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Author: Gillian G. Gaar

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

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John Lennon
FILM MUSIC 

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

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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

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Tennessee Williams
CLASSICS FILM 

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

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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

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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

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Betty Davis
DOCUMENTARY FILM 

What Happened to Betty Davis?

March 3, 2020January 7, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 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

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CLASSICS FILM 

Six Elvis Presley Movies That Aren’t Completely Terrible

January 8, 2020August 18, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 2 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

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TELEVISION 

The Birth of the Mostly-Secular Christmas Special

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments A Charlie Brown Christmas, Boris Karloff, Charles Schulz, Christmas, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Vince Guaraldi

In the 1960s, Rudolph, the Grinch, and Charlie Brown Brought Us All Together

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NON-FICTION 

Are You Ready For a Football Book?

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Jerry Rice, NFL, Randy O. Williams, Thanksgiving

‘America’s Game: The NFL at 100’

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MUSIC NON-FICTION 

‘God Save the Queens’

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Cardi B, God Save The Queens, Ice Cube, Kathy Iandoli, Lauryn Hill, Lil' Kim, Lisa Lopes, Nicki Minaj, TLC

An Essential History of the Women of Hip-Hop

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FILM 

Life in the Shadows

October 9, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Danish Renzu, Suraj Sharma, The Illegal

Danish Renzu’s ‘The Illegal’

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FILM 

Seattle Screens

May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments

Something for Everyone at the Month-Long Seattle International Film Festival

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

Do You Believe in Life After Flash?

May 8, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Dino De Laurentiis, Flash Gordon, Life After Flash, Sam Jones, Ted

Documentary About Sam Jones Doesn’t Dig Deep

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Music NON-FICTION 

The Man Who Loved Kurt Cobain

April 3, 2019April 4, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Bumping Into Geniuses, Courtney Love, Danny Goldberg, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, MTV, Nirvana, Serving the Servant

Nirvana’s Former Manager Remembers Kurt Through Rose-Colored Glasses

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