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In Memoriam: David Ehrenstein
(1947 – 2025)
Mar 13
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February 2025
Look Back at Mary Ure
A brief tribute to a too-brief career
Feb 18
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January 2025
Cast Against Type: Heroes as Villains
Some notes for the series now playing at the Criterion Channel
Jan 28
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Christmas for Film Nerds
To Save and Project is back at the Museum of Modern Art
Jan 8
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December 2024
How to Write Your Star Autobiography
Ten plot points that (almost) always show up
Dec 30, 2024
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November 2024
Three Women
Three new films, each with a great lead performance by a woman
Nov 3, 2024
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October 2024
Alice and Nora and George
Introducing Alice Adams and The Talk of the Town at New York's Film Forum
Oct 12, 2024
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September 2024
Hunting for Hazel Brooks
Part one of two on the long life and brief fame of a talented film noir starlet
Sep 19, 2024
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August 2024
Myrtle Gonzalez at Cinecon
Forgotten Mexican-American Actress Makes a Comeback
Aug 27, 2024
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Not So Sultry: Ella Raines
A birthday tribute, and a note about the Siren at Locarno 77 this weekend
Aug 6, 2024
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Not So Sultry: Ella Raines
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July 2024
The Siren's Summer Books
Recommendations and future reads
Jul 15, 2024
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June 2024
The Siren Regrets
...she's unable to appear this weekend
Jun 12, 2024
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