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MovieJawn Movie Mail: the ticket to your next favorite watch

February 28, 2025

Greetings Old Sport!

So you like watching movies, love gabbing about the latest flick in cinemas but do you fancy writing about movies? MovieJawn is seeking interested film writers to join our staff. No matter your level of writing experience, ALL ARE WELCOME TO APPLY. However, special considerations will be made for historically marginalized writers.

Presently, MovieJawn staff is unpaid. At this time payment that is offered to our writers is collected through direct reader support and donation. Writers that contribute to our quarterly print publication receive a contributor's copy. We continue to work on ways to offer compensation and are hopeful to offer more opportunities for payment in the future. Learn more, including how to apply here.

And oh yea… if you’re watching the Oscars this weekend leave a comment with how you plan to celebrate old sport! We would love to know who you are rooting for.

Our friendly MovieJawn staff is pleased as punch to help you find your next favorite motion picture playing now at a movie palace near you!

Let’s all go to the lobby… and check out the latest MovieJawn merchandise here.

Silence Please! it is time to power down all devices, dim the lights, and succumb to the moving image. Available in glorious color! Our Spring 2025 print issue celebrates silent films and characters. Preorder HERE

Each zine comes with an exclusive MovieJawn 1 1/2” merit badge designed by Hugo Marmugi and created in Phoenixville, PA. Also, a limited edition 6” record produced & created by Consonant Collective is available as a bundle or separately.

The Silence Please! 6” record features two songs that pay homage to silent motion pictures. Preorder HERE

Never miss another issue of your favorite movie zine! SUBSCRIBE HERE for home delivery. And while you’re visiting the shop… check out our latest swag HERE

MovieJawn Staff Writer, Liz Locke of CinemaSips.com was recently a guest on Karie Bible’s web-show Hollywood Kitchen in celebration of Ida Lupino. The two cinephiles chatted about the new Lupino biography, Forgotten Auteur by author Alexandra Seros, as well as the new Classic Hollywood romance, His Girl Hollywood by Maureen Lee Lenker. They also cook up one of Ida’s famed delicacies: cocktail meatballs.

Of course the show would not be complete without a cocktail. Liz features a “Peach in Champagne” tipple as seen in Fritz Lang’s While The City Sleeps, starring Ida Lupino and George Sanders. Watch the episode of Hollywood Kitchen featuring Liz Locke HERE. Check out Liz Locke’s debut novel, Follow The Sun available for purchase here.

Support your favorite Movie Pals… by joining our Patreon HERE. The monies collected from our Patreon help MovieJawn with website and printing costs. Support at the $5 tier or higher by the end of day (Friday, February 28) to be entered in our monthly disc raffle!

Each month we select one patron to win four random Criterion discs. And hey! the discs we give away each month have a story! Liz Locke’s perfectly splendid Uncle Len, a grand cinephile and collector gifted MovieJawn the discs to share with you, learn more here. Must be a MovieJawn supporter by end of day Friday to be eligible! By joining the $5 tier supporters receive:

  • Weekly Streaming Pick

  • Access to our Monthly game show podcast, Intermission

  • Our Quarterly Print Zine after 3 Months of Support

  • Vote Quarterly on MovieJawn Zine Cover

  • Entry in Monthly Raffle For 4 Physical Media Discs

If the raffle is not enough to entice you… Saturday marks the release of our latest Intermission Podcast. MovieJawn's Podcast Director, Hunter Bush welcomes MovieJawn Supporter, Thomas Sroka behind the concession stand to participate on our game show all about movies. Support us today and listen to the latest episode of Intermission this Saturday.

And while visiting our Patreon, consider supporting staff writer, Megan Bailey. We strive to pay each and every staff member for their work, but we can't do this without your help. Please consider purchasing her article on prolific filmmaker, Gina Prince-Bythewood. Find a preview of the article and how to purchase here.

Come find your friendly MovieJawn staff at a movie palace near you…

MovieJawn will be slinging zines and cinematic goodies all over the Philadelphia land. In March we will be stopping by some of our old haunts including: Colonial Theatre, Ambler Theater and Lightbox. We will also be teaming up with Hi-way Theater for the annual Sci-Phi fest, a screening of THE RAID with Space Melt Cinema at Philly Film Center. Details for all our events can be found here.

TONIGHT! Join us at Philly Film Center for the Mahoning Drive-In Road Show with Girls Like Horror. Ticket and event details HERE.

MovieJawn will be headed to SXSW, which kicks off March 7 until the 15th. Follow our latest dispatches HERE and in the meantime check out staff writer, Darian Davis’s must watch fest flicks HERE.

Catch up on our latest columns…

Don’t want to face the cold this weekend? Your friendly MovieJawn staff is happy to help you find your next favorite motion picture to watch from the comfort of your sofa.

  • Tessa Swehla chats with sound utilities tech, Terence McCormack about his work on A Complete Unknown, read here

    • A Complete Unknown is now available on demand here

We always write back! and will even send cinematic treats… Drop us a line via e-mail or send us postal mail to: PO BOX 20172 Philadelphia, PA 19145

Tell a movie pal about us.