Writer. I review films at Ebert. Essays at Criterion, monthly column at Liberties Journal. NYFCC / NSFC member. I’ve been blogging at sheilaomalley.com since 2002. I have a newsletter: https://sheilaomalley.substack.com/ I write a LOT about Elvis. TCB! ⚡https://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3mjdlovbaqs2rThis project was * so fun *. Coming soon. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdlovbaqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxhschnr4k2vGoosebumps! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhschnr4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxhs25n7qs2vLove this observation [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhs25n7qs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxhqt7u5522e!!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhqt7u5522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxhpg2yk322kOh my gosh thank you for letting me know! I love this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhpg2yk322khttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxhpeklrjk2kThanks for the perspective! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhpeklrjk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxhno3rbbk2k“I just sat at the drums and said, ‘Can I have a go?’ I just took to it.” — Honey Lantree #BOTD Lantree, hairdresser turned drummer for the Joe-Meek-produced (boy) band The Honeycombs. A boy band w/a girl drummer is still rare. In the 1960s it was unheard of. A wee thread on this inspiring figure!28 Aug 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhno3rbbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxf3oxuzt22p“I do not ever want to be a huge star.” — Tuesday Weld #BOTD wrote a short piece about her: the great pretty poison, wild in the country - opposite Elvis - play it as it lays. www.sheilaomalley.com?p=10622327 Aug 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxf3oxuzt22phttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lxdzooxvss2oHigh school reunion this past weekend. Seeing so many people I have known since literally kindergarten in some cases. It was unexpectedly really fun. Keith M referred to me "my wife in first grade." It was better than our last reunion where someone was legit tased for being scarily disorderly.27 Aug 2025 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxdzooxvss2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lx2zqloo3k25River Phoenix #BOTD in My Own Private Idaho23 Aug 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx2zqloo3k25https://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwynaf4aac2b“Oh, good Lord, what’s the matter with women, anyway?” “Please don’t call me ‘women,'” she said. “I’m sorry, darling,” he said. “I didn’t mean to use bad words.” — Dorothy Parker, “Dusk Before Fireworks”22 Aug 2025 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwynaf4aac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwyhy5byyc23the phrase "saying the quiet part out loud" should probably be retired at this point.22 Aug 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwyhy5byyc23https://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwxhdcsa3k2bFrom “I Hired a Contract Killer” (1990), directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Happy birthday, Joe Strummer22 Aug 2025 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwxhdcsa3k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwwmjcohn22kNext to me at all times. Belly exposed.21 Aug 2025 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwmjcohn22khttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwusae6gi224Rossy de Palma21 Aug 2025 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwusae6gi224https://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwujvqtcuk2eOnly Angels Have Wings Viva Las Vegas Blue Crush [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2025 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwujvqtcuk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwpq262i2c2m91 years apart.19 Aug 2025 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpq262i2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sheilakathleen.bsky.social/post/3lwp744pyss2mOh Frankie.18 Aug 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:4mt7mpvsvqves6sj54qmppil/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwp744pyss2m