Cathy Leaves
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Cathy Leaves' Cellar Door Blog
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Reviews of current television shows, Orphan Black, The Good Wife, Orange is the New Black, and complete reviews of Bomb Girls, Skins, Popular, Caprica, My So-Called Life, Dollhouse. Pop Culture and Politics.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 779 )
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Fallout, Or the Least Bad Place to Be After the Apocalypse
Having watched a lot of post-apocalyptic television over the last few years, the thing that keeps popping into my mind again and again is the question of how,... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links: 15/4/24
Politics: Back at the end of March, the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. It was passed with 14 votes in... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: March
Non-Fiction: Sara Wheeler: Cherry.Leslie Jamison: Splinters.Lyz Lenz: This American Ex-Wife. Fiction: Elizabeth Hand: Waking the Moon.Nick Fuller Googins: The... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Random Mixtape - Only Marks and Only Flaws.
warpaint | bees. gossip | tough. sleater-kinney | six mistakes. laura marling | devil's spoke. burial | boy sent from above. four tet | 31 bloom. jlin feat.... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Drive-Away Dolls
In the 2007 comedy Itty Titty Bitty Committee by Jamie Babbit, a group of feminist activists disappointed by their lack of reach (in a devastating scene, they... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Zone of Interest
There are many scenes that will stay with me for a long time in this film. Glazer places cameras in the reconstruction of the house in which Auschwitz commandan... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: February.
Non-Fiction: Kyle Chayka: Filterworld. How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Roger Dean Kiser: The White House Boys. An American Tragedy. Gilbert King: Beneath a... Read more
Posted on 29 February 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Servant
While thinking about Servant’s fantastic three seasons, I’ve been considering the strangeness of how all three characters Lauren Ambrose has played regularly... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Favourite Books I've Read This Year In Progress
Non-Fiction:Gilbert King: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America. Fiction: Andrea Barrett: The Voyage of the... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
More Horrors in the Ice
I wouldn’t say that The Last Winter is a particularly great film. I watched it based on a list of recommendations for if you’re enjoying the new season of True... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: January.
Non-Fiction: Lamya H: Hijab Blues. Gilbert King: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America. Fiction: Tana... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links: 29/1/24
Politics: It feels like the Republican Primary at this stage is a foregone conclusion. After the Iowa caucus, in which Donald Trump managed to get ahead of Ron... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Kaibutsu / Monster
My first encounter with a film by director Kore-eda Hirokazu was at the 2004 Viennale Film Festival, at a screening of Dare mo Shiranai / Nobody Knows. Read more
Posted on 26 January 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Das Lied Zum Sonntag
Sleater-Kinney - Hell (on Little Rope) I pull myself in piecesPull myself apartIt's like looking in a mirrorWith a stranger looking back(Untidy Creature / Say I... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Scavengers Reign
The last few years have provided us with a wealth of fictional and reality television survival narratives. Most recently, it felt like the more cooped up with... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2024 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: December.
Non-Fiction: Amy Key: Arrangements in Blue. Notes on Loving and Living Alone. Joanna Biggs: A Life of One's Own. Nine Women Writers Begin Again. Casey Parks:... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Music of the Year
Albums:Black Belt Eagle Scout / The Land, The Water, The SkyCable Ties / All Her PlansBody Type / Expired CandyVagabon / Sorry I Haven't CalledJoanne Robertson ... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Shows of the Year
Best new show:DeadlochThe Last of UsAs someone who watches a lot of television, my favourite moments are always the ones where connections seem to unfold betwee... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Films of the Year
Blue Jean (2022, Georgia Oakley)Showing Up (2022, Kelly Reichardt)Women Talking (2022, Sarah Polley)Natten har øjne (2022, Gabriel Bier Gislason)Tytöt tytöt... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Random Mixtape - You Can't Wish Them Away.
pretty girls make graves | pictures of a night scene. the kills | new york. jessy lanza | midnight ontario. sampha | dancing circles. the mountain goats | groun... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO