk PORCO ROSSO, ranging from its personal connections to its director Hayao Miyazaki to its exceptional qualities as a "genre picture" like Old Hollywood films of yore, and beyond. Links 👇
December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I really enjoyed chatting to @ettletodd.bsky.social about Ghibli’s PORCO ROSSO. Talking about a film in depth like this is a great way to notice new things that you might not have thought of otherwise
Fun Mary & Joseph musical JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (2023) is just £4 to purchase digital download at the moment at Amazon UK. It's without a UK physical format release so worth a punt.
www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Beth...
www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Beth...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Fun Mary & Joseph musical JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (2023) is just £4 to purchase digital download at the moment at Amazon UK. It's without a UK physical format release so worth a punt.
www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Beth...
www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-Beth...
Controversial, but, I’m about halfway through my first viewing of MY DNNER WITH ANDRE. I’m not sure I’m staying for dessert.
a close up of a man 's face looking at the camera
ALT: a close up of a man 's face looking at the camera
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December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Controversial, but, I’m about halfway through my first viewing of MY DNNER WITH ANDRE. I’m not sure I’m staying for dessert.
The first academic book on #TheChosen has arrived with 2 seasons still to air. It co-writer by one of the show’s theological advisors & endorsed by Dallas Jenkins so I’m not expecting to be critical. Interesting that it coincides with the first #SBL session on The Chosen as well.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The first academic book on #TheChosen has arrived with 2 seasons still to air. It co-writer by one of the show’s theological advisors & endorsed by Dallas Jenkins so I’m not expecting to be critical. Interesting that it coincides with the first #SBL session on The Chosen as well.
Ace thread of silent film women comedians
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Ace thread of silent film women comedians
Just watching the Italian Politiziotesci and it seems that they just rolled a car down Rome's famous Spanish Steps. Not sure if this is a sign of how much things have changed with cultural landmarks, or whether it was just clever special effects.
(Photos from www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/01/hrac...)
(Photos from www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/01/hrac...)
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Just watching the Italian Politiziotesci and it seems that they just rolled a car down Rome's famous Spanish Steps. Not sure if this is a sign of how much things have changed with cultural landmarks, or whether it was just clever special effects.
(Photos from www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/01/hrac...)
(Photos from www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2024/01/hrac...)
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Fun fact — this holiday was actually founded for introverts desperate to avoid the awkwardness of Thanks Accepting.
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fun fact — this holiday was actually founded for introverts desperate to avoid the awkwardness of Thanks Accepting.
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
FKA Twigs being in a film with Nick Cage seems like as unlikely a pairing since BRANIGAN featured both John Wayne and Tony Robinson.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
FKA Twigs being in a film with Nick Cage seems like as unlikely a pairing since BRANIGAN featured both John Wayne and Tony Robinson.
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Ingrid Bergman wakes up after her long dark night of the soul on Stromboli. White flecks sparkle in the volcanic desert beneath her, as if the stars she gazed at the night before had descended to earth. She faces the morning sun with both awe and fear; it re-energises her, but also overwhelms her.
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ingrid Bergman wakes up after her long dark night of the soul on Stromboli. White flecks sparkle in the volcanic desert beneath her, as if the stars she gazed at the night before had descended to earth. She faces the morning sun with both awe and fear; it re-energises her, but also overwhelms her.
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A disturbing scene from La notte: Marcello Mastroianni inspects a young woman in her hospital room. In this moment, he is a hollow man who casts no shadow; her shadow seems an integral part of her, an extension of the darkness in (and behind) her eyes, and a commentary on the surrounding white void.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A disturbing scene from La notte: Marcello Mastroianni inspects a young woman in her hospital room. In this moment, he is a hollow man who casts no shadow; her shadow seems an integral part of her, an extension of the darkness in (and behind) her eyes, and a commentary on the surrounding white void.
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a few brief thoughts on Roberto Rossellini's Fear (1954)
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A ★★★ review of Fear (1954)
One of three (!) films Roberto Rossellini released in 1954 starring then-wife Ingrid Bergman. Unlike the cinematic modernism of Journey to Italy, this German-Italian production looks to the past, and ...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
a few brief thoughts on Roberto Rossellini's Fear (1954)
letterboxd.com/jamesewand/f...
letterboxd.com/jamesewand/f...
I had my 1st viewing of THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) last night for #Noirvember. i'm not 100% sure it qualifies, but if it's good enough for Alain Silver andElizabeth Ward, it's good enough for me. Great film whose sumptious photography reminds me of why noir really appeals to me.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I had my 1st viewing of THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) last night for #Noirvember. i'm not 100% sure it qualifies, but if it's good enough for Alain Silver andElizabeth Ward, it's good enough for me. Great film whose sumptious photography reminds me of why noir really appeals to me.
One of my favourites Italian silents (well one of my favourite silents, period)
Scenes from Dante's Inferno (1911) compared to Gustave Doré’s illustrations for an 1857 edition of The Divine Comedy
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One of my favourites Italian silents (well one of my favourite silents, period)
Weather's funny isn't it? We should talk about it more.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Weather's funny isn't it? We should talk about it more.
Just watching SAINT MAUD (Rose Glass, 2019) set and shot, with a good deal of intention, in Scarborough on the N Yorkshire coast. Does anyone know of any other films set / shot there?
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Just watching SAINT MAUD (Rose Glass, 2019) set and shot, with a good deal of intention, in Scarborough on the N Yorkshire coast. Does anyone know of any other films set / shot there?
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Big news for April 2026!
If you have an interest in any aspect of film culture in the UK before 1930 consider sharing it at our groovy geeky event!
British Silent Film Festival Symposium 2026 (Call for Papers)
The British Silent Film Festival Symposium 2026 will take place on Friday 10th April at the Cinema Museum in Kennington. As usual, this one day event will feature a range of papers of original rese…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Big news for April 2026!
This is the kind of shot that makes me want to co-author a paper on ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976).
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is the kind of shot that makes me want to co-author a paper on ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976).
The new Robin Hood series sounds interesting if only because it’s set during the rule of Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Robin Hood review – Sean Bean gifts us the most gloriously bad TV offering of the year
It ticks every box you could wish for in your olde worlde trash: Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham, faerie smut … and not a bad wig in sight! Hurrah!
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The new Robin Hood series sounds interesting if only because it’s set during the rule of Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
One to watch
"Cinematic gateways to ancient Greece" Pantelis Michelakis (University of Oxford) talks about silent cinema's depictions of Ancient Greece in this free online lecture. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/housman-le...
Housman Lecture 2025
Presented by Pantelis Michelakis (University of Oxford): Cinematic gateways to ancient Greece
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
One to watch
The loss of an icon. Prunella Scales was more than a match for John Cleese playing Sybil in FAWLTY TOWERS
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The loss of an icon. Prunella Scales was more than a match for John Cleese playing Sybil in FAWLTY TOWERS
I followed this up by watching CARRIE (De Palma, 1976) unintentionally creating a weird double bill of 1976 films set in America about young women and the chasm between them and their mothers.
Eerie moment when the Twin Towers creep into the edge of the incredible final shot of Chantal Akerman's NEWS FROM HOME (1976).
October 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I followed this up by watching CARRIE (De Palma, 1976) unintentionally creating a weird double bill of 1976 films set in America about young women and the chasm between them and their mothers.