Attention Must Be Paid: Margaret Livingston
Researching silent actresses, particularly more minor ones, can be a nuisance. Many of the pages…
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
Articles:
Disney Byways: “Flowers and Trees”
For a while now, I’ve been noticing this one as available on Disney+ and thinking,…
Thou Art Translated
There is a phenomenon in anime called the fan sub. This is taking shows and…
Celebrating the Living: Lindsay Price
Six years ago, I set two real rules for this column. The first and most…
Eh, I Think I’ll Lay Down: Michael Nesmith, 1942-2021
When I think of The Monkees, mostly what I think about is how it’s kind…
Attention Must Be Paid: Bob Hoskins
When Stephen Fry, Samuel L. Jackson, and Helen Mirren stand up at your funeral to…
Disney Byways: Lesser Characters
The other day, I received a Humphrey the Bear pin in the mail. Of the…
Real Humans Doing Human Things, Really
The strangest thing in bad movies is characters who don’t act human. You’d think this…
Stuff My Kids Watch: A Skewed Perspective on Farm Life With SHAUN THE SHEEP
Every once in a while, my kids will develop a fixation on something from before…
Celebrating the Living: Richard E. Grant
It literally does not matter what I see Richard E. Grant in. Invariably, my first…