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Magpie Memories

Year of the Month

A kiss of death, the embrace of life: Television, Marquee Moon

May 25, 2021

One of the all-time great guitar-rock albums and defining albums of post-punk still sounds just as fresh and fiery after nearly 45 years

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The Apple Dumpling Gang

May 18, 2021

A surprisingly pleasant little novel that became a Saturday afternoon movie staple.

Saturday Night Fever: The Soundtrack

May 11, 2021

The beat goes on.

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The G-String Murders/Lady of Burlesque

April 20, 2021

Barbara Stanwyck is Absolutely Not Gypsy Rose Lee in this adaptation of a lighthearted murder mystery.

Year of the Month

Moses Supposes Erroneously

April 9, 2021

When how you say it as important as what you say.

Intersectional Femivision

Marvelous Fashion

March 31, 2021

Comics and the fashion world are closer than you might think.

Intersectional Femivision

Intimacy and WandaVision, or Where Did All the Sex Go?

March 23, 2021

A couple who really does act like they want to kiss.

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The Moon-Spinners

March 16, 2021

Starting up a new column with an old favourite!

Intersectional Femivision

Doris Day and the Fine Line Between Feminism and Sexism

March 12, 2021

An examination of how actresses walk the line.

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Topper

February 16, 2021

The movie has more Cary Grant but the book has a whole lot more plot.