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I dream about being with you forever.
Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide
Sep 26
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Celebrating Lizzie Borden's New York Feminisms Trilogy on Blu-ray
An Excerpt From "Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words"
Sep 16
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August 2025: Summer Under The Stars, Internationale Stummfilmtage Bonn, and Trailblazing British Women Filmmakers
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Sep 1
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Watching The X-Files With No Lights On
🛸 The Truth is Out There 🛸
Aug 16
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My Father’s House Shines Hard and Bright.
On how houses become homes.
Jul 5
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I'd save every day like a treasure.
On saving time in a bottle.
Jun 21
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Gerald "Gerry" Gates, 1950-2025
A tribute to spending one last month with my Dad
May 30
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I dream about being with you forever.
Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide
Sep 26
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You still have a life ahead of you.
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Sep 19
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Do you want to know what I've been thinking?
Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide
Sep 12
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Directed By Women: A TIFF 2025 Guide
Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide: Festival Edition
Sep 3
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You don't know what you want.
Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide
Aug 29
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Cinema Her Way Book
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Celebrating Lizzie Borden's New York Feminisms Trilogy on Blu-ray
An Excerpt From "Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words"
Sep 16
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Allison Anders on the Empowerment of Natural Childbirth
An Excerpt From "Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words"
May 11
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Cinema Her Way: It's Pub Day!
Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own Words is on sale today!!!
Feb 25
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Cinema Her Way: Unboxing and Interview Subject Reveal
After a ten year journey, I'm an author!
Dec 28, 2024
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Cinema Her Way Cover Reveal!
We're ready for our close-up.
Aug 13, 2024
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Interviews
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KVIFF Interview: Juho Kuosmanen on his Silent Trilogy
"The grammar of silent films gives me freedom that I don't feel that I have with feature films."
Jul 16, 2024
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Interview: Director-Writer-Producer-Actor Jake Allyn on His Directorial Debut "Ride"
"It is definitely a movie about the rural community, that was made by the rural community."
Jun 13, 2024
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Interview: Filmmaker Marlo McKenzie on Her Documentary "Carol Doda Topless at the Condor"
"That's what I take from her: to be authentically yourself."
Mar 21, 2024
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Interview: Writer-Director Molly Manning Walker on Her Debut Film "How To Have Sex"
"I wanted to look at how we're taught how to have sex wrong and what that leads to."
Feb 1, 2024
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Monthly Roundup
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August 2025: Summer Under The Stars, Internationale Stummfilmtage Bonn, and Trailblazing British Women Filmmakers
Monthly Roundup Post
Sep 1
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July 2025: Still In A Northstate of Mind
Monthly Roundup Post
Aug 3
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June 2025: Northstate of Mind
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Jul 1
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Gerald "Gerry" Gates, 1950-2025
A tribute to spending one last month with my Dad
May 30
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April 2025: It's a strange world, isn't it?
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May 1
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Silent Film
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Your Silent Face: John Gilbert
Periodical Ruminations on Silent Film Stars, Summer Under The Stars Edition
Aug 19, 2024
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KVIFF Interview: Juho Kuosmanen on his Silent Trilogy
"The grammar of silent films gives me freedom that I don't feel that I have with feature films."
Jul 16, 2024
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It Was Worth It. . .To Be Near You.
Five Silent Film Romances For Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 2024
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What I'm Reading: Early Cinema Syllabus Continued
Periodical Reading Recommendations
Dec 28, 2023
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