Girish Shambu
@girishshambu.bsky.social
I live in Buffalo and write about film culture. Book: “The New Cinephilia”.
The president of Cornell hit two students with his car, lied about what happened, and got away with it. The story illustrates an under-reported crisis in higher education: administrators and the trustees they answer to are increasingly hostile to the idea of college itself. I wrote about it here:
Who’s to Blame When an Ivy League President Drives Into His Students?
“Ah! He just ran over my fucking foot!”
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They kept dropping hints, and now, here it is. Film Comment has relaunched as a quarterly digital magazine. Up now: Erika Balsom on Lucrecia Martel, Jonathan Rosenbaum on his 1970s columns, Amy Taubin’s interview with Michaela Coel … www.filmcomment.com
Film Comment
Blair McClendon on Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters, Riley joins The Film Comment Podcast, Erika Balsom on the films of Lucrecia Martel, Devika Girish interviews Martel about Our Land, Amy Taubin profile...
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Cold Magazine: What is it like watching the influence Orlando has had on cinema today, thinking of how hard it was to get it made at the time? Sally Potter: Revenge! On all the doubters. On all the rejections. A great interview to read today if you're struggling with those voices.
'Orlando' Forever! An Interview With Sally Potter at The Rio
I’m standing in the much-mythologised screening room of the Rio Cinema in Dalston as projectionist Andrew Woodyatt walks me through its history. In the 1970s, the Rio had a stint as an adult film cine...
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soooo when are we going to have a serious discussion of Spike's consistent caping for abusers, going all the way back to the way he shit on The Color Purple for being too mean to men like Mister to spending his social capital on Nate Parker Just wildly unrepentant anti-feminist. (I'm being kind)
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 6mo agoSpike Lee is defending Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic after some criticized the film for excluding the music icon’s child sexual abuse allegations.
"In order to render the strange logic of dreams, Freud quoted the old joke about the borrowed kettle: (1) I never borrowed a kettle from you, (2) I returned it to you unbroken, (3) the kettle was already broken when I got it from you."
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 7mo agoTrump: The Strait will open up automatically. We'll open the Strait anyway. We don't use the Strait. It won't be easy. We will have that open fairly soon. You don't need a back up plan
Quite literally the only reason to tell people this is to convince them to commit crimes
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7mo agoBREAKING WSJ: Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments. "I'll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval," Trump said in a recent meeting. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
The following women haven’t directed a feature film since either 2020 or 2019: Dee Rees Regina King Eliza Hittman Autumn de Wilde Regina King Alice Wu Reed Morano Melina Matsoukas Roseanne Liang Sarah Gavron Lorene Scafria Lulu Wang Sophia Takal Shannon Murphy Radha Blank Amy Seimetz Miranda July
My answer to the q what's the scariest film you've seen is always JESUS CAMP (Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing, 2006), a doc about homeschooled evangelicals. This girl of 8 has had her mouth taped shut for an anti-abortion protest. The preacher says "Isn't that the most beautiful thing you've seen"?
Pleased to have an article in the new issue of @socres.org — “Hollywood’s GASLIGHT and the Gendered Dynamics of Gaslighting.” Fascinating to re-visit the film in today’s climate. 🔥 🔥🔥
Social Research: An International Quarterly@socres.org · 7mo agoOur Spring 2026 issue, "Gaslighting," has been just published. Check it out on Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/5... 1/2
I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.
Incredible, sharp, critical reflection on Habermas’ legacy from Nancy Fraser. This is the postmortem I’ve been hoping would come and also sums up so much of my relationship to his work
Nancy Fraser | After Habermas
Jürgen Habermas may be variously described as the moral conscience of postwar Germany, the last great systematic...
