Author: Gillian G. Gaar

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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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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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

What Happened to Betty Davis?

March 3, 2020July 6, 2020 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, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 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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DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix NON-FICTION True Crime 

Into The Bundyverse

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments and Vile, Conversations With A Killer, Extremely Wicked, Mark Harmon, Shockingly Evil, Ted Bundy, The Stranger Beside Me, Zac Efron

Ted Bundy Keeps Coming Back, Like a Bad Cold

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