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From Infatuation to Contempt: The Roland Barthes Valentine

Nothing works out, but it keeps going on.

Feb 12 • Susie Bright

Ice Athletes, Bad Bunny, & Knights in Shining Armor

Special Escapist BlowOut Edition

Feb 8 • Susie Bright

This will be remembered as The Day the Movies Broke

Jan 30 • Susie Bright

Behind the Bar - My Kitchen Escape Hatch

“My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing."

Jan 27 • Susie Bright

Wanda Sykes is My Favorite MLK

I’d Follow Her Anywhere

Jan 19 • Susie Bright

Podcasts

Back to Bed with Susie Bright

Behind the Scenes of “The Celluloid Closet”

Top posts

“Terminated”

Jun 17, 2022 • Susie Bright

Los Angeles Fighting in the Streets: 2025 and 1975

Jun 10, 2025 • Susie Bright

Dorothy Allison - Cut Off The Lights

Nov 8, 2024 • Susie Bright and Dorothy Allison

The Radiance of Bettie Page, 1923 - 2008

Apr 11, 2025 • Susie Bright

Alison Bechdel Knows What Happened To Your Money — and your Sex Life

May 31, 2025 • Susie Bright

Recent posts

Sister Ethel: On the Run, Living Underground in America

It was like, yesterday

Jan 15 • Susie Bright

Falling in Love with “The Romantics”

I will remember Pankaj Mishra’s Indian memoir, in the quiet hours on New Year’s cusp, the abyss edge of the Donroe Doctrine.

Jan 6 • Susie Bright

Hard to Say Goodbye — A photo album from the winter expedition

From Santa Cruz to Ithaca

Dec 29, 2025 • Susie Bright

One for the Money, Two for the Show - My Favorite Xmas Film, and the Absolute Worst

I’d like to share, all wrapped in a bow, the Christmas movie that touched me like few others: Tangerine.

Dec 22, 2025 • Susie Bright

Susie’s Movie Awards: The 12 Who Will Stand the Test of Time

Film critics in America are flapping our dodo bird wings this last month of the year, and championing our darlings in cinema excellence.

Dec 17, 2025 • Susie Bright

Behind the Scenes of “The Celluloid Closet”

Remembering Vito Russo, with Love - Susie Live in Ithaca NY

Dec 10, 2025 • Susie Bright

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Recommendations

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Ron Charles

Ken Klippenstein

Ken Klippenstein

Today in Fascism

Judith Levine

Deep Background

Susie Bright CV

The Susie Bright Archive at Cornell Library

Movies/TV

Uncensored BluRay Directors Cut has commentary from myself, Gina Gershon, the Wachowskis, Jennifer Tilly, and Joey Pants

The Celluloid Closet

Susie Bright, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks, Harvey Fierstein, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon, Shirley MacLaine

Belle de Jour (The Criterion Collection)

Commentary by Susie Bright and Linda Williams

Agency/Classes

Agent Services - Consult

Partial Client List

Books & Audio

Books I’ve Authored and Edited

Ebooks, Paperback, Hardback, and Audiobooks

The Bright List on Audible.com

Susie Audiobook Imprint, Editor and Executive Producer

Social Media

Movie Quiz

I Love Movies. I Love Movie Quizzes

Grab your pencils and your vast cinema encyclopedia - we’re going for a summer ride

Jun 20, 2024 • Susie Bright

The Pre-Apocalypse Holiday Movie Quiz

Some Holiday Cinema Deep Thoughts

Dec 23, 2023 • Susie Bright

Thrill Ride Horror Movie Quiz - No Cheating!

Professor Abraham Setrakian’s Virulently Vampiric, Malevolently Monsterrific, Super-Strain Halloween Movie Quiz Strikes Again!

Sep 29, 2023 • Susie Bright

Movie Frenzy July

Susie reviews Barbie’s Outlaw Nation, Not-Nolan Oppenheimer, Soderbergh’s Full Circle, and Survival of the Thickest

Jul 25, 2023 • Susie Bright

The Summer Vacation Movie Quiz — Attacks!

Jun 26, 2023 • Susie Bright

It would be nice, eh?

Big V

Big V’s Last Chapter: I Don’t Honky Tonk Near Often Enough

Faust, Belle Waxing, Buc-ee’s, Rent-a-Center, Comal County Tacos, Anytime Fitness, ShadeTree Saloon, The Loft, & Richter’s Antler Cafe

May 25, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - PostDivorce Spoils, Baby Brother, & Smokes

Chapter 7: Sure, Big V’s been cheated on and asked to move out of her family home but the combination of Hibiscus Mint and shave ice have seemed to…

May 18, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - The Past is Not Dead; It’s Not Even the Past

Chapter 6: Foot Skeeve, Faulkner, Divorce Waxing, Fry Daddies, Reiki, Bad Loans and Bad Credit

May 11, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - Debt, Divorce, Prozac, & Pumpkin Spice

Chapter 5: Austin City Limits, Midget Wrestling, Perky Peacock Lingerie, Money Mart Pawn Shop, Trudy’s Hallmark, 24/7 Car Wash & Make It Sweet, Taco…

May 4, 2023 • Susie Bright

Big V - Full Moon and a Fresh Pack

Chapter 4: 416 Bar & Grille, Fork & Vine, Dallas Nightclub, Mustang Jewelry & Pawn, The Bread Basket, Lala’s Pool Hal, H-Town Mobile Cellular, Draught…

Apr 27, 2023 • Susie Bright

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