Shelley Stamp
@shelleystamp.bsky.social
Film historian, author MOVIE-STRUCK GIRLS & LOIS WEBER IN EARLY HYWD, curator PIONEERS: FIRST WOMEN FMKRS, editor Feminist Media Histories book series. Quoted NPR, NY Times, LA Times, Guardian & more.
I’m so-so on HAMNET. I’m extremely wary of tales abt tortured male artists, but enough of a Chloé Zhao fan to give it a go. Jessie Buckley is a knock-out, as many have said. But I didn’t find anything especially novel in the film’s treatment of love or grief. And there’s the tortured genius thing.
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I’m so-so on HAMNET. I’m extremely wary of tales abt tortured male artists, but enough of a Chloé Zhao fan to give it a go. Jessie Buckley is a knock-out, as many have said. But I didn’t find anything especially novel in the film’s treatment of love or grief. And there’s the tortured genius thing.
Screened Isabel Sandoval’s LINGUA FRANCA as the last film in my Female Filmmakers class today. Though made in 2019, it could not have been more resonant.
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Screened Isabel Sandoval’s LINGUA FRANCA as the last film in my Female Filmmakers class today. Though made in 2019, it could not have been more resonant.
John Giorno “appears to fight sleep.”
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
John Giorno “appears to fight sleep.”
Has anyone written a comparison of Eva Victor’s SORRY, BABY and Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT? Victor’s is the stronger work by far, IMO. But Andrew Garfield is masterful as a particular kind of shit familiar to many women in academe. The scene of him eating at the Indian restaurant is 👌🏻.
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Has anyone written a comparison of Eva Victor’s SORRY, BABY and Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT? Victor’s is the stronger work by far, IMO. But Andrew Garfield is masterful as a particular kind of shit familiar to many women in academe. The scene of him eating at the Indian restaurant is 👌🏻.
Day 30 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Ending
No question.
Thanks @ladykdesigns.bsky.social for the fun challenge.
Favorite Noir Ending
No question.
Thanks @ladykdesigns.bsky.social for the fun challenge.
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Day 30 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Ending
No question.
Thanks @ladykdesigns.bsky.social for the fun challenge.
Favorite Noir Ending
No question.
Thanks @ladykdesigns.bsky.social for the fun challenge.
Day 29 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite RKO Noir
Lots to choose from, but I’m going with THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE. A combo of DETOUR and THE HITCHHIKER, but someone even more perverse and propulsive than either of them. Knocked my socks off when I saw it a few years ago.
Favorite RKO Noir
Lots to choose from, but I’m going with THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE. A combo of DETOUR and THE HITCHHIKER, but someone even more perverse and propulsive than either of them. Knocked my socks off when I saw it a few years ago.
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Day 29 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite RKO Noir
Lots to choose from, but I’m going with THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE. A combo of DETOUR and THE HITCHHIKER, but someone even more perverse and propulsive than either of them. Knocked my socks off when I saw it a few years ago.
Favorite RKO Noir
Lots to choose from, but I’m going with THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE. A combo of DETOUR and THE HITCHHIKER, but someone even more perverse and propulsive than either of them. Knocked my socks off when I saw it a few years ago.
Day 28 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir you watch over and over
OUT OF THE PAST
Partly cuz I teach it, partly cuz I love it, and partly to swoon over Mitchum
Noir you watch over and over
OUT OF THE PAST
Partly cuz I teach it, partly cuz I love it, and partly to swoon over Mitchum
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Day 28 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir you watch over and over
OUT OF THE PAST
Partly cuz I teach it, partly cuz I love it, and partly to swoon over Mitchum
Noir you watch over and over
OUT OF THE PAST
Partly cuz I teach it, partly cuz I love it, and partly to swoon over Mitchum
Day 27 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite noir featuring food
THE KILLERS
“Everything we want's on the dinner. That's the way you work it, huh?”
Favorite noir featuring food
THE KILLERS
“Everything we want's on the dinner. That's the way you work it, huh?”
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Day 27 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite noir featuring food
THE KILLERS
“Everything we want's on the dinner. That's the way you work it, huh?”
Favorite noir featuring food
THE KILLERS
“Everything we want's on the dinner. That's the way you work it, huh?”
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Day 24 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir featuring a boat
THE RECKLESS MOMENT is one of my favorite noirs, boat or no boat.
Favorite Noir featuring a boat
THE RECKLESS MOMENT is one of my favorite noirs, boat or no boat.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Day 24 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir featuring a boat
THE RECKLESS MOMENT is one of my favorite noirs, boat or no boat.
Favorite Noir featuring a boat
THE RECKLESS MOMENT is one of my favorite noirs, boat or no boat.
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
Day 24 #NoirvemberChallenge
Best Noir Poster
Best Noir Poster
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Day 24 #NoirvemberChallenge
Best Noir Poster
Best Noir Poster
Looking for an alternative to that presentist, sausage-fest 100 Best Comedies list? May I recommend Cinema’s First Nasty Women, a collection of 99 silent-era films of feminist protest, slapstick and mayhem.
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looking for an alternative to that presentist, sausage-fest 100 Best Comedies list? May I recommend Cinema’s First Nasty Women, a collection of 99 silent-era films of feminist protest, slapstick and mayhem.
Just an Emma Thompson stan account now.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Just an Emma Thompson stan account now.
Day 23 #NoirvemberChallenge
Actor who stole every scene
It’s a tie. Nothing original here. These are just facts.
Actor who stole every scene
It’s a tie. Nothing original here. These are just facts.
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Day 23 #NoirvemberChallenge
Actor who stole every scene
It’s a tie. Nothing original here. These are just facts.
Actor who stole every scene
It’s a tie. Nothing original here. These are just facts.
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
Favorite Noir Made Outside the US
I’m sure I won’t be the only one recommending this, but Kurosawa’s STRAY DOG is magnificent.
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
Favorite Gambling Scene
I love FORCE OF EVIL and the way it connects the illegal “numbers racket” to capitalism, so I’m going with that.
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Macguffin
Favorite Noir Macguffin
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite Noir Macguffin
Favorite Noir Macguffin
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
When Graham Greene shows up in The Lowdown. 🥹
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
When Graham Greene shows up in The Lowdown. 🥹
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Still among my absolute favorites.
Still among my absolute favorites.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Still among my absolute favorites.
Still among my absolute favorites.
Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Day 16 #NoirvemberChallenge
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
Lesser-known noir everyone should see.
Not sure if this counts as lesser-known, but I’m a big fan of TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Amazing combo of female criminality and lower-middle-class precarity.
I had never seen Lon Chaney in Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN. 🙈 What a gift to see if for the first time on the big screen at the Orinda Theatre accompanied by two silent film music gods — Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius!
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I had never seen Lon Chaney in Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN. 🙈 What a gift to see if for the first time on the big screen at the Orinda Theatre accompanied by two silent film music gods — Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius!
Day 15 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Day 15 #NoirvemberChallenge
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.
Noir character you'd trust the least with your secrets.