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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Reading List: January
Non-Fiction: Rebecca Solnit: Call Them by Their True Names. American Crises (And Essays).Fiction: Seth Dickinson: The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Seth Dickinson: Th... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Favourite
As much as Yorgos Lanthimos Dogtooth and The Favourite are different - set in different time periods, The Favourite glittering with the beautifully detailed... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading Notes: The Monster Baru Cormorant
SPOILERS, obviously. I started writing this when I had finished the book once already, so spoilers for the whole thing. This is my second run-through, and I'd... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: December
Non-Fiction: Heather Havrilesky: What If This Were Enough?Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety.Fiction: Olivia Laing: Crudo.Courtney Summers: Sadie.Sarah... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Shows of the Year
Best new show: Sharp ObjectsI found it completely impossible to turn away as the horror of Gillian Flynn's story (which gets fleshed out considerably in the... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Music of the Year
Albums: Camp Cope - How to Socialise Make Friends.Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel.MOD CON - Modern Convenience.Cat Power - Wanderer.Janelle... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Favourite Books I've Read This Year
Non-Fiction: Bruce Pascoe: Dark Emu. Black Seeds Agriculture Or Accident?.Michelle Tea: Against Memoir.Nicole Chung: All You Can Ever Know. A Memoir.Fiction:... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Films of the Year
NanetteThe Miseducation of Cameron Post AnnihilationSorry to Bother YouHearts Beat LoudJanelle Monáe - Dirty ComputerAtomic Blonde (2017)Black PantherBonus... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Random Mixtape - No One is Born to Hate.
Bradley Harms - Like Velvet!kira puru | molotov. soccer mommy | cool. courtney barnett | hopelessness. mitski | remember my name. cat power | moaning lisa |... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Das Lied Zum Sonntag
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless (on Tell Me How You Really Feel) I wanna walk through the park in the darkMen are scared that women will laugh at themI... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: November
Fiction: Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects. Hsu-Ming Teo: Behind the Moon.Hsu-Ming Teo: Love and Vertigo.Sally Rooney: Normal People. Lauren Karcz: The Gallery of... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Sabrina: I want freedom and power. Prudence: He will never give you that. The Dark Lord. The thought of you, of any of us, having both terrifies him. Sabrina:... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
“The afternoon my parents died, I was out shoplifting with Irene Klauson.”This is how Emily M. Danforth’s novel starts. Cameron at this stage is just out of... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: October.
Non-Fiction: Nicole Chung: All You Can Ever Know. A Memoir.Fiction:Robin Talley: What We Left Behind. Ling Ma: Severance. Eve Babitz: Sex and Rage.Florence... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Forever in the Good Place
The real question, Eleanor, is what do we owe to each other?It takes Forever more than one episode to reveal where it is going – it starts as a show about a... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: September
Non-Fiction: Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism. Hannah Arendt: Thinking Without A Banister.Fiction: Lynne Tillman: Motion Sickness.Clarice Lispector... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
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The problem is that demanding that any one woman bear the full professional and social and emotional cost of dismantling the machinery of men in power propping... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: August.
Fiction: Lara Elena Donnelly: Armistice.Kirstin Chen: Bury What We Cannot Take.Meg Wolitzer: The Ten-Year Nap.Courtney S. Stevens: Dress Codes For Small... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: July.
Fiction: Fiona Shaw: Tell it to the Bees.Rowan Hisayo Buchanan: Harmless Like You. Rachel Cusk: Outline.Kelly Quindlen: Her Name in the Sky.Ottessa Moshfegh:... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid's Tale - What Are You Going to Do When They Come for Your Daughter?
The Handmaid’s Tale: 2x12 Postpartum. The Handmaid’s Tale: 2x13 The Word. The centre of this entire season has been June’s pregnancy, and the impossible... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO