“I like to watch silent movies, and then make gifs from them,” says Don McHoull of Toronto, Canada. He posts them on his Silent Movie Gifs feed on Twitter. Here’s his selection of his favorites of 2016 – they provide opportunities to savor the extraordinary acting and film-making craft of shots and scenes in the silent era.

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http://i.imgur.com/lgfiu3Q.gifv

His Reddit feed of the material shows that he’s created some great GIFs this year, already.

You have to wonder: How did Buster Keaton survive to an old age?

— MIAN