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Jane of Lantern Hill/Lantern Hill

June 15, 2021

L.M. Montgomery's last heroine, badly interpreted for Canadian television.

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.

Disney Byways

The Swamp Fox

March 19, 2021

Tail in his hat and some really unpleasant baggage in his past.

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The Moon-Spinners

March 16, 2021

Starting up a new column with an old favourite!