I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of Christa Fuller, who was so generous with me when I was researching + writing my book about her husband, filmmaker #SamFuller. Christa was outspoken, funny, a great hostess, and a ferocious tender of Sam's legacy. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Revisiting a past publication in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social about women "camera crankers" working in cinema's first decades. If it's new to you, enjoy! lareviewofbooks.org/article/ligh... #womenmakemovies #cinematography #cinematographers #womenfilmpioneers #filmhistory

If you live in #NorthCarolina, you can catch a new take on #UrsulaParrott on Jan 18th at 4pm at St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough. It's my first return to the stage since I last stepped off as Laurie in Oklahoma in 6th Grade. 😅

Everything you've ever wanted to know about "The Divorcee" (1930) starring Norma Shearer in her Academy Award-winning role but have been afraid to ask 🥰, on the new episode of the "Front Row Classics" #podcast: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas... #normashearer #thedivorcee #exwife #ursulaparrott

I loathe the way #AI is creeping into research tools with misinformation. This #ancestry detail has #DorothyArzner marrying Rosalind Russell in 1930, living in #Hollywood FL, with two kids, Ruth Chatterton and Frederic March. It would be funny if it wasn't so awful. 😣

Grateful to Indy Weekly for the nice write-up of "In Search of Thoreau's Flowers," currently on view at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design at NC State. If you are in #Raleigh between now and the end of January 2026, come see the show! #art #climate #interactivemedia #thoreau #walden

Perhaps in the mood for a story about flowers and literature and an interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, sciences, and humanities @ncstate.bsky.social? #thoreau #flowers #art #flowerart #pressedflowers #flowerpower chass.ncsu.edu/news/2025/09...

The new French translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” that just got delivered is très belle! #ursulaparrrott #exwife

Talked about #UrsulaParrott in Hollywood, #DorothyArzner, my favorite childhood movies and stars, teaching film studies @ncstate.bsky.social, and much more on episode #101 (like the freeway) of "From Beneath the Hollywood Sign" #podcast! Stream it at bit.ly/4mMCLHo

If u r in the triangle, stop by the Gregg Museum to see the “Plants in Art” exhibit. I collab’d w/Robin Vuchnich on a botanical portrait of their pollinator garden, a little respite from so many things right now. They have a drawing table set up for botanical art therapy too!

🚨 Early Bird Pricing ENDS tomorrow July 31 – Bastard Film Encounter 5.0 Awaits 🎬 Oct 8–11, 2025 | Columbia, SC Bold films, unfiltered stories, no pretension. Just one unforgettable encounter with cinema’s wild side. 👉 Grab Your Early Bird Tickets Now bastardfilmencounter.com/bfe-5-regist...

THE FUR COAT CLUB and THE CASE OF THE ELEVATOR DUCK — both directed by Joan Micklin Silver — are also online thanks to Skip Elsheimer of @avgeeks.bsky.social! @marshagordon.bsky.social wrote about them both for Salon a few years ago! Link to her essay ⬇️ www.salon.com/2021/03/13/j...

Being on the @infinite-women.com podcast, which reminds us that "well-behaved women rarely make history," was a bright spot in the midst of a dismal time. Thanks for letting me talk about #UrsulaParrott from yet another angle! bit.ly/4nZROik #podcast #exwife #divorcee #women

This week on the podcast, @marshagordon.bsky.social , Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, tells us about the brilliant writer at the heart of her book Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Feel like nominating a film to the Library of Congress National Film Registry today? May I suggest The Divorcee (1930), starring Norma Shearer in her only @academyawards.bsky.social winning role? It just takes a minute + anyone can nominate. The form is here: bit.ly/4kSEutG #divorcee #normashearer

I thoroughly enjoyed talking abt F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"--espec. the female characters, Gatsby as a romance novel, and as it relates to Ursula Parrott's "Ex-Wife"--on this just-dropped podcast episode. open.spotify.com/episode/2aTP... #gatsby #fitzgerald #ursulaparrott #1920s

Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl

Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

Super cool resource drop alert 4 #film lovers: the FilmAtlas, "an international visual guide to every motion picture film format, soundtrack and color process ever invented"! I co-authored an entry on #3mm film--the cutest format--w/Dino Everett of USC Film Archives. www.filmatlas.com/entry/210

I love seeing director Dorothy Arzner's face in this lineup of Box Office Champions from 1932. Working on her biography means daily revelations about the way she navigated the Hollywood boys' club. #dorothyarzner #womenmakemovies #hollywoodhistory #director #tcmparty #womendirectors #biography

Researching my #DorothyArzner bio + writing an article 4 a collection on women filmmakers edited by @shelleystamp.bsky.social + it is staggering how many newspapers call Arzner some version of the "first" woman director despite so many successful predecessors. But this is a great pic w/ #IdaLupino!

