Matt Barry
@mattbarryfilm.bsky.social
Independent Films // Experimental Silent Film Scores // Zines on cinema.
Beyond the Frame: Baltimore Filmmakers Showcase
16mm screening of six short films from the 1970s & '80s by Baltimore filmmakers
Sat. 11/22 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library
16mm screening of six short films from the 1970s & '80s by Baltimore filmmakers
Sat. 11/22 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Beyond the Frame: Baltimore Filmmakers Showcase
16mm screening of six short films from the 1970s & '80s by Baltimore filmmakers
Sat. 11/22 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library
16mm screening of six short films from the 1970s & '80s by Baltimore filmmakers
Sat. 11/22 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library
Had our Halloween Beyond the Frame film screening today at Enoch Pratt Free Library:
Herzog's "Nosferatu" (1979), the new Hamish Downie short film "Nightwalkers Anonymous", and "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two experimental videos by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/discussion after.
Herzog's "Nosferatu" (1979), the new Hamish Downie short film "Nightwalkers Anonymous", and "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two experimental videos by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/discussion after.
October 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Had our Halloween Beyond the Frame film screening today at Enoch Pratt Free Library:
Herzog's "Nosferatu" (1979), the new Hamish Downie short film "Nightwalkers Anonymous", and "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two experimental videos by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/discussion after.
Herzog's "Nosferatu" (1979), the new Hamish Downie short film "Nightwalkers Anonymous", and "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two experimental videos by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/discussion after.
TOMORROW at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
TOMORROW at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
"Panorama", new digital collection of my experimental silent film scores, is now available for free streaming on YouTube and free download on the Internet Archive.
#experimentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm
youtu.be/XSBBIWt3IfI
archive.org/details/pano...
#experimentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm
youtu.be/XSBBIWt3IfI
archive.org/details/pano...
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"Panorama", new digital collection of my experimental silent film scores, is now available for free streaming on YouTube and free download on the Internet Archive.
#experimentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm
youtu.be/XSBBIWt3IfI
archive.org/details/pano...
#experimentalmusic #filmscore #silentfilm
youtu.be/XSBBIWt3IfI
archive.org/details/pano...
Coming soon...premiering on YouTube in December.
THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE (2025, 60 mins.)
New experimental feature film.
Soundtrack by @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social / Modern Silent Cinema.
Trailer here: youtu.be/ktb9OZ5-6bE
THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE (2025, 60 mins.)
New experimental feature film.
Soundtrack by @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social / Modern Silent Cinema.
Trailer here: youtu.be/ktb9OZ5-6bE
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Coming soon...premiering on YouTube in December.
THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE (2025, 60 mins.)
New experimental feature film.
Soundtrack by @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social / Modern Silent Cinema.
Trailer here: youtu.be/ktb9OZ5-6bE
THE MYSTERIOUS CINEMA OF ARMAND ST. PIERRE (2025, 60 mins.)
New experimental feature film.
Soundtrack by @cullenbgallagher.bsky.social / Modern Silent Cinema.
Trailer here: youtu.be/ktb9OZ5-6bE
From Saturday: filming some footage for a new movie. Again taking an improvisational approach. Footage inspires ideas, which in turn inspire more footage as the structure begins to take form. Interested in observing details, employing different approaches and letting this shape the film.
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
From Saturday: filming some footage for a new movie. Again taking an improvisational approach. Footage inspires ideas, which in turn inspire more footage as the structure begins to take form. Interested in observing details, employing different approaches and letting this shape the film.
This month at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This month at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
Still image from SURVEILLANCE FILM (2025, 104 mins.)
Took some visual inspiration for this shot from Murnau's sparse, haunting shots of the forest printed in negative form in "Nosferatu" (1922).
Watch for free on YouTube: youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
Took some visual inspiration for this shot from Murnau's sparse, haunting shots of the forest printed in negative form in "Nosferatu" (1922).
Watch for free on YouTube: youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Still image from SURVEILLANCE FILM (2025, 104 mins.)
Took some visual inspiration for this shot from Murnau's sparse, haunting shots of the forest printed in negative form in "Nosferatu" (1922).
Watch for free on YouTube: youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
Took some visual inspiration for this shot from Murnau's sparse, haunting shots of the forest printed in negative form in "Nosferatu" (1922).
