Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuJ.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 14hAngela Lansbury in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (based on the Oscar Wilde novel of the same name. Wilde was also BOTD) - BOTD 24814 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantuderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Avery Trufelman and I recently recorded a pod on Voltaire's 1736 poem "Man of the World," where he spiritedly defends cosmopolitanism against the conservatives of his day. Hard to do this without sound like a chauvinist, but his wit makes it delightful. articlesofinterest.substack.com/podcast 751147 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 14/10/2025E. E. Cummings Self-portrait, 1939 "His verse is distinguished by fluidity and weight; he is equipped to range lustily and long among the major passions." - Mark Van Doren 184 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuTallan74 @timothyjamescat.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Always liked this one. All you aspiring and wannabe wantons, take notes. 35913 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 13/10/2026They need to design a brand new emotion to describe my feelings about the Girls reboot. Apprehencitement? 6983 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuThe Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 12/10/2026The poster for Quentin Tarantino’s first play, opening this February in London. 141 0
Dr. Maya Cantu @mayamcantu.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Also stunning: two of the performance gowns and robes Millay wore on her college reading tours. 020 0
Dr. Maya Cantu @mayamcantu.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The monogrammed clasp on her suede purse—EStVM—is a flex and a mood. 010 0
Dr. Maya Cantu @mayamcantu.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Memories from today’s visit to Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Steepletop home in Austerlitz, NY. 220 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuProfessor Edward Birack @nicosan1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, the full documentary is now streaming on @pbs.org YouTube Page.youtube.comAmerican Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez | Full Documentary | American Masters | PBSYouTube video by American Masters PBS 022 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 09/10/2026‘Strange Adventures in The Fall and Rise of Humpty Dumpty’, 1899. www.loc.gov/item/2014636... 0557 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 09/10/2026Times Square at Dusk Samuel H. Gottscho, 1932 221138 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My favorite Eva Marie Saint films are On The Waterfront, North By Northwest, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, and, maybe less well known, Loving. One of the greats. Rest In Peace. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/m...nytimes.comEva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.” 30698128 0
Dr. Maya Cantu @mayamcantu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Now we’re in 10-20 year cycles of nostalgia; but so true. 110 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuLarry Karaszewski @larrythek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s amazing that the film that has the most to say about 2026 takes place in 1634 and was made in 1971. See it in theaters next week. 2436 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuRemedios Varo @remediosvaro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Juggler (The Magician) botfrens.com/collections/69/content… 0236 0
Dr. Maya Cantu @mayamcantu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Ruby Keeler enjoyed seeing herself, and her musicals with Berkeley, parodied in ‘Dames at Sea!’ From her ‘Foreword’ to the book. 020 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuLaura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Nothing got me even vaguely interested in “Digger” until the theater-adjacent spoiler in this smart piece by Sian Cain. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...theguardian.comTom Cruise’s Digger has flopped spectacularly – but I think it is a misunderstood masterpieceThis article contains spoilers for Digger: Alejandro G Iñárritu’s film may be about to become one of the biggest bombs Hollywood has ever seen – but it is destined to be re-evaluated with time 011 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuToulouse-Lautrec @toulouselautrec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Extra in the Folies Bergere Revue 0407 0
Dr. Maya Cantu @mayamcantu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026What arrived in my mailbox today! Published in 1973. 240 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantu100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oct. 5, 1926: A production of George Bernard Shaw's play "Man and Superman" in Berlin, starring Eugen Klöpfer and Carola Neher. 0121 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuJustin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026DIGGER: kinda dug it? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comTom Cruise Is a Scream—and a Gas—in “Digger”In Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s conceptually elaborate apocalyptic farce, hectoring satire and visual sublimity fight to a draw. 74511 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I love this story by Robert Wilson. “Even all of the girlfriends & boyfriends left!” the-talks.com/interview/ro... 143 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuGaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Directed by Charles Lamont 1457 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 30/09/2026Watching 42nd Street last night, I suddenly realized what "habit" lyricist Al Dubin was referring to in "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me." "I used to think your love was something that I could take or leave alone But now I couldn't do without my supply" 4212 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantutnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026With the Greek classics back in fashion, worth seeing what their very expensive cheapenings and bowdlerizations miss: Pasolini's ecstatic, terrifying, fanatically detailed Medea is at @metrographnyc.bsky.social at 3:45pm: www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...newyorker.comMovie of the Week: “Medea”Opera singers rarely make successful transitions to movie acting, but Maria Callas did—in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Medea,” from 1969. 