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Magpie Memories

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The Off-Islanders/The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming

December 21, 2023

A Cold War comedy with an actual happy ending!

Year of the Month

NewsRadio’s cunning plans and crazy capers

November 28, 2023

One of the greatest sitcoms of all-time, NewsRadio uses its writing, cast, and staging and framing to perfect, maximum effect

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The Stars in Their Courses/El Dorado

November 21, 2023

One of my favourite John Wayne movies and a book it's allegedly based on.

Celebrating the Living

Linda Lavin

November 12, 2023

A champion at playing working-class women

Year of the Month

There is this place inside where all the good things die: Everclear, Sparkle and Fade

November 8, 2023

Everclear's breakthrough album is raw, painful, and brutally honest in a way that few albums are-- and that their own work never reached again

Attention Must Be Paid

Anne Gwynne

October 