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Cool People Have Feelings, Too

Home of the Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide. Here you will find writing about films directed by women, silent cinema, and other esoteric (mostly) film related stuff.

By Marya E. Gates

Interview: "Fresh Kill" director Shu Lea Cheang

"We lost the internet in terms of how it has become so commercial. We signed away our own data."

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Fathers and Sons

Silent Sundays: Silent Film Streaming Picks (Father's Day Edition)

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I want to believe.

On The X-Files, Disclosure Day, Taken, and the power of empathy.

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I'm not sorry if I'm breaking walls down.

Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide

Jun 19•Marya E. Gates

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Time passes, but you will not stop feeling her presence.

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It's like you never came back.

Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide May 2026

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Monthly Roundup

May 2026: Chicago Critics Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival

Monthly Roundup Post

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Interview: Director-Writer-Producer-Actor Jake Allyn on His Directorial Debut "Ride"

"It is definitely a movie about the rural community, that was made by the rural community."

Jun 13, 2024•Marya E. Gates

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