TCM will begin airing the 15-part documentary THE STORY OF FILM tonight. It’s a fascinating ride through the history of film by historian Mark Cousins, and you’ll end up with a long, long list of movies on your watch list.

I loved the first episodes the best. From my Home Projectionist blog posts  about the series:  “During the first two hours of THE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEY, I learned that the first real movie star, Florence Lawrence, committed suicide with ant poison, that the first close up in cinema featured a sick kitty, and there was some hot erotic dancing going on in the silent movies.” 

One of my favorite experiences was discovering Asta Nielsen‘s dance from The Abyss (1910).

Let us know what you think.