Spent the morning photographing butterflies, beetles, bees, and more @ncstate.bsky.social Insect Museum. These pollinator images + plant pressings = new collage that will be on display this fall at the Gregg Museum of art. 🦋 🌺

Story about local treasure @avgeeks.bsky.social in #Raleigh. 📽️

Thanks to the Lost Ladies of Lit #Podcast for re-running our episode about #UrsulaParrott as an encore today! Episode streams here: apple.co/4ddpBQt #bestseller #americanliterature #exwife #divorcee

Starting the day at the packed Egyptian Theater with a new @billmorrison.bsky.social film and Donald Boyle introduction to 35mm nitrate print of Daisy Kenyon. What could be better? TCM Festival rocks! #tcm #tcmff #tcmparty

Counting down to The Divorcee tomorrow morning at the Egyptian on 35mm @tcmtv.bsky.social !!!! #tcmff #tcmparty

Warning: preparing for my @tcmtv.bsky.social Film Festival Intro on Friday at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood I learned that a Chicago theater billed "The Divorcee" as "Restricted to ADULTS ONLY." Consider yourself warned abt this risqué 1930 adaptation of Ursula Parrott's "Daring Novel"! #TCMFF

Pretty cool to get a copy of the brand new Swedish translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” in the mail! Any #Swedish Blueskyers out there had a chance to read “Ex-Frun” yet? #ursulaparrott #exwife #exfrun #swedish

It would be a dream to be @Cannes for this lineup. My top three priorities would be the Dardennes, Reichardt, and Panahi. We need these filmmakers and their films more than ever.

I'll be at Grauman's Egyptian for #TCM Fest to introduce a brand new #35mm print of "The Divorcee" (1930) starring #NormaShearer on Fri April 25 at 9:15am! #LA come see this Academy Award-winning Pre-Code gem. @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social #tcmparty filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/fil...

@fullframefest.bsky.social I loved "The Librarians" by Kim Snyder. If you believe in freedom of speech, in reading books that you choose and that aren't chosen by the government for you, and in the good work done by libraries and librarians, seek this one out! www.thelibrariansfilm.com

Spread the word: the April Fool's Day Proposal Deadline approacheth! The first post-pandemic Bastard Film Encounter will be storming #Columbia, SC this fall. Expect pent up epic madness! Get those proposals in! Details and Submissions: bastardfilmencounter.com/bastards-2025/

HBD today to the best-selling American writer Ursula Parrott, whose 1929 novel #Ex-Wife is now back in print in the US, UK, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands! ♥️ #ursulaparrott #bestseller @mcnallyeditions.com @faberbooks.bsky.social

READ: Member Marsha Gordon (@marshagordon.bsky.social‬) shares ten facts about #ursulaparrott for Literary Ladies Guide:

The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse. Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.

I shared 10 Fascinating Facts About #UrsulaParrott and here's my 2 faves: 1) Ursula and Her Son Were Carjacked by a Convicted Murder. 2) Some Lost Ursula Parrott Manuscripts Might be Out There, Somewhere. Read the full list at Literary Ladies Guide: www.literaryladiesguide.com/literary-mus...

A little break from the overwhelming bad news flying around today: the new issue of "The Moving Image" journal arrived by mail w/a profile I wrote of @avgeeks.bsky.social Skip Elsheimer + his amazing #16mm #educationalfilm #archive. He's a good person doing important work, one film at a time. 📽️♥️

The best news I've had this year arrived in the mail today: The Boston Girls' Latin School named #UrsulaParrott their "Outstanding Alumna" of 2024! After decades of forgetting, this best-selling author is being remembered and read again. I stand by my words abt "women's lives and bodies", too.

In case you need a reminder today about what resistance under a repressive regime looks like, watch the Iranian film from 2024 "The Seed of the Sacred Fig." I cannot recommend it highly enough. Mohammad Rasoulof and his team risked their lives to make this film. I urge you to see it.

1/11/51: Sam Fuller's astonishing zero-budget The Steel Helmet, shot during the Korean war; amazing it got by the PCA censors - prob they didn't understand it More: @marshagordon.bsky.social: www.jstor.org/stable/26532... @peutetre.bsky.social / @criterioncast.com: criterioncast.com/column/a-jou...

Born on this day in San Francisco in 1897, Dorothy Emma Arzner: director, writer, editor, teacher, and mentor to many up-and-coming filmmakers! Not to mention tennis player, Cadillac driver, and cat lover! #DorothyArzner

Hoping that today's Jan 1, 2025 AFI spotlight is a good omen for my biography-in-progress about the pioneering Hollywood director Dorothy Arzner! 2025 will most definitely be a year of writing for me. ✍️ #dorothyarzner #arzner #biography #filmhistory www.afi.com/news/dorothy...

Thanks @amandarafkin.bsky.social for namechecking Ursula Parrott in your explanation of the @academyawards.bsky.social winning Norma Shearer performance in "The Divorcee" (1930). Maybe Ursula will get her own squares one of these days! #ursulaparrott #thedivorcee #normashearer #crosswords

Including Dorothy Arzner's "The Wild Party," starring Clara Bow! #DorothyArzner #ClaraBow

The surviving fragment of VICENTA (Musidora, 1919) is now streaming online on HENRI! www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/1...

It's the most wonderful time of the year: 25 new films added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry for Preservation. I'm liking the combo of Annabelle Serpentine Dance+Chelsea Girls+Texas Chainsaw Massacre+My Own Private Idaho+Angels With Dirty Faces+Ganja and Hess! 🎞️ bit.ly/3DuECPK

Just got interviewed about my top 3 movies of the year. Already posted here abt the amazing "Green Border" so want to give a shout out to 2 other fantastic + very different faves: "The Substance" + "All We Can Imagine as Light." All 3 films are women directed.

Apropos of the news out of Syria, by far the most important, devastating, beautiful, and well made film I saw this year was Agnieszka Holland's "Green Border." It's a realist meditation on the devastating complexities of migration. I was profoundly moved by it. Filmmaking at its best + most urgent.