Sophy Romvari’s BLUE HERON screens Sunday, July 19 at 3:30 PM with intro by me! Tickets: facets.org/programs/blu...

David Lowery’s MOTHER MARY screens Saturday, July 18 at 4:00 PM and Sunday, July 19 at 6:00 PM with intro by me! Tickets: facets.org/programs/mot...

Lucrecia Martel’s OUR LAND screens Saturday, July 18 at 1:30 PM and Sunday, July 19 at 1:00 PM with introduction by me! Tickets: facets.org/programs/nue...

For this month’s WatchList This! over at @letterboxd.social Journal I wrote about Lauren Meyering’s HORSEGIRLS and Georgia Bernstein’s NIGHT NURSE Read: letterboxd.com/journal/watc...

my precious

Look what’s on Pluto right now!

In this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide: Carolina Cavalli, a coming-of-age dramedy with a neurodivergent lead, the 25th anniversary of a Korean classic, Angela Schanelec, Ruth Leitman, Chantal Akerman, and Contemporary Arab Cinema Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-b...

are we sure this isn’t the late, great Lady Brett Ashley, resurrected by Cruise and AGI??

“Buried in all its disaster melodramatics is. . .a radical message. . .about just how catastrophic climate change is going to become if governments and industrialists don’t stop overusing our planet’s resources.” On THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW for @letterboxd.social letterboxd.com/journal/unde...

I’m sorry but I’m all in

In DAYBREAKERS special features Willem Dafoe says he signed up for the film because if they had Ethan Hawke they must be looking for a certain caliber of performance. Sam Neill signed up after reading the first page of the script where yuppies put blood in their Starbucks. RIP you weirdo.

pertinent to this post: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/your-silen...

watching the episode of The X-Files directed by Gillian Anderson on loop until I reach enlightenment

wow

what can I do to restart the John Gilbert Fan Club once again?

Love this piece by @lindseyromain.bsky.social on DISCLOSURE DAY for @brightwalldarkroom.com Read: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2026/07/10/s...

Happy Birthday to the John Gilbert, the great lover himself! Here's a piece I wrote about him a few years ago: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/your-silen... I'm working on a new one for this week's Silent Sundays because I love him so much 😍

Lest you think I’m lying

This fashion brand has my book in their photos for one of their sweaters (ngl, I thought this was Diane Keaton at first) linguafranca.nyc/products/cou...

find out how Erich von Stroheim fits into the Minionverse: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/hollywood-...

The filmmaker Minions are named after James Whale, Henry Wilson, and Ed Wood and no one will ever convince me otherwise. Read more: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/hollywood-...

probably the most unhinged/patronizing comment I’ve gotten on LB in awhile (this was on my review for The Voice of Hind Rajab)

gird. your. loins.

Spike Jonze as Otto von Strassberger in BABYLON / Erich von Stroheim on set directing

I now know why the chicken crossed the road 🐓🛣️

In this week's newsletter: films by Isabel Sandoval, Susan Seidelman, Lizzie Borden, Bette Gordon, Cheryl Dunye, Sally Potter, Fran Rubel Kuzui, Jessie Maple, Chantal Akerman, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Reed Moreno, and Jumana Manna. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-b...

for example, I like THE FLORIDA PROJECT, and it's definitely an iconic modern film, but Laurie Collyer's SUNLIGHT, JR. hits similar beats and was inspired by Barbara Ehrenreich's essential non-fiction book "Nickel and Dimed"

. @carolinesiede.bsky.social on David Lowery's MOTHER MARY (girlculture.substack.com/p/anne-hatha...) It screens Sunday, July 12 at 5:30 PM, Thursday, July 16 at 9:00 PM, Saturday, July 18 at 4:00 PM, and Sunday, July 19 at 6:00 PM with an introduction by me Tickets: facets.org/programs/mot...

Here's Martel on her documentary NUESTRA TIERRA (OUR LAND) The film screens Saturday, July 11 at 2:00 PM, Sunday, July 12 at 3:00 PM, Saturday, July 18 at 1:30 PM, and Sunday, July 19 at 1:00 PM with an introduction by me Tickets: facets.org/programs/nue...