“Film Fatale: A Starter Pack of Twenty Noir Features directed by Women”
At Letterboxd, Marya E. Gates shares 20 noir featured directed by women for your Noirvember viewing pleasure. See the list here.
“The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad For A Reason”
At Autostraddle, Steff Rubino interviews Marya E. Gates about her new book, Cinema Her Way. It’s a great interview and if you are interested in film and film writing, you should probably read it! “I did make a concerted effort to make sure that I had women from […]
“This is Just the Beginning: Pamela Anderson on The Last Showgirl”
At RogerEbert.com, Marya E. Gates interviews Pamela Anderson. “I remember when I was five years old, I would think I just needed to get older so I could recognize myself. And it took me, you know, 50 years, but now I do feel comfortable in my own skin. […]
Marya Gates on the Neo-Noir Podcast!
Marya E. Gates joins the inaugural episode of the Neo-Noir Podcast to discuss “classic noir, neo-noir, and two films that work as examples of both.” Listen here.
Tilda Swinton and Joanna Hogg on The Eternal Daughter (2022)
Marya E. Gates interviews Tilda Swinton and Joanna Hogg. “Filmmaker Joanna Hogg mesmerized critics and audiences alike with her duo of semi-autobiographical films 2019’s The Souvenir and 2021’s The Souvenir Part II. In filming these raw coming-of-auteur dramas, Hogg reunited with Tilda Swinton, her childhood friend and the […]
“Marilyn Monroe’s Truth was in her Poetry”
At Vulture, Marya E. Gates writes an excellent piece on Marilyn Monroe’s poetry and what the film, Blonde (2022) overlooks. “In one fragment, she contemplates how we can never really know what others went through in their early years and ‘what they drag with them.’ In another, she […]
The Cultural Gutter 