Celebrating the Living: Christopher Villiers
If you were going to pick two people from Top Secret! who would be breakout…
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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Attention Must Be Paid: Carrie Fisher
No matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled…
Disney Byways: “Pluto’s Sweater”
Many years ago, I knew a woman who had racetrack rescue greyhounds. She made them…
On in the Background
When I was in college, I cleaned to Strictly Ballroom. It was easy. I’d put…
Celebrating the Living: Ruth Buzzi
Research for this column routinely takes me in strange directions. Mostly I went into this…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sabu
On my calendar for today is “Sabu (unless someone more Christmasy comes up).” But then…
Disney Byways: “From All of Us to All of You”
Odds are pretty good that, today, my quasi-sister-in-law and her family (her brother and I…
Cliffhangers in an Episodic Age
These days, a cliffhanger doesn’t really mean as much. This isn’t just because of streaming…
Camera Obscura: CHRISTMAS AT CANDLESHOE/CANDLESHOE
Every once in a while, an adaptation is so loose that I cannot help wondering…
Celebrating the Living: Warren Beatty
One of my favourite trivia challenges is “Name the three Oscar-winning actors who have appeared…