Skip to content

Films Collections Reading Room About

/

Loading

The films of early cinema, 1895 to the 1940s, in the best public prints we can find.

Watch

Films
Collections
Search

Read

Reading Room
About

You

My List
Favourites
Lists
Profile

Every film here is in the public domain or openly licensed. Each film page credits its source.

Film data from TMDB
RSS
Contact

Home
Films
Collections
Reading
You

Reading Room — Kino-polis

Reading Room

Essays, interviews, lectures and archives on the films of the silent and early sound eras. Read about a film, then watch it.

Results

6 entries

Search the Reading Room

Published–

Topics

Essay
Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library (opens in a new tab)
Library of Congress2026
Essay
Cinema’s First Virtuoso: Georges Méliès (opens in a new tab)
Shari KizirianSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020
Essay
A Long-Lost Film, Finally Found (opens in a new tab)
Library of Congress Magazine
Essay
The First Horror Film, Georges Méliès' The Haunted Castle (1896) — Open Culture (opens in a new tab)
On Le manoir du diable
Essay
The Impossible Voyage Was Méliès' Trip to the Sun — Medium (opens in a new tab)
On The Impossible Voyage
Essay
How Georges Méliès A Trip to the Moon Became the First Sci-Fi Film & Changed Cinema Forever (1902) (opens in a new tab)
On A Trip to the Moon