Gillian G. Gaar, Author at Book and Film Globe

Circus of the Scars

DOCUMENTARY FILM

The Freakiest Show

May 4, 2023May 10, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Circus of the Scars, Jan Gregor, Mr. Lifto, Sally Jessy Raphael, Slug the Sword Swallower, The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow

An interview with the man behind the definitive documentary about the infamous Jim Rose Circus Sideshow

LAIKA

Inside the World of LAIKA

April 19, 2023April 24, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, LAIKA, Missing Link, MoPOP, Seattle Museum of Pop Culture, Wildwood

An exhibit at Seattle’s Museum Of Pop Culture reveals the time-intensive creation of modern-day animated fairytales

Agent Elvis

‘Agent Elvis’ to the Rescue

March 17, 2023March 20, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Agent Elvis, Baz Luhrmann, Elvis Presley, Kaitlin Olson, Matthew McConaughey, Priscilla Presley

Zap! Boom! Pow! The King gets to be a superhero at last in this great Netflix animated series

Elvis

These Are Elvis Movies

June 20, 2022June 24, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Beau Bridges, David Keith, Elvis, Elvis Presley, John Carptenter, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Kevin Spacey, Kurt Russell, Michael Shannon, Tuesday Weld

With Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ looming, we look back at a suspiciously long catalog of Elvis bio-pics

Heroes & Villains

Disney’s ‘Heroes & Villains’ Costume Exhibit Comes to Life at Seattle’s MoPOP

June 16, 2021June 18, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Beauty and the Beast, Captain Jack Sparrow, Cinderella, Disney, Dumbo, Emily Blunt, Heroes & Villains, Hocus Pocus, Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins, MoPOP, The Black Hole

It’s time to dress up again

Midnight Cowboy

CLASSICS FILM NON-FICTION

The Making of ‘Midnight Cowboy’

May 17, 2021May 23, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Dustin Hoffman, Glenn Frankel, Gore Vidal, James Herlihy, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Midnight Cowboy, MPAA, Shooting Midnight Cowboy, Truman Capote

A film lover’s film book about the strangely underrated Oscar winner

Louise Fitzhugh

Biography CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers

Spying on Louise Fitzhugh

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Harriet The Spy, Judy Blume, Leslie Broady, Louise Fitzhugh, Nobody's Family Is Going To Change, Sometimes You Have To Lie, The Long Secret

A new biography casts light on the private life of the queer author of ‘Harriet The Spy’

John Lennon

Music NON-FICTION

Lennon Lit

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments David Sheff, James Patterson, John Lennon, Mark David Chapman, Paul Du Noyer, Paul McCartney, The Last Days of John Lennon, Yoko Ono

New books about John Lennon on the anniversary of his death

John Lennon

John Lennon: A Life in Film

October 9, 2020October 13, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments

A retrospective on what should have been his 80th birthday

Alpert

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Herb Alpert: the BFG Interview

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Herb Alpert

As a new documentary about him comes out, we talk to the famed trumpeter, philanthropist…and painter

Tennessee Williams

Long, Hot Summer

August 14, 2020August 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments a Streetcar Named Desire, Ava Gardner, Burl Ives, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Page, Gore Vidal, Katharine Hepburn, Kim Stanley, Marlon Brando, Night of the Iguana, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Sue Lyon, Sweet Bird of Youth, Tennessee Williams, Vivien Leigh

The steamy seductiveness of Tennessee Williams movies

Sonnenfeld

Directors Memoir NON-FICTION

Barry Sonnenfeld: the Most Neurotic Man in Hollywood

August 3, 2020August 5, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Barry Sonnenfeld, Blood Simple, Coen Brothers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David, Will Smith

Memoir doesn’t tell all, but reveals a lot

Richardson

CREATORS History Writers

Heather Cox Richardson Has Her Eyes on The Present

May 11, 2020May 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Heather Cox Richardson, How the South Won The Civil War, Letters From An American

A historian responds to current events in real time: the BFG interview

Betty Davis

DOCUMENTARY FILM

What Happened to Betty Davis?

March 3, 2020February 2, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments Attic Records, Betty Davis, Get Ready for Betty, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Nasty Gal, Phil Cox, They Say I'm Different

Documentary doesn’t reveal enough

Six Elvis Presley Movies That Aren’t Completely Terrible

January 8, 2020August 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 4 Comments Angela Lansbury, Ann-Margaret, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock, Kid Creole, Millie Perkins, Viva Las Vegas, Walter Matthau

Happy 85th Birthday to The King

← Previous