✍️ 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/3mtwfv3yizs2rgoddammit https://people.com/dolly-parton-dead-756585325 Aug 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwfv3yizs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtu7mobgf22tFor this month’s Watchlist This! over at @letterboxd.social Journal I wrote about Rafael Manuel's FILIPIÑANA, Julia Hart’s DON’T SAY GOOD LUCK, and Alysa Nahmias’s COOKIE QUEENS Read: https://letterboxd.com/journal/watchlist-this-august-2026/24 Aug 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu7mobgf22thttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtsaebehvk2ffor the night crowd [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsaebehvk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtrfwifpfc2cfor the afternoon crowd [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrfwifpfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtr4dvg66c2wThis week’s Silent Sundays pays tribute to the late great Rudolph Valentino, who passed away one hundred years ago today. Read: https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/your-silent-face-rudolph-valentino23 Aug 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr4dvg66c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtrfwifpfc2cfor the afternoon crowd [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrfwifpfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtrfeqmvzk2npart of the new Ethan Hawke movie takes place in the town in Oregon where I was born.23 Aug 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrfeqmvzk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtr4dvg66c2wThis week’s Silent Sundays pays tribute to the late great Rudolph Valentino, who passed away one hundred years ago today. Read: https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/your-silent-face-rudolph-valentino23 Aug 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr4dvg66c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtoks7f5pk2gMust-Watch Indies returns to @facetschicago.bsky.social September 12th - 20th featuring Mark Jenkin's ROSE OF NEVADA, Gregg Araki's I WANT YOUR SEX, and Avalon Fast's CAMP (+ filmmaker Q&A) Tickets on sale now: https://facets.org/portfolio-category/must-watch-indies/22 Aug 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoks7f5pk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtm5ql45222xIn this week’s Guide: a new queer road movie, a Franz Kafka biopic, Raven Jackson’s tender tone poem, a trailblazing Australian film, a punk rock biopic starring Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning, a short film about a Black lesbian cruising the streets of S.F., & a short documentary by Jocelyne Saab https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-by-women-guide-august-21-202621 Aug 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm5ql45222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtm5ql45222xIn this week’s Guide: a new queer road movie, a Franz Kafka biopic, Raven Jackson’s tender tone poem, a trailblazing Australian film, a punk rock biopic starring Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning, a short film about a Black lesbian cruising the streets of S.F., & a short documentary by Jocelyne Saab https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-by-women-guide-august-21-202621 Aug 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm5ql45222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtjqp7yssk2vDon't miss our final screening of THE INVITE tonight at 9pm at FACETS Chicago. I'll be introducing the film and then will be joined in conversation with @angelicabastien.bsky.social after the screening ends. Tickets: https://facets.org/programs/the-invite/20 Aug 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjqp7yssk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtgr46ye7s2vICYMI I wrote about fascism (again) [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgr46ye7s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mthyokkyns2wThere were at least six Anne Hathaway films on my flight just now [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthyokkyns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtgr46ye7s2vICYMI I wrote about fascism (again) [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgr46ye7s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social/post/3mtfyrq23ms2zfor the late night crowd [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:jeo3rspl6o7acmdxkbyvwefr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfyrq23ms2z