The Louise Brooks Society has long been in the news. Over the years, this acclaimed, pioneering website has been praised by the New York Times (“an excellent homage”), USA Today (“My favorite Louise Brooks site”) and Wired (“exemplary”) as well as by the likes of Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin, Barry Paris, Peter Cowie, Jack Garner, Pamela Hutchinson and other noted film historians and film critics.
Along with its website, the Louise Brooks Society blog has also received a fair share of attention, and not just from other bloggers. For example, the noted cultural critic Greil Marcus gave the LBS blog a shout out when he mentioned a 2012 post in one of his 2015 columns on BarnesandNobleReview. (This write-up by Marcus was also included in his 2022 book, More Real Life Rock: The Wilderness Years 2014-2021, from Yale University Press.)
This page presents some of the media and internet attention the Louise Brooks Society has received over the last three years. Most citations have been linked to their source.
Schwebe, Shoshana. “Pandora’s Box Dossier“. weimarcinema.org, July 2025.
— contains multiple acknowledgements to the Louise Brooks Society
“Thomas Gladysz, ND ’79.” Irish Magazine, Spring / Summer 2025.
— write up on page 51 of this alumni magazine
Benthien, Brenda. “G.W.’s Legacy.” weimarcinema.org, June 2025.
— “The author of this article wishes to thank Thomas Gladysz, Director
of the Louise Brooks Society and Lulu expert extraordinaire, who
provided valuable tips on her work with Pabst.”
“Rochester’s Most Famous Recluse.” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, March 23, 2025.
— referenced in article: “Never has a more beautiful, intelligent,
quirky, sexy, uniquely commanding character graced the screen,” Anthony
Bourdain said in a column by Thomas Gladysz, the founder and longtime champion of the Louise Brooks Society.”
Bergstein, Mary. Visual Culture in Freud’s Vienna : Science, Eros, and the Psychoanalytic Imagination. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
— the Louise Brooks Society publication, The Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition), is referenced
Stans, Leah. “Book Reviews! “The Silents Go To War,” “Stumbling Into Film History,” and “The Street Of Forgotten Men.” Silentology, December 5, 2024.
— an ” impressively substantial tome” – review of the LBS publication, The Street of Forgotten Men: From Story to Screen and Beyond
WHAM-FM. “Rochester’s Little Theatre celebrates Silent Movie Day with Pandora’s Box.” September 29, 2024.
— mentioned in news article on ABC affiliate; “According to one of her
biographers, Thomas Gladysz, who traveled to the George Eastman Museum
in 2017 for research, Brooks lived a solitary life.”
5282. “Louise Brooks Special.” 5282, March 11, 2024.
— acknowledged as a source of information for this podcast
Schönfeld, Christiane. The History of German Literature on Film. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
— the Louise Brooks Society publication, The Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition), is cited
Friedman, Nancy. “Pandora’s Box – A Stunning Film on the Big Screen at the Spectacular Paramount,” Eat Drink Films, April 25, 2023.
— referenced in piece about a 2023 Pandora’s Box screening…
“Complete Louise Brooks filmography at pandorasbox.com. This site will
help you discover stories and images about Louise Brooks and it is worth
bookmarking for return visits.”
— write-up in society newsletter
WHAM @ 100 – An Oral History “Ep 12_Not What I Planned“, March 23, 2022.
— iHeart Radio podcast series: “NOTE: this episode has been updated with new information provided by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society. ”
Marcus, Greil. More Real Life Rock: The Wilderness Years 2014-2021. Yale University Press, 2022.
— includes the above mentioned blog entry referencing the Louise Brooks Society blog, an Louise Brooks Society exhibit and the noted artist Bruce Conner
Baldwin, Neil. Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modern: A Life. Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
— three acknowledgements in this biography of the famed dancer
More about the Louise Brooks Society and the recognition it has received over the years can be found on its IN THE NEWS page | ABOUT page | SCRAPBOOK page | PUBLICATIONS page | or SOCIAL MEDIA page.
THE LEGAL STUFF: The Louise Brooks Society™ blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society (www.pandorasbox.com). Original contents copyright © 2025. Further unauthorized use prohibited. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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