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.
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 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)
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 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)
I'm always longing for some other place.
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
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.
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.
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!
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