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 Underground Book Interviews
• 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)

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
• Comic Con Interview
• Infamous Horror Interview
• The Queer Review Interview on Grease 2

YouTube Channel Programming and Curation

• TCM Video Portfolio Playlist
• From the TCM Archives: Cleaned up and produced new videos from archived interviews
• 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: Curated and managed the production of all videos
• Women Make Film: Curated and managed the production of all videos