0158 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantu100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sept. 28, 1926: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," a play adapted by Anita Loos and her husband John Emerson from her bestselling novel, premieres on Broadway. The sharp social satire centers on not-so-dumb blonde Lorelei Lee (June Walker) and her success at manipulating the wealthy male elite. 3315 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Watched that Backrooms motion picture last night. Very good. Obsession was also excellent. If this is the kind of cinema the crazy kids today with their hula hoops and fax machines are giving us, I’m not going to yell at them to get off my lawn, I will instead welcome them with lemonade and cookies. 2557642 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantu100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sept. 26, 1926: Julie London, a husky-voiced torch singer of the 1950s and ’60s whose hits included the first recording of “Cry Me a River,” is born (as Peck) in Santa Rosa, Calif. She was also an actress who played Nurse Dixie McCall in the TV drama “Emergency!” 0172 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantupauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026[POPEYE] Shelley Duvall takes the funny-page drawing of Olive Oyl and breathes her own spirit into it. Possibly she can do this so simply because she accepts herself as a cartoon to start with, and working from that, goes way past it. (1980) 04210 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Remembering George Gershwin on his birthday 🎂 📷 Edward Steichen, 1931 "I like New York in June, how about you? I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?" - a great tribute from Arthur Freed & Burton Lane, 1941 youtube.com/watch?v=jgoG... 14416 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I honestly think Sabrina Carpenter as Ginger Rogers is genius 110312 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantu100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sept. 25, 1926: Anny Ahlers appearing in the operetta "Lady Hamilton" by Eduard Künneke, premiering in Breslau, Germany. 0101 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 25/09/2026Fred Allen and Guy Kibbee (a story from Fred Allen's Letters). In 1953, two young writers, Ed Simmons and Norman Lear (yes, that one) wrote asking to form a Fred Allen Fan Club. It was meant as a joke and Allen understood it as such. His reply is classic: 1/5 2185 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuHenri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Creole Dancer (1950) emerged after Katherine Dunham gave a performance in Matisse's studio. He built the cut-out in a single day, reimagining her Afro-Caribbean movement as leaping shapes of pure colour. He gifted the work to the Musée Matisse in Nice. 0174 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 682249375523 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuAlisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hwæt? As an Olde English nerd who once took an entire Beowulf class in the original language, this is dope. As a Shakespeare nerd, I also have to explain to people that Shakespeare is Early Modern English. 109018 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuMax Ernst @max-m-ernst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Set Design for Alfred Jarry, Ubu Enchaîné www.artic.edu/artworks/117397 0104 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantu100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sept. 21, 1926: “Mme. Toa Teje as she appears in the principal part in ‘Our Betters’ by Mr. Somerset Maugham, now the play of the hour in Stockholm.” 0101 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuLa Femme Merveilleuse Invisible @larwoolf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Agnès Varda, Portugal, 1956. 05618 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/09/2026ICYMI: The forever funny Julie Klausner (@julieklausner.bsky.social) shared a can't-miss movie pitch with us this week. buff.ly/PSniJtxbuff.lyBackrooms, but for IntrovertsLogline: “A guy not particularly fond of fresh air or crowds enters a nightmare universe full of the kind of outdoor spaces that give introverts panic attacks.” 0236 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantutnyfrontrow.bsky.social @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Have been meaning to write for a while about Lena Dunham's remarkable memoir Famesick, which is a treasure trove of keen insights and candid observations—and a grim vision of an independent filmmaker's encounter with big-time TV: www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...newyorker.comLena Dunham’s “Famesick” Is a Cautionary Tale of Filmmakers Doing TVIn chronicling the making of “Girls,” Lena Dunham’s memoir reveals the cost of moving from the freedom of independent filmmaking to the corporate demands of television. 161 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantujondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is fun. In honor of Burt Shevelove's birthday, this is from the 1941 production of Aristophanes’s "Frogs" staged by then-drama student Burt Shevelove in a gym swimming pool at Yale. In 1974 he got Steve Sondheim to write songs for it when he staged it there again with Larry Blyden. 1256 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 18/09/2025For Greta Garbo's birthday, "The Mysterious Lady" by Ruth Harriet Louise, 1928 🎂 "She is so young, & so sad; she has so many moods, & even when she smiles I always sense a great sadness." - RHL Garbo & Louise were both only 22 years old in 1928 25512 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantu100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sept. 16, 1926: A Broadway play titled "Broadway" premieres, propelling the career of co-writer and co-director George Abbott (with Philip Dunning). The comic drama, crisp with wisecracking dialogue and bold in its portrayal of the raffish nightlife demimonde, wows audiences and critics alike. 1201 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 15/09/2025For his birthday, a picture of Jean Renoir with (for some reason) Jean Cocteau & Cab Calloway 🎂 One day I'll put all my "(for some reason)" posts into a visual #NonSequitur thread 🧵 1196 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya Cantuscaaron 👻 @imaaronrobert.bsky.social · 14/09/2026rip bob mackie 😭🤍✨ 221694547 0
Reposted by Dr. Maya CantuHoward Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history. 502646639 0