Attention Must Be Paid: Marion Davies
Orson Welles said that Marion Davies was not the inspiration for Susan Alexander Kane. Marion…
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: MAKE MINE MUSIC
The package films are uneven. Even Fantasia has sequences that some people like more than…
Going Back
A friend has offered me some movie passes she’s pretty sure she and her husband…
Celebrating the Living: Diane Delano
It’s sad but true that Diane Delano holds the distinction of singing the absolute worst…
Attention Must Be Paid: David Tomlinson
Every once in a while, you’re getting all set to write a nice, cheerful article…
Disney Byways: Theme Parades
Recently, my partner inherited a couple of boxes of family pictures. Because of how the…
I Want as Big an Audience as Possible: Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021
I went from not knowing who Stephen Sondheim was to loving him in the space…
The Jarring Anachronism
Screenwriter John Orloff claims that the historical inaccuracies in Anonymous are a tribute to how…
Celebrating the Living: John Leguizamo
One of these days, I’ve got to actually acquire John Leguizamo’s graphic novel autobiography. (Which…
Attention Must Be Paid: Rebecca Schaeffer
There are a handful of shows that I watched on Lifetime as a kid, if…