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A brilliant talk by @shelleystamp.bsky.social on the importance & influence of “Women in Film Noir” (ed. E. Ann Kaplan, 1978, BFI)! #SCMS2026
Save 30% on "The Essential Senghor," edited by Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall & Cheikh Thiam, which provides a new opportunity for English readers to engage with Leopold Sédar Senghor’s critical and philosophical writings. buff.ly/YqZfdvV
BREAKING: Delta is suspending its special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded, per @ajc.com. Delta says members of Congress will now be treated like all other flying customers. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
The airport perks for Congress may be drying up, not a minute too soon
Delta Airlines suspends its special congressional service, while a Senate bill could end the line-skipping perk for members of Congress.
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The only thing you need to read this Sunday!! @pamhutch.bsky.social and @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social in conversation -- talking Queen Kelly👑, C.A. Lejeune, feminist film history, silent festivals, Musidora, Iris Barry, and "the magic of film"! 🎞️❤️ oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/silent-fil...
We All Have Our Weird Little Passions: A Conversation with Pamela Hutchinson
Silent Sundays: Interviews
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I’ve got a long one for you today! I had so much fun talking with author, critic and film historian @pamhutch.bsky.social about QUEEN KELLY, Louise Brooks, C. A. Lejeune, HÄXAN, and so much more! Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/silent-fil...
This piece on Feminist Film Curating Collectives has been in the works for a while!! 🎞️🏳️🌈 It was *such a joy* to speak to the organizers/curators of these crucial collectives! lareviewofbooks.org/article/femi... Long live the queer feminist film archive!!! ❤️🎞️📽️‼️
The Weirdness of the Archive, the Possibilities of the Present | Los Angeles Review of Books
On the global resurgence of feminist film curating collectives.
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Check out this new report published today providing the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how #academicfreedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements across American higher ed. 👀 This report is useful for anyone hoping to collectively bargain meaningful AF protections.
New Report: Academic Freedom and Collective Bargaining
A new report co-released by the AAUP and the National Center provides the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how academic freedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements acros...
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Walmart is rolling out digital price tags at all of its stores. At the same time, the corporate giant just secured a patent for "dynamically and automatically updating item prices.” Plus another patent for using machine learning to predict demand and recommend prices.
Incredibly honored to be receiving the David Shepard Career Achievement Award at the Denver Silent Film Festival next month. (And guess which film I’ll be introducing! 😉)
Maggie Hennefeld@hennefem.bsky.social · 8mo agoFull schedule for the Denver Silent Film Fest (April 10-12) 2026 is live!!!! I'm wildly excited & deeply honored to join as co-Artistic Director this year! ❤️🎊🎶🎞️📽️ denversilentfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule *9 screenings, live music, new restos, & special honoree Dr. @shelleystamp.bsky.social 😍
“I have zero introspection…400 years ago it would never have occurred to anyone to be introspective”. Andreessen’s combo of neurodivergence, vast wealth, airport book executive summary knowledge and intense white guy sense of personal centrality should be studied by future historians
Dave Lee@davelee.me · 8mo agoWhere to begin with this
Thank you Andy Jurgensen for dedicating your Oscar to your late aunt Barbara Hall, archivist extraordinaire, beloved by film historians like me. So sad she isn’t here to see you win. 🥹
Important thread about Trump's war from Chris Murphy.
Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8mo agoIt’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
Mark Carney, February 2026: "Let's build a more cooperative, resilient world together. Canada is ready." Mark Carney, also February 2026: "Let's cut 15% of the department responsible for Canada’s environmental policies, including advisors to cooperation programs around the Arctic."
Carney’s government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs. Here’s what that means for Canadians | CBC Radio
Scientists and labour leaders are warning that cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada could significantly impact the health and safety of Canadians as well as Canada's wildlife and environment.
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💙 Join me this upcoming Monday for my lecture on The Trans Feminine Grotesque 💙
Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies@miskatonicihs.bsky.social · 8mo agoThrilled to welcome @willowcatelyn.bsky.social into the warm arms of Miskatonic, next Monday she presents Gazing at the Trans Feminine Grotesque Online, exploring the confrontational presentation of Trans in cinema Tickets and details: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/gazin...