Watch for free on YouTube: youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
A year ago...
On location filming for "Surveillance Film"
The film is now available to watch for free on YouTube:
youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
On location filming for "Surveillance Film"
The film is now available to watch for free on YouTube:
youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A year ago...
On location filming for "Surveillance Film"
The film is now available to watch for free on YouTube:
youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
On location filming for "Surveillance Film"
The film is now available to watch for free on YouTube:
youtu.be/nEjJmUVPVGg
"Surveillance Film" is out now on YouTube to watch for free (currently at 140 views).
I will be releasing my 10th feature "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" free on YouTube later this year. Making both of these back-to-back created an interesting contrast in the tone each one took.
I will be releasing my 10th feature "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" free on YouTube later this year. Making both of these back-to-back created an interesting contrast in the tone each one took.
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"Surveillance Film" is out now on YouTube to watch for free (currently at 140 views).
I will be releasing my 10th feature "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" free on YouTube later this year. Making both of these back-to-back created an interesting contrast in the tone each one took.
I will be releasing my 10th feature "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" free on YouTube later this year. Making both of these back-to-back created an interesting contrast in the tone each one took.
The inspiration for making "Surveillance Film" was coming across a $20 camcorder at a bargain outlet store. The image it produced made me think of low-res surveillance video. It inspired the idea of a filmmaker hired to shoot surveillance footage for an unknown purpose.
October 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The inspiration for making "Surveillance Film" was coming across a $20 camcorder at a bargain outlet store. The image it produced made me think of low-res surveillance video. It inspired the idea of a filmmaker hired to shoot surveillance footage for an unknown purpose.
This month at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This month at Beyond the Frame:
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
- Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu the Vampyre" (1979, 106 min.)
- "Nightwalkers Anonymous" (Hamish Downie, 2025, 3 min.)
- "The Miracle" and "Sopranalog Horror", two films by Lilith Videt Weeks with Q&A/disussion
Sat. Oct. 25, 1PM at Enoch Pratt Central Library (Baltimore)
We had a fun Silent Movie Day film screening today at Beyond the Frame, starting with Charlie Chaplin's "The Adventurer" (1917) followed by Harold Lloyd's "The Kid Brother" (1927), both on 16mm prints from the Pratt film collection.
September 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We had a fun Silent Movie Day film screening today at Beyond the Frame, starting with Charlie Chaplin's "The Adventurer" (1917) followed by Harold Lloyd's "The Kid Brother" (1927), both on 16mm prints from the Pratt film collection.
Excited to be screening Harold Lloyd's "The Kid Brother" on 16mm for Silent Movie Day today at Beyond the Frame. This has been my favorite of Lloyd's films since I first saw it exactly 30 years ago this month.
September 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Excited to be screening Harold Lloyd's "The Kid Brother" on 16mm for Silent Movie Day today at Beyond the Frame. This has been my favorite of Lloyd's films since I first saw it exactly 30 years ago this month.
Frame from "Panorama of Eiffel Tower", filmed by James H. White for the Edison Co. in 1900. One of the many inventive films of this early cinema pioneer. Recorded a new improv experimental score for this one tonight that will be available on YouTube soon.
September 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Frame from "Panorama of Eiffel Tower", filmed by James H. White for the Edison Co. in 1900. One of the many inventive films of this early cinema pioneer. Recorded a new improv experimental score for this one tonight that will be available on YouTube soon.
This Saturday at Beyond the Frame:
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Sat. 9/27, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
FREE
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Sat. 9/27, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
FREE
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This Saturday at Beyond the Frame:
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Sat. 9/27, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
FREE
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Sat. 9/27, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
FREE
Decided to release my upcoming feature film "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" later this year instead of next year. It will be premiering on YouTube in December, with "Surveillance Film" premiering first in October.
September 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Decided to release my upcoming feature film "The Mysterious Cinema of Armand St. Pierre" later this year instead of next year. It will be premiering on YouTube in December, with "Surveillance Film" premiering first in October.
A beautiful, serene morning at the park filming footage for a new feature film.
Always love coming here for inspiration.
Always love coming here for inspiration.
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A beautiful, serene morning at the park filming footage for a new feature film.
Always love coming here for inspiration.
