The Academy and Mr. Spielberg
When I initially heard about The Post, my reaction was to wonder how the Academy…
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: Phyllis Dalton
I don’t really want to crunch the numbers on this right now, but I strongly…
Attention Must Be Paid: André the Giant
When I told my boyfriend that I was writing about André the Giant for today,…
Disney Byways: CINDERELLA
Cinderella is not high on the list of Disney movies I’m likely to watch. Mostly,…
Year of the Month: Mr. Hooper, My Father, and Grief
Just because. —Big Bird, echoed later by Gordon This is, crucially, not an Attention Must…
Critical Ability
Every once in a while, every critic gets asked why they don’t [thing they do…
Try Playing the Role of a Sane Person: John Mahoney, 1940-2018
You know, part of the reason I started Celebrating the Living was that I was…
Celebrating the Living: Cary Elwes
He’s not named after Cary Grant. It turns out Cary Elwes is one of those…
Attention Must Be Paid: Madeline Kahn
I know, I know. You’re all thinking I’m wrong, and you’re all picturing different things…
Disney Byways: Measles
Three years ago, measles came to Disneyland. 125 cases are considered connected to the outbreak…