September 22
2016

The first of Simon’s Silver Screenings is The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. “The first true horror film” according to critic Roger Ebert, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1920) is the quintessential example of German Expressionism, a film style developed in Germany during the artistic experimentation that exploded after WWI and before the rise of the Nazis.
Introduced by Simon Turner and his brainbox of arcane trivia.
The space is air conditioned! Movie-talkers more than welcome (it’s a silent movie so everything is on intertitles)!