Film critic; NSFC, NYFCC. Bylines at Criterion, Sight & Sound, Noir City, my own Substack, and wherever fine film geeks are found.
https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/
Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧
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The Marcels are up at dawn, heading out on Potato Bay to cast their nets for donations to our local animal shelter. Will you help these brave sailors? ⚓ givebutter.com/mollys-birth...
I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers.
Wonderful work from Glenn on two top-tier crime pictures directed by Richard Fleischer — both on Warner Archive, if you couldn't make it to the Film Forum's series. Glenn's substack is an essential subscription for anyone who's serious about their film love.
Raven, John Gerrard Keulemans, 1876.
Hey. There are multiple ways of demonstrating patriotism. 👻 🇺🇸
At my substack, I've reprinted my essay on John Sturges's Columbia years. It first appeared in the book that accompanied The Lady With the Torch: Columbia Pictures 1929 – 1959, the Locarno Film Festival retrospective programmed by Ehsan Khoshbakht in 2024.
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Love this @jasondashbailey.com writeup of the MoMA film series "Universal Westerns" that's now underway. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/m...
"I used to try and see Judy Garland whenever I could. She was one of the first who knew how to build a song, take it to its climax, and then draw back." —Barbara Cook
Happy birthday to Judy Garland — watch her own this song.
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A message below from my dear friend Tasneem in Gaza.
I will continue to support her and her family as long as they need donations to survive.
Please give. No amount is too small. And find and help others. There are many Gazans in urgent need. ❤️🙏
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Remembering Robert Schumann on his birthday 🎂
✏️ Henri Fantin-Latour, "A Robert Schumann", 1874
"His music is poetic, emotionally direct even in its stranger moments and suggestive of deep vulnerability: a unique and potent combination."
- Jonathan Biss
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Hahahaha. They tried to show Trump on the Jumbotron during the anthem si people wouldn’t boo but the boos were IMMEDIATELY AND SO LOUD, they came off the image after a second.
