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About Self-Styled Siren

The continuing adventures of Self-Styled Siren, aka Farran Smith Nehme. Film critic, film lover, erstwhile โ€œcult blogger.โ€ Focuses on pre-1960 cinema but isnโ€™t high-hat about it.

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