Matthew Sorrento
@msorrento.bsky.social
Editor of FilmInt Online and Retreats from Oblivion: Journal of NoirCon / Film Studies Lecturer, Rutgers-Camden / Cerebral Palsy Parent / Becoming Nosferatu: Stories Inspired by Silent German Horror, now available from BearManor Media
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Matthew Sorrento
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· Apr 23
Now Available – Becoming Nosferatu: Stories Inspired by Silent German Horror, edited by Matthew Sorrento and Gary D. Rhodes - FilmInt.nu
A new collection featuring stories and poems in the tradition of Nosferatu and other silent expressionist classics….” Becoming Nosferatu: Stories Inspired by Silent German Horror, edited by Matthew So...
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New listing for my new story collection from #BearManorMedia, co-edited with Gary D. Rhodes, and call for press inquiries ( #bookreviews, interviews, features)
#horror #silentfilm #horrorfiction #sf #fantasy #noir
#horror #silentfilm #horrorfiction #sf #fantasy #noir
“Rider University‘s president said the school is moving ahead with ‘urgent and severe choices’ after it was placed on ‘probation’ by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education”
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A major N.J. university is on ‘probation.’ Here’s what that means for students.
The university's students face uncertainty as the school slashes faculty positions and cuts all employee salaries by 14% to avoid losing accreditation.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“Rider University‘s president said the school is moving ahead with ‘urgent and severe choices’ after it was placed on ‘probation’ by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education”
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A reporter catches Ann Sothern in a grumpy mood, 1947:
“Kissing scenes fun? ‘They're worst of all,’ she says. ‘You have to powder your lips so you won't get lipstick all over the actor. Then you get powder down your throat and you're miserable.’”
“Kissing scenes fun? ‘They're worst of all,’ she says. ‘You have to powder your lips so you won't get lipstick all over the actor. Then you get powder down your throat and you're miserable.’”
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A reporter catches Ann Sothern in a grumpy mood, 1947:
“Kissing scenes fun? ‘They're worst of all,’ she says. ‘You have to powder your lips so you won't get lipstick all over the actor. Then you get powder down your throat and you're miserable.’”
“Kissing scenes fun? ‘They're worst of all,’ she says. ‘You have to powder your lips so you won't get lipstick all over the actor. Then you get powder down your throat and you're miserable.’”
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We're proud to be co-presenting the 1929 film ASPHALT at the #SFSFF on Sun, Nov 16, 5:00 pm, Orinda Theatre . Live musical accompaniment by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble Use use the promo code NOIRSF for $2 off at checkout: bit.ly/4p1eMFM
@eddiemuller.bsky.social @moviessilently.bsky.social
@eddiemuller.bsky.social @moviessilently.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We're proud to be co-presenting the 1929 film ASPHALT at the #SFSFF on Sun, Nov 16, 5:00 pm, Orinda Theatre . Live musical accompaniment by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble Use use the promo code NOIRSF for $2 off at checkout: bit.ly/4p1eMFM
@eddiemuller.bsky.social @moviessilently.bsky.social
@eddiemuller.bsky.social @moviessilently.bsky.social
Always knew I had a family of chipmunks in my back yard, and finally saw a little one:
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Always knew I had a family of chipmunks in my back yard, and finally saw a little one:
Finally got to the source #novel of a wonderful foreign #indiethriller – Set during Italy’s Years of Lead, a surge of political crime and terrorism, the story relates the era to a child’s perspective, a boy that discovers a young victim. An interesting blend of Bildungsroman and Camus. #filmsky
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Finally got to the source #novel of a wonderful foreign #indiethriller – Set during Italy’s Years of Lead, a surge of political crime and terrorism, the story relates the era to a child’s perspective, a boy that discovers a young victim. An interesting blend of Bildungsroman and Camus. #filmsky
"i can’t keep crying for dead and dying people
without doing something about the death"
–Daruis Simpson #poetry
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without doing something about the death"
–Daruis Simpson #poetry
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"i can’t keep crying for dead and dying people
without doing something about the death"
–Daruis Simpson #poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
without doing something about the death"
–Daruis Simpson #poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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Come see #Nosferatu at @gardenacinema on Sat Nov 1 (and #Halloween at @arttheatrelongbeach !!) #GRWM to go #flyering in #Gardena for our #silentfilm #horrorfilm with #livescore by #JCDEnsemble! A few #rehearsal pics #GardenaEvents #LongBeachHalloween #LiveMusic #silenthorror #fwmurnau #countorlock
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Come see #Nosferatu at @gardenacinema on Sat Nov 1 (and #Halloween at @arttheatrelongbeach !!) #GRWM to go #flyering in #Gardena for our #silentfilm #horrorfilm with #livescore by #JCDEnsemble! A few #rehearsal pics #GardenaEvents #LongBeachHalloween #LiveMusic #silenthorror #fwmurnau #countorlock
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Day 22: 31 Days of Horror: Now Watching: Nosferatu 1922 🧛♂️🩸⚰️
The 1st Nosferatu film, & still the best, imo. Groundbreaking, & paved the way for so much horror! I love Nosferatu in general cause it portrays vampires as monstrous & scary! 👹
#31daysofhorror #nosferatu
#horrorsky
The 1st Nosferatu film, & still the best, imo. Groundbreaking, & paved the way for so much horror! I love Nosferatu in general cause it portrays vampires as monstrous & scary! 👹
#31daysofhorror #nosferatu
#horrorsky
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Day 22: 31 Days of Horror: Now Watching: Nosferatu 1922 🧛♂️🩸⚰️
The 1st Nosferatu film, & still the best, imo. Groundbreaking, & paved the way for so much horror! I love Nosferatu in general cause it portrays vampires as monstrous & scary! 👹
#31daysofhorror #nosferatu
#horrorsky
The 1st Nosferatu film, & still the best, imo. Groundbreaking, & paved the way for so much horror! I love Nosferatu in general cause it portrays vampires as monstrous & scary! 👹
#31daysofhorror #nosferatu
#horrorsky
Tomorrow night – hope to see you at Inkwood Books, #Haddonfield, NJ: #horror #halloween #silenthorror
#indybookstores
#indybookstores
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Tomorrow night – hope to see you at Inkwood Books, #Haddonfield, NJ: #horror #halloween #silenthorror
#indybookstores
#indybookstores
See you at Downtown #Haddonfield, NJ: #horrorfiction #silentcinema @filmsky.bsky.social #nosferatu #vampires
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
See you at Downtown #Haddonfield, NJ: #horrorfiction #silentcinema @filmsky.bsky.social #nosferatu #vampires
Hope to see you Friday night for my book signing of BECOMING #NOSFERATU at #Haddonfield, NJ’s Halloween Night Market #horrorfiction #silenthorror #horroranthology #poetry #indiebookstores
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Hope to see you Friday night for my book signing of BECOMING #NOSFERATU at #Haddonfield, NJ’s Halloween Night Market #horrorfiction #silenthorror #horroranthology #poetry #indiebookstores
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Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
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Buster Keaton in "Film" - BOTD
October 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Buster Keaton in "Film" - BOTD
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"Undocumented in the U.S. South: How Youth Navigate Racialization in Policy and School Contexts" by Sophia Rodriguez
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#Immigration #Undocumented #Education #Children #Politics #South
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#Immigration #Undocumented #Education #Children #Politics #South
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Undocumented in the U.S. South: How Youth Navigate Racialization in Policy and School Contexts" by Sophia Rodriguez
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#Immigration #Undocumented #Education #Children #Politics #South
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#Immigration #Undocumented #Education #Children #Politics #South
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Next on the shortlist: Maggie Hennefeld's Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema
Congrats Maggie and @columbiaup.bsky.social (also again!)
Congrats Maggie and @columbiaup.bsky.social (also again!)
Death by Laughter | Columbia University Press
Can you really die from laughing too hard? Between 1870 and 1920, hundreds of women suffered such a fate—or so a slew of sensationalist obituaries would ha... | CUP
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September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Next on the shortlist: Maggie Hennefeld's Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema
Congrats Maggie and @columbiaup.bsky.social (also again!)
Congrats Maggie and @columbiaup.bsky.social (also again!)
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Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Happy #GospelHeritageMonth!
In-depth & powerful, Kay Norton's SALLIE MARTIN, MOTHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC tells the story of one woman’s role in shaping the music and business of Black gospel.
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In-depth & powerful, Kay Norton's SALLIE MARTIN, MOTHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC tells the story of one woman’s role in shaping the music and business of Black gospel.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy #GospelHeritageMonth!
In-depth & powerful, Kay Norton's SALLIE MARTIN, MOTHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC tells the story of one woman’s role in shaping the music and business of Black gospel.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
In-depth & powerful, Kay Norton's SALLIE MARTIN, MOTHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC tells the story of one woman’s role in shaping the music and business of Black gospel.
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
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New on FilmInt Online – George Toles’ on BALL OF FIRE:
“Expressive objects abound in the world of Ball of Fire...a door becomes more charged with significance if we are led to assume that the room behind it contains an armed criminal….”
#filmsky #hollywood #stanwyck
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“Expressive objects abound in the world of Ball of Fire...a door becomes more charged with significance if we are led to assume that the room behind it contains an armed criminal….”
#filmsky #hollywood #stanwyck
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September 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
New on FilmInt Online – George Toles’ on BALL OF FIRE:
“Expressive objects abound in the world of Ball of Fire...a door becomes more charged with significance if we are led to assume that the room behind it contains an armed criminal….”
#filmsky #hollywood #stanwyck
filmint.nu/object-incid...
“Expressive objects abound in the world of Ball of Fire...a door becomes more charged with significance if we are led to assume that the room behind it contains an armed criminal….”
#filmsky #hollywood #stanwyck
filmint.nu/object-incid...
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Just outside the entrance to Reno’s Nevada Museum Of Art 🩵
#art #cairn #statue #human #humanity #grief #eastcoastkin #photography #stones #truth
#art #cairn #statue #human #humanity #grief #eastcoastkin #photography #stones #truth
September 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just outside the entrance to Reno’s Nevada Museum Of Art 🩵
#art #cairn #statue #human #humanity #grief #eastcoastkin #photography #stones #truth
#art #cairn #statue #human #humanity #grief #eastcoastkin #photography #stones #truth