Performance

SILENT CLOWNS FILM SERIES: COLLEEN MOORE AND SOME FUNNY FRIENDS

1 upcoming performance in New York

At Symphony Space, the Silent Clowns Film Series turns to screen star Colleen Moore, pairing her silent-era comedies with live accompaniment and commentary. The program brings a rotating group of performers into the room—Ani DiFranco, Tony Trischka, Abby Jimenez, Annabelle Gurwitch, and Caro Claire Burke—treating the screening as an event rather than a fixed archive object. In New York, where repertory cinema has long shaped film literacy, these nights keep early screen comedy legible in the present. The earned point: Moore’s timing reads as modern when the music refuses to treat silence as quaint.