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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Random Mixtape - Goodbye the Dark Days, Bets Are Down
Kawase Hasui - Yamayuriblack belt eagle scout | my blood runs through this land. yeah yeah yeahs | wolf. black belt eagle scout | it's enough (sleater-kinney... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Das Lied Zum Sonntag
Black Belt Eagle Scout - My Blood Runs Through This Land (on The Land, the Water, the Sky)Waking up when the sun is dark, IWant to see the peaceful light, butI... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Mindhunter
It’s interesting to consider Mindhunter in the context of David Fincher’s other films about serial killers, 1995’s fictional Se7en, in which the killer recreate... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: January.
Non-Fiction: Stephanie Foo: What My Bones Know. Annalee Newitz: Four Lost Cities. Peter Frankopan: The New Silk Roads. A New History of the World.Rick Morton: M... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Menu
In the documentary series Chef’s Table, each episode portrays a singular chef. The best episodes travel far, and provide insight into how history, culture and... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Emily the Criminal
Imagine a breathless thriller that is structured around four job interviews. The first one is a con – the interviewer has made up his mind about Aubrey Plaza’s... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2023 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Shows of the Year
Best new show:A League of Their OwnThis show is so joyful, so clearly a work of love by everyone involved - how amazing is it to see Abbi Jacobson go from... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: December.
Non-Fiction: Ken McGoogan: Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage.Buddy Levy: Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of th... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Films of the Year
The Night House (2020, David Bruckner)Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)Master (2022, Mariama Diallo)Candyman (2021, Nin... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Music of the Year
Burial / AntidawnCat Power / CoversBig Thief / Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In YouTrentemøller / MemoriaAlice Glass / Prey//IVYumi Zouma / Present... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Benedetta
I think it’s a disservice to think of Paul Verhoeven’s film Benedetta as “loosely based” on Judith C. Brown’s Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Picnic at Hanging Rock
At the beginning of the six-episode adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock, a 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Natalie Dormer’s Mrs Appleyard is inspecting an estate o... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: November.
Non-Fiction: Barbara F. Walters: How Civil War Starts and How to Stop Them. Michelle Tea: Valencia.Jeanna Kadlec: Heretic. Fiction: Rebecca Netley: The... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Tár
In the beginning of the film (fictional) composer/conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) is on stage being interviewed by (actual) New Yorker journalist Adam... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Warrior Nun
You’re contained. You’re a mystery. A labyrinth, walls within walls, and in the centre, a fire burning to be free. Late into the first season of Warrior Nun,... Read more
Posted on 22 November 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links: 15/11/22
Politics: The Democrats have managed to hold on to their majority in the Senate in the US midterm elections while the outcome in the House of Representatives... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – I Hate This World.
The Handmaid’s Tale: 6x10 Safe.This season has been about the precarious shifting state of safety. June has escaped Gilead to Canada, where she is meant to be... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – So What’s Next?
The Handmaid’s Tale: 5x09 Allegiance. There is such a comforting, popculturally induced promise to the rescue operation that June and Luke witness as they... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: October.
Non-Fiction: Hua Hsu: Stay True.Joe Vallese: It Came From the Closet. Queer Reflections on Horror.Fiction: Kate Atkinson: Shrines of Gaiety.Becky Chambers: A... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Handmaid’s Tale – She’s Desperate.
The Handmaid’s Tale: 5x08 Motherland. June and Moira have escaped Gilead. They’ve suffered horribly. They’ve lost so many of their friends to this regime.... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2022 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO