About Me
The Cinephiliac is Quatoyiah Murry, an author, film writer, and social critic whose work primarily focuses on diversity, representation, and historical context across cinema.
Published Work
- TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema
- “A Trip to the National Civil Rights Museum Made Me Aware of My Survivor’s Guilt”
Video Interviews (Highlights)
TCM Slumberground – Co-creator, co-producer, and host of TCM’s first and longest-running web series highlighting and discussing beloved, underground cult movies, as part of TCM Underground.
- TCM Slumberground | Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
- TCM Underground Presents: Slumberground | Black Christmas & The Silent Partner | Season Finale
- TCM Slumberground Presents: When a Stranger Calls (1979)
- TCM Slumberground | Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
YouTube Channel Programming and Curation
- From the TCM Archives
- Hollywood Black: Wrote scripts for and produced “Noteworthy African American Musicians in Film,” “Theresa Harris,” “Clarence Muse,” and “Sidney Poitier as Director” videos
- TCM Underground
- Women Make Film
Speaking Engagements and Panels
- Dragon Con Festival Panel
- Organized and curated “Hard Ticket to Hawaii” screening in Atlanta September, 2019
- Host for the Facebook Live Hand and Footprint Ceremony honoring actress Cecily Tyson
Press
- Alamo Drafthouse: Five Masterpieces of Outsider Art Screening in Alamo Drafthouse Theatres Nationwide
- City Lights WABE Interview
- Podcasting After Dark Interview
- KPFK Interview
Thanks. Pleased to have discovered your informative and entertaining blog and I’ll drop by again. Regards from Thom at the immortal jukebox (now featuring a scene from on the waterfront).
I like food too. Great stuff.
Wonderful blog. So glad I’ve discovered it!
Thank you, glad you found it too! 😊