✍️ RogerEbert, Indiewire, Letterboxd, etc. | 📧 maryag7@gmail.com | CFCA | creator #Noirvember #AYearWithWomen | Programmer, Must-Watch Indies @ FACETS Chicago | buy my book CINEMA HER WAY out now from Rizzoli | Free 🇵🇸| https://maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/https://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrfwge6xqk2zWeekend plans: https://static.klipy.com/ii/71b2873e478b9d8d0482ea3ec777ba7f/a9/6c/j7g5pnkj.gif?hh=300&ww=400&mp4=8nmyRVNGiSjr&webm=JB06BuM8kjwyMt24 Jul 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfwge6xqk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrd2fzfdyc2u"I realized at the end of the day that I was never going to make reality, because reality doesn’t work like that. So I decided to make unreality my canvas" At Cannes I spoke with Nicolas Winding Refn about his new film HER PRIVATE HELL (and silent film) for @ebertvoices.bsky.social https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/cinema-is-my-calling-again-nicolas-winding-refn-on-her-private-hell23 Jul 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd2fzfdyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrfsefbx222gIn this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide: Jane Campion in 4k, Hanna Bergholm in person, Arab Women in the Arts, the streaming premiere Dea Kulumbegashvili’s APRIL, Alice Rohrwacher’s sun-dappled fable of love lost and found, and two shorts that seek to excavate hidden queer histories. https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-by-women-guide-july-24-2026-jane-campion24 Jul 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfsefbx222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mreg7cgshc2afor the night crowd [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mreg7cgshc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrdzi6qbcs22for the evening crowd [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdzi6qbcs22https://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrd2fzfdyc2u"I realized at the end of the day that I was never going to make reality, because reality doesn’t work like that. So I decided to make unreality my canvas" At Cannes I spoke with Nicolas Winding Refn about his new film HER PRIVATE HELL (and silent film) for @ebertvoices.bsky.social https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/cinema-is-my-calling-again-nicolas-winding-refn-on-her-private-hell23 Jul 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd2fzfdyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrbthlidzc2lI’ve had this miniseries tie-in edition of The Odyssey for 30 years23 Jul 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbthlidzc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrayjemty22qthis is literally the plot of The X-Files episode KILL SWITCH from 1998 co-written by William Gibson and Tom Maddox [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrayjemty22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrapumxzhc2aMust-Watch Indies is back at @facetschicago.bsky.social starting August 8th! All three films — Elliot Tuttle’s BLUE FILM, Olivia Wilde’s THE INVITE, and Guy Maddin’s CAREFUL (4K restoration) — are about desire! Tickets and showtimes: https://facets.org/portfolio-category/must-watch-indies/22 Jul 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrapumxzhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mrapumxzhc2aMust-Watch Indies is back at @facetschicago.bsky.social starting August 8th! All three films — Elliot Tuttle’s BLUE FILM, Olivia Wilde’s THE INVITE, and Guy Maddin’s CAREFUL (4K restoration) — are about desire! Tickets and showtimes: https://facets.org/portfolio-category/must-watch-indies/22 Jul 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrapumxzhc2a