Sitemap - 2023 - Cool People Have Feelings, Too

Marya's Favorite Fifteen Films of 2023

A Look Back at 2023 in Writing, Etc.

You dream in a language I can't understand.

What I'm Reading: Early Cinema Syllabus Continued

There is a gold star up in the sky.

I've decided to embrace the mystery of the universe.

Substackers Against Nazis

All This Year's Been A Busy Blur

If I had my time again, I'd do the same thing.

Noirvember 2023: Blonde Bombshells, World Cinema, and American Independents

I haven't felt my heart in such a long time.

Like the trees, we belong here.

This place, you know, it's not for you.

I seek only the water, I belong to the sea.

I saw what I needed to.

October 2023: New York Film Festival (Part 2), Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and More!

It's all happening too fast.

I would have done anything to be with you.

I just want you to know one thing.

I have to slowly be pried open, you know.

September 2023: Fall Film Festivals (Part 1)

You know it's just a game.

I know you've been through a lot.

Toronto International Film Festival 2023

I am waiting for the signs to change.

Maybe there isn't such a thing as fate.

Directed By Women: A TIFF 2023 Guide

I mean, she's actually evil. Not high school evil.

August 2023: Silents and Shorts

We have nowhere to go but up.

We were doing it and thinking it and feeling it.

What I'm Reading: Early Cinema Syllabus Redux

I'm just an old fashioned girl trying to keep up with the times.

I wish I had a recipe for you that I could follow.

Carl Davis CBE (1936 – 2023)

July 2023: KVIFF and Beyond

I don't know anyone at all.

I'm always longing for some other place.

I'm just trying to exist.

Please say you'll be mine.

June 2023: Pride Month, Female Filmmakers, and More

The world I see is so much bigger.

It's the age-old dilemma. Style. . .or substance.

Why can't I ever say what I feel?

I loved nothing so well as you.

I just wanted to see you one more time.

May 2023: Film Festival Palooza

I had so many ideas, I hardly slept at all.

What I'm Reading: Friends Writing Books Edition

In search of the sun, they found oblivion.

You have your whole life ahead of you.

I think I'd miss you even if we never met.

Chicago Critics Film Festival Preview

Your Silent Face: Mary Astor

April 2023: Harold Lloyd, Podcasts, and Big Screen Dreams

I want you to join my secret club.

I've got to spend the rest of my life with myself.

I'm going to die with my boots on.

We Had Faces Then.

I'm going to Hell, where else?

March 2023: Sojourner Truth Festival, Spike Lee, and Silent Cinema

I don't think you know what you feel.

🛸 Where Have All The UFO Movies Gone? 🛸

I realized trying to be perfect is a toxic journey.

All I Wanted Was A Nice Little Quiet Spot

I want to make something of myself.

There's no evidence of you.

February 2023: Early Cinema, Black Film, and More

What I'm Reading: The Right Profile

I wouldn't want anything changed about my life.

I'm not wasting another second.

What I'm Reading: Early Hollywood Pioneers

You break every rule when it matters enough.

What ever else happened, I did love once.

January 2023: Sundance 2023, and Beyond!

Sundance Film Festival 2023

Directed By Women: A Sundance 2023 Guide

What I'm Reading: Early Cinema Syllabus

It's just really nice to talk to someone.

What I'm Reading: Elephants, Color Timing, and Re-Writing American Film History

There's no before. There's only from now on.

What I'm Reading: So This Is The New Year

My Favorite New-To-Me Discoveries of 2022

December 2022: Ending The Year With A Bang!