We Treated All of the Dead With Dignity: Harry Anderson, 1952-2018
When I was a child, my mother went back to school. She left my older…
Gillianren
Gillianren is a forty-something bipolar woman living in the Pacific Northwest after growing up in Los Angeles County. She and her boyfriend have one son and one daughter, and she gave a daughter up for adoption. She fills her days by watching her local library system's DVD collection in alphabetical order, watching everything that looks interesting. She particularly enjoys pre-Code films, blaxploitation, and live-action Disney movies of the '60s and '70s. She has a Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/gillianren
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Celebrating the Living: Paul Rudd
He’s not actually a Highlander. If you look, especially in Civil War, you can see…
Attention Must Be Paid: L. M. Montgomery
There was more to her than Anne. In fact, she rather seems to have resented…
I Believe That I Have to Have Fun: Milos Forman, 1932-2018
When the Nazis and Communists first came to Czechoslovakia, they declared war on pornographers and…
Disney Byways: “In the Bag”
Disney has, for many years, had kind of an unsettling balance between anthropomorphized animals and…
Confidence
I’ve gotten very into The Great British Bake-Off of late, since discovering it on Netflix.…
Celebrating the Living: Eva Marie Saint
Oddly, I think she was funnier in the drama I think of her in than…
Attention Must Be Paid: Roger Ebert
I was pregnant with my son when Roger Ebert died. A friend of mine called…
Disney Byways: “Bugs in Love”
We are quite fond of talking about firsts, and rightfully so. Firsts are special. Among…
No Sign of Death’s Approach in the Cicadas’ Voices: Isao Takahata, 1935-2018
To the general public, he has always been in Hayao Miyazaki’s shadow. Even I, I…