Always love coming here for inspiration.
This month at Beyond the Frame:
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Saturday 9/27 at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Saturday 9/27 at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
September 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This month at Beyond the Frame:
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Saturday 9/27 at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
Silent Movie Day screening of two silent comedy classics presented on 16mm.
- "The Kid Brother" (1927, 84 mins.) starring Harold Lloyd
- "The Adventurer" (1917, 25 mins.) starring Charlie Chaplin
Saturday 9/27 at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
This month at Beyond the Frame:
- "Putty Hill" (Matt Porterfield, 2010, 91 mins.)
- "Storefront Modigliani" (Ben Hozie, 2015, 10 mins.)
- Two videos w/discussion by Jo Jovel: "Greenmount Cemetery" and "Baltimore Waterfront" (2022)
Sat. 8/23, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
- "Putty Hill" (Matt Porterfield, 2010, 91 mins.)
- "Storefront Modigliani" (Ben Hozie, 2015, 10 mins.)
- Two videos w/discussion by Jo Jovel: "Greenmount Cemetery" and "Baltimore Waterfront" (2022)
Sat. 8/23, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
August 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This month at Beyond the Frame:
- "Putty Hill" (Matt Porterfield, 2010, 91 mins.)
- "Storefront Modigliani" (Ben Hozie, 2015, 10 mins.)
- Two videos w/discussion by Jo Jovel: "Greenmount Cemetery" and "Baltimore Waterfront" (2022)
Sat. 8/23, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
- "Putty Hill" (Matt Porterfield, 2010, 91 mins.)
- "Storefront Modigliani" (Ben Hozie, 2015, 10 mins.)
- Two videos w/discussion by Jo Jovel: "Greenmount Cemetery" and "Baltimore Waterfront" (2022)
Sat. 8/23, 1-3PM at Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore)
From last night's New Works show...
"Surveillance Film: Plexus"
Remixed footage of 1890s Union Square (original filmmaker unknown) w/score by Modern Silent Cinema
"Surveillance Film: Plexus"
Remixed footage of 1890s Union Square (original filmmaker unknown) w/score by Modern Silent Cinema
August 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
From last night's New Works show...
"Surveillance Film: Plexus"
Remixed footage of 1890s Union Square (original filmmaker unknown) w/score by Modern Silent Cinema
"Surveillance Film: Plexus"
Remixed footage of 1890s Union Square (original filmmaker unknown) w/score by Modern Silent Cinema
Tomorrow night! Saturday 8/9 @ Current Space in Baltimore
August 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Tomorrow night! Saturday 8/9 @ Current Space in Baltimore
Free copies of my new zine "Chaplin's Cinematographers: A Survey of the Cameramen on the Films of Charlie Chaplin, 1914-1967" currently available in the Best & Next department at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.
July 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Free copies of my new zine "Chaplin's Cinematographers: A Survey of the Cameramen on the Films of Charlie Chaplin, 1914-1967" currently available in the Best & Next department at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.
Thanks to everyone who came out to Beyond the Frame yesterday for our screening of Hong Sang-soo's "Claire's Camera" & Nicholas Adamson's "Black Dog".
Special thanks to artist Rieko Chacey for coming out to screen & introduce seven original animated works.
Special thanks to artist Rieko Chacey for coming out to screen & introduce seven original animated works.
July 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to Beyond the Frame yesterday for our screening of Hong Sang-soo's "Claire's Camera" & Nicholas Adamson's "Black Dog".
Special thanks to artist Rieko Chacey for coming out to screen & introduce seven original animated works.
Special thanks to artist Rieko Chacey for coming out to screen & introduce seven original animated works.
New zine just published.
Chaplin's Cinematographers: A Survey of the Cameramen on the Films of Charlie Chaplin, 1914-1967. 40 pages, B&W.
Chaplin's Cinematographers: A Survey of the Cameramen on the Films of Charlie Chaplin, 1914-1967. 40 pages, B&W.
July 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New zine just published.
Chaplin's Cinematographers: A Survey of the Cameramen on the Films of Charlie Chaplin, 1914-1967. 40 pages, B&W.
Chaplin's Cinematographers: A Survey of the Cameramen on the Films of Charlie Chaplin, 1914-1967. 40 pages, B&W.