cinema studies | media distribution + access | documentary | nontheatrical film | useful media | feminist media history | she/her https://www.tanyagoldmanphd.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvtmxqc5222uTo foreground my students' opinions as humans and get them talking, I've been taking attendance during screenings via QR code + asking them to share an adjective to describe what they just watched and explain the rationale. Here is this year's snap judgements on Dreyer's PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC.19 Sep 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtmxqc5222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvtl4y2kqc2sJust started a "Nontheatrical/Orphaned/Useful Medias" @letterboxd.social list + oh how I wish they had collaborative list-building so I could co-create w/ @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social @andy-uhrich.bsky.social @martinlj.bsky.social @tepperman.bsky.social et. al. https://letterboxd.com/professortanya/list/adventures-in-nontheatrical-orphaned-and/19 Sep 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtl4y2kqc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvtjoibnf22pThis is an evergreen image of me doing all forms of research, writing, and teaching. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtjoibnf22phttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvtgohfsak2pInspired by colleagues, a few years ago I started compiling Letterboxd lists. My lists are primarily centered on films I regularly teach in certain classes plus a few others that I often share with students who ask for general history recs. https://letterboxd.com/professortanya/lists/19 Sep 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtgohfsak2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvpx4a4llk2aTOMORROW! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpx4a4llk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvnnmkafxc2uSearching through Media History Digital Library for teaching (as one does) and came across this rather groan-inducing tagline for exhibitors keen to promote Ida Lupino's THE HITCH-HIKER. Appears in several trade papers including Motion Picture Daily, April 7, 1953. https://archive.org/details/motionpicturedai73unse_0/page/n41/mode/2up16 Sep 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnnmkafxc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvnmooizyc2u🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 As someone who has amassed their own collection of 16m catalogs and considers them integral to my research and writing, this is very cool news. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnmooizyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvnluqxkvs2uA whirlwind start of the semester so I haven't been posting about teaching much but I do wish to share that Irene Lusztig's documentary YOURS IN SISTERHOOD (2018) remains one of my favorite films to teach. I screen in women filmmakers and nonfiction courses and it elicits such great discussion!16 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnluqxkvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvjiqmjshc2y. @nontheatricalscms.bsky.social is starting a graduate writing group. 📣 Please share widely w/ film and media students who have an interest in useful media and nontheatrical film! SCMS membership not required. Open to anyone in an MA or PhD program! TY to SIG grad reps Ben + Josh for launching! 📣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjiqmjshc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvlvkw6tbc2tAfter reading about Ida Lupino in Therese Grisham & Julie Grossman's IDA LUPINO, DIRECTOR: HER ART & RESILIENCE, several of my students excitedly mentioned how Ida's stance on stardom made them think of Taylor Swift's "Clara Bow." I love when students make these types of connections!16 Sep 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlvkw6tbc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvluw3yom22tJoin @scmspedagogy.bsky.social on September 18 @ 1pm ET for our "Pedagogies of Care" virtual roundtable! Sign up via original post. ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvluw3yom22thttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvjiqmjshc2y. @nontheatricalscms.bsky.social is starting a graduate writing group. 📣 Please share widely w/ film and media students who have an interest in useful media and nontheatrical film! SCMS membership not required. Open to anyone in an MA or PhD program! TY to SIG grad reps Ben + Josh for launching! 📣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjiqmjshc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mvb4n4gs4c26My cat Bowie is not much of a cuddler so this is the best workday at home ever.11 Sep 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb4n4gs4c26https://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mupo2mi4uk2sSept 18 @ 1pm ET / 10am PT — join my colleagues and I at this school year's first @scmspedagogy.bsky.social virtual roundtable. Subject: "Pedagogies of Care." Speakers are all contributors to @jcmsjournal.bsky.social Teaching Media dossier on same subject. Sign up ⬇️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqflgQlBJuHiA4Fq0iYbdjX_4ojN49eP_yGI-sN9EKrHACLw/viewform [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupo2mi4uk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3muzpc4lngc2eTeaching Varda soon in my "Women Filmmakers" class so I finally made time to read @carrierickey.bsky.social's bio A COMPLICATED PASSION: THE LIFE AND WORK OF AGNÉS VARDA over Labor Day weekend. A breezy joy to read! It has also primed me to watch some Varda deep cuts from my Criterion boxed set.08 Sep 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzpc4lngc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3murp7r2qkc2sDoes anyone know of any substantial writing on Norwegian director Edith Carlmar in English? I really want to include her amazing film DEATH IS A CARESS (1949) in my women filmmakers class, can easily pair it with general noir writing, but would naturally prefer to find something on her...05 Sep 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3murp7r2qkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mupo2mi4uk2sSept 18 @ 1pm ET / 10am PT — join my colleagues and I at this school year's first @scmspedagogy.bsky.social virtual roundtable. Subject: "Pedagogies of Care." Speakers are all contributors to @jcmsjournal.bsky.social Teaching Media dossier on same subject. Sign up ⬇️ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqflgQlBJuHiA4Fq0iYbdjX_4ojN49eP_yGI-sN9EKrHACLw/viewform [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupo2mi4uk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tanyagoldman.bsky.social/post/3mup2rpgiwk2iWell this is pretty groovy! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:ej2smo7keinbepae43fxwxmb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup2rpgiwk2i