“Then there’s the film’s immersive, at times almost overwhelming sensorium, its meticulous recreation of the material culture of the 1970s. From fabrics to furniture to cars, The Mastermind evokes the textures of an era built from wood, glass & metal.” 😍

Day 11 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite bar scene or cocktail Love Mary Astor in the gritty bar scene in Act of Violence, then afterwards in her apartment. “So you're unhappy. Relax. No law says you got to be happy. Look at me. I'm not happy.”

Happy to have contributed an entry on Lois Weber for the WOMEN WHO DARED volume, now out from @edinburghup.bsky.social

“If we figure out what it means to be human, NO ONE TELL CHATGPT!” -my contribution to the AI leadership group this morning

You're telling me the year of our lord 2025 we get to have new films from: Lynne Ramsay Chloe Zhao Kelly Reichardt Nia DaCosta Claire Denis Kathryn Bigelow Maggie Gyllenhaal Celine Song Gurinder Chadha Feels like a good year to start following @intheirownleague.bsky.social tbh

Join us for Feminist Influences: An Online Roundtable (Feb 12, 5PM EST) — featuring brilliant voices in feminist film and media studies! @hennefem.bsky.social @shelleystamp.bsky.social

Bay Area friends — I’ll be introducing SAXOPHONE SUZY at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on Saturday night. Live music by Guenter Buchwald, Frank Bockius & Mas Koga! Come join me at the Orinda Theatre. @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social silentfilm.org/event/saxoph...

Day 10 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Gloria Grahame Noir I love her small, but pivotal, role in Odds Against Tomorrow.

Just a late night reminder that if you’re getting into the films of Mira Nair, she’s one of the interview subjects of my book CINEMA HER WAY, which is still in stores now and would make a great Christmas gift. 🎁 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...

Sigh…….

For some unknown reason, I had never seen DIABOLIQUE. (I know! 😔) Saw it on film @newbeverly.bsky.social and loved it. So many unexpected twists on the usual noir/crime formula!

Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”

TIL: The term “mean street” comes from Mary Shelley in Frankenstein. Is that correct, Lit scholars? Certainly the earliest work where I’ve ever seen it. (*Finally* getting to the book, thanks to GDT.)

Peanut butter and pickle sandwich a must during my Sue Grafton audiobook re-listen project. Amazed I’ve made it to “O” before succumbing.

Day 9 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Dan Duryea Noir Oh, come on! That’s an impossible choice. In lieu of deciding, I’ll post one of my favorite fan mag profiles.

The more people tell me that AI is the future, the more I know I just really want to make stuff with my hands and brain.

Day 8 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite line "How big a chump can you get to be? I was finding out.”

Lynda Carter as WONDER WOMAN punched her first Nazi #OTD in 1975. 50 years later, she's still a hero to us all. 🇺🇸 #WonderWoman

Day 7 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite noir dream sequence “I’m not afraid of death. I am afraid of murder.” The Conversation

Mamdani “has spoken about the influence of his parents, particularly his mother’s emphasis on cultural rootedness and justice.” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Squeeeee!

Nailed it! 🙌🏻

Day 6 #NoirvemberChallenge Coolest noir character

THIS IS SO GOOD

Did assholes ruin the workplace?

Oh, come on. B5, hands down.

Day 5 #NoirvemberChallenge Noir you’d show to someone who’s never seen one. I get the pleasure of doing this once or twice a year to 100s of students. Always choose one of these two beauts. Never fails.

Preach! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...

Congrats to Mira Nair’s son!

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

Having the pleasure of teaching BEAU TRAVAIL today and reading @girishshambu.bsky.social’s superb essay on the Criterion disc.

Another Screen has some amazing stuff up right now. 😍 www.another-screen.com

Day 4 #NoirvemberChallenge Noir ahead of its time Going with BLOOD SIMPLE — neo-noir before neo-noir

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

RIP @teenvogue.com. Some of the best political reporting in recent years, hands down.

Day 3 #NoirvemberChallenge The noir that made you a fan

The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. Submissions for this year's award are due by February 15th! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk

Tag yourself! 👋🏻 “pantsuited girlboss” here!

Day 2 #NoirvemberChallnge Favorite character introduction Coral Chandler in DEAD RECKONING www.tiktok.com/@fiftiesdail...

Day 1 #NoirvemberChallenge Let’s just say noir has some of the very best opening sequences in all of cinema.

For @letterboxd.social I wrote a starter pack of films directed by women to watch this #Noirvember!

October 31st / November 1st

Live shot of me checking the score of the game every few minutes. Honestly, I don’t like baseball [gasp] and never watch [shriek], but this one I’m paying attention to.

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

Attention all you birds, mugs, dames, and Noiristas! The best month of the year starts now with my #Noirvember #FilmNoir Challenge. Join us every day and tag #NoirvemberChallenge to share your favorites. Special thank you to @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social for this year's artwork! #FilmSky

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t... It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article. Please share :)