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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big thanks to @mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social for having me on The Movie Racket talking Alice Guy-Blaché Listen: www.filmspotting.net/episodes-arc...
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 4h
In this review I also gave a shoutout to WHO IS STILL ALIVE, which is Switzerland's Oscar submission. They're somewhat similar films in that they're based on testimonies (the latter relies on Palestinian voices) and use drawing to translate those stories. Also similar posters.
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 5h
I wrote about Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s knotty documentary NAZA and the complexity of putting this film’s narrow POV at this moment. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social
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NAZA review: Harrowing Israeli film is an essential historical document
“NAZA” stands as an ontological survey of state-sponsored violence.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 22h
I have not seen this yet so I have no opinion just supporting the writing
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
for the night crowd
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
for the night crowd
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Visited my book at the performing arts library at the New York Public Library 😍
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big thanks to @mrmichaelphillips.bsky.social for having me on The Movie Racket talking Alice Guy-Blaché Listen: www.filmspotting.net/episodes-arc...
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Adam Kempenaar @filmspotting.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's Movie Racket Monday! This week, host Michael + critic and author @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social chat about the pioneering French filmmaker and their favorite performances that reflect Guy-Blaché's directive🎬
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 28/09/2026
“A devastating and heartbreaking kaiju movie, Godzilla Minus Zero is a towering epic of destructive proportions.” My review of GODZILLA MINUS ZERO via Screen Daily
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ review: Towering monster sequel amps up the action and raises the emotional stakes
Takashi Yamazaki's epic follow-up to 'Godzilla Minus One' premiered at the New York Film Festival
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Silent Movie Day is coming up on Tuesday, September 29th. Here are some picks for some silent films you can watch to celebrate! Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/5-movies-t...
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Silent Movie Day is coming up on Tuesday, September 29th. Here are some picks for some silent films you can watch to celebrate! Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/5-movies-t...
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 26/09/2026
James Gray’s PAPER TIGER is opening NYFF tonight! Read my interview with him via Film Comment below.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
for the afternoon crowd
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Odie Henderson @ NYFF @odienator.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@812filmreviews.com, @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social and I spent time with Chili Crisp the adorable blind cat during an hour at the cat cafe. She was in da TEE VEE!
Chili Crisp, the white, brown and gray fur cat. She was FEISTY. Her cat bed was shaped like a tv set.
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Unfortunately, the film has about as much depth as a Tumblr dashboard; it’s all pretty pictures and sad quotes from literature and music, with no real insight or originality." CHARLIE HARPER is terrible. My review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:
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Charlie Harper review: Stilted romantic drama is a bad dish
Screenwriter Tom Dean doesn’t seem to know how to write distinct characters with interiority or personalities beyond hackneyed clichés.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s a miracle of miracles: a new romantic comedy that’s actually charming! My review of Claire Scalon's THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS at @ebertvoices.bsky.social
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The Love Hypothesis review: Lili Reinhart rom-com supports its charming claims
It’s a miracle of miracles: a new romantic comedy that's actually charming!
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Chels @chels725.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A tall drink of water in our romcom drought
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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“It's comforting to know that at least some good rom-coms are making it through the gauntlet, with dedicated stars like [Lili] Reinhart and directors like [Claire] Scanlon leading the way." @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social reviews THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS:
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The Love Hypothesis review: Lili Reinhart rom-com supports its charming claims
It’s a miracle of miracles: a new romantic comedy that's actually charming!
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Parmiss M @parmissm11.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“It’s a miracle of miracles: a new romantic comedy that’s actually charming!” Yes!
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 22/09/2026
The 2026 Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival features classics from 1926, including restorations and live accompaniment. Pittsburgh resident @djmecca.bsky.social reports on the festival, kicking off Friday:
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2026 Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival Features Classics From 1926 Including Restorations and Live Accompaniment
Starting this weekend, the Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival will screen films from 1926 at venues all around the city. Put on by the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society (PSFS), the festival is a recent and ...
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 21/09/2026
My first byline on Film Comment is my discussion with James Gray about PAPER TIGER.
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Interview: James Gray on Paper Tiger | Film Comment
The director talks painting and cinema, the art of sound design, and how crime films are a vessel for autobiography
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 21/09/2026
James Gray and I talked a lot about the role of the artist in relation to the effects of capitalism
To me, our economic system incentivizes cruelty to a degree that deeply upsets me. In any business negotiation, the party who cares less [about nonfinancial outcomes] holds all the leverage. That single dynamic demonstrates how brutal the system is. It chews people up and spits them out. I saw how harsh that system was on my parents. As an artist, my job isn’t to solve problems—a creative person can’t solve systemic issues, but we can point them out and transform the world’s pain into art. Corporate power has become so unassailable that people feel disconnected and alienated. When political systems and corporations fail, artists need to step into that void and speak out.
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 20/09/2026
Oh one last thing! Years ago I got to talk with Charles Burnett about MY BROTHER'S WEDDING for @indiewire.com.
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‘My Brother’s Wedding’ Filmmaker Charles Burnett Reflects on the Painful, Protracted Journey of His Nearly-Lost Masterpiece
“I thought that if it was cut right, then we could’ve had a story that really spoke to what was going on in the community,” the filmmaker said.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Once again thinking far too deeply about a rom com 🤷‍♀️
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
all the movies I watched:
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Toronto International Film Festival 2026
Listed in order watched (or when embargo breaks if pre-screened)
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lastly, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social, capsule review of the docs CHEYENNE, RESUCE, and Barbara Kopple's latest labor rights masterpiece UNION TOWN
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TIFF 2026: Cheyenne, Rescue, Union Town
On three great docs from this year's TIFF.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I hate to say it but Rachel Morrison's new film LOVE OF YOUR LIFE is a real stinker (great soundtrack tho.) My full review for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
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Love of Your Life review: Forgettable drama doesn't trust its audience
For a film with such a weighty and timely premise, it's a shame that it’s just not very good.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Back at @ebertvoices.bsky.social, capsule reviews of WOMAN UKNOWN (which also took home two prizes at Venice), LEMONADE, and THE JULIA SET
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TIFF 2026: Woman Unknown, Lemonade, The Julia Set
On three TIFF dramas, including the one that just won the big prize at Venice.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Also at @indiewire.com, a full review of Marie Clements' epic HOW WE STAND
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‘How We Stand’ Review: Amber Midthunder Stars in a Richly Drawn, Magical-Realist Indigenous Tale
Amber Midthunder stars in 'How We Stand,' directed by Marie Clements and featuring an Indigenous cast. Movie review.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My full review of Lauren Miller Rogen's charming comedy BABIES for @indiewire.com
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‘Babies’ Review: Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen Debate Parenthood in Lauren Miller Rogen’s Warm, Wise Comedy
TIFF: The magic of the film lies in the way it elegantly tackles the idea that having kids is the only “normal” way for someone to be.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TIFF COVERAGE INCOMING. First up capsule reviews at @ebertvoices.bsky.social of IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH, IDDA, and MAGAZINE (which might be worst of the fest for me)
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TIFF 2026: In the Heart of the South, Idda, Magazine
On three ambitious premieres from TIFF's Discovery and Platform sections.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
this thread is a total of NINE capsule reviews and THREE full reviews. all directed by women.
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Supporting Actresses @actressespod.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICYMI: this week we got philosophical about Gwyneth Paltrow’s film Sliding Doors with @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social. 🎧 to the full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Fletcher Powell @fletcherpowell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One of (maybe the) best of the year!
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 19/09/2026
For my final dispatch of TIFF, I wrote about DARLENE LOVE: I KNOW WHERE I'VE BEEN, EDWARD SAID: BETWEEN WORLDS, and THE HUMMINGBIRD PAINTS FRAGRANT SONGS. My thoughts on these very good documentaries for @ebertvoices.bsky.social.
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TIFF 2026: Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been, Edward Said: Between Worlds, The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs
On three essential profile docs out of this year's TIFF.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
two more chances to see this film on the big screen here in Chicago. worth it for the lush 16mm imagery and the haunting sound design. trust!! I'll be introducing today's screening. Tickets: facets.org/programs/ros...
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
TONIGHT IN CHICAGO!!!
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Chicago: You can catch HER PRIVATE HELL back on the big screen at @facetschicago.bsky.social in October: Tix: facets.org/portfolio-ca...
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 19/09/2026
ICYMI
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wonderful details in this Bob Mackie appreciation by Abbey Bender. Did you know Mackie did the concept sketch for Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" dress? Plus: Streisand, Cher and Carol Burnett anecdotes. www.rogerebert.com/tributes/bob...
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Making Fashion Fun: Bob Mackie (1939-2026)
A tribute to the legendary costume designer and fashion icon, who dressed everyone from Cher to Barbra.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“I believe that art is an act of violence. It’s meant to violate you creatively, spiritually, to inspire you.”
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"CAMP, for as much as it inevitably feels like an exorcism, is proper cozy for the right type of weirdo" - @helmetgirl.bsky.social There's two more screenings of CAMP at FACETS Chicago + Zoom Q&A with writer-director Avalon Fast tomorrow night (9/19) Tickets: facets.org/programs/camp/
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"The main character, Ethan Hawke‘s Samuel Murphy, might be Steinbeck’s plainspoken Tom Joad reimagined as an action hero...Hawke understands that in movie acting, sometimes the best approach is to let your face do the talking." Review of The Weight. Excellent film. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...
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The Weight review: Ethan Hawke shines in Depression-era drama
Hawke's performance is one of the best he's ever given.
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Film Forum @filmforumnyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MY BROTHER'S WEDDING opens today in new 4K at Film Forum with Charles Burnett joining us in-person all weekend long!
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 18/09/2026
Roger never got to review MY BROTHER'S WEDDING, so this is actually the first major overview of the film on the site - which is a major honor for me to write it up. It's the second Burnett film I've been privileged to give a star rating. ANNIHILATION OF FISH is the other.
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The Annihilation of Fish movie review
This film is the essence of what makes Burnett’s hold on the American mythos peerless and exceptional.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Seeing the film in this form is like a good polish revealing the former luster of a priceless heirloom."
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 18/09/2026
"Watching this revitalization of the director’s picture is like spending your entire life seeing the world in black and white and being introduced to color." The new restoration of Charles Burnett's MY BROTHER'S WEDDING is absolutely stunning. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social
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My Brother's Wedding review: Charles Burnett classic gets the 4K treatment
An imperfect masterpiece.
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