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June 2025 Viewing Diary

Posted on July 3, 2025 by sheila

The last couple of months – really since the beginning of the year – I’ve only had room in my head for re-watches of stuff I already know. It was crunch time for the Frankenstein book. Plus politics and pretty … Continue reading →

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“It’s just one of the mysteries of filmmaking that sometimes you do something that you don’t even think it’s important, then it turns out to be.” –Lili Horvát

Posted on April 13, 2025 by sheila

It’s the birthday today of Hungarian director Lili Horvát. I believe I made clear my love for Horvát’s Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period of Time, in a lengthy piece on my Substack. It’s been a while since … Continue reading →

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Reviews: Love Me (2025)

Posted on January 31, 2025 by sheila

I know I didn’t give Love Me that good a review, but I think it’s still worth checking out, particularly for the first half, its visuals and creativity.

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November 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 1, 2024 by sheila

Stranger Things, Season 2, episodes 5, 6, 7 (2016) Continuing the very slow “binge” watch with my niece Lucy, and having so much fun. She gets such a kick out of showing it to me. She knows every moment and … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Jacqueline McKenzie

Posted on October 24, 2024 by sheila

I first saw this phenomenal Australian actress in Romper Stomper in 1992, and she was so intense, so unpredictable, she was on another level. I couldn’t get her out of my head. She made more of an impression on me … Continue reading →

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June 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on July 4, 2024 by sheila

Sunset Boulevard (1950; d. Billy Wilder) I had so much fun discussing Sunset Boulevard with the audience after the screening at Jacob Burns Film Center. I’ll be doing another one in August, after Billy Wilder’s The Apartment. The audience was … Continue reading →

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March 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on April 17, 2024 by sheila

Conspiracy (2001; d. Frank Pierson) I went down a little Wannsee Conference rabbit hole so figured I’d re-watch this chilling nasty little movie. Lured (1947; d. Douglas Sirk) I had never seen this. I love discovering new Douglas Sirks! This … Continue reading →

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2023 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Posted on January 6, 2024 by sheila

I was voted into the National Society of Film Critics this year and we had our voting meeting today. The group is nationwide so there were groups in LA, a group in New York, and people Zooming in from Chicago, … Continue reading →

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2023 films I loved, in no particular order

Posted on December 14, 2023 by sheila

On my Substack, open to all: my Top whatever Films of 2023. Unranked. An eccentric sampling, featuring some of the usual suspects but, more importantly, pointing towards some lesser-known films which – for whatever reason – got lost in the … Continue reading →

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Review: Cat Person (2023)

Posted on October 6, 2023 by sheila

This is a weird one. I don’t want to assume everyone on the planet has read the short story on which this film is based but … let’s just say the short story was a PHENOMENON. In December 2017, you … Continue reading →

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