Self-Styled Siren

What do you want to watch tonight? I'm a movie critic with five decades in the trenches and I have some thoughts for you (not always about movies).

writing about women & crime in cinema, from serial killers to mob wives and beyond

Black Film Archive is a living register of Black films. In its current iteration, it showcases every* Black made film from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming. This newsletter serves as its blog.

Harriet the Spy started it all. I’m a misanthrope who loves people. TCB.

Sole owner and cinematic barista - writing online about film since 2005. Cinema Studies at New York University. Unapologetic auteurist without the orthodoxy of the traditional canon.

Alleged Pretendians & Indigenous Perspective

cinema. art. staying alive with mental illness.

The Cinephile's Guide to Finding Old and New Classic Films on the Internet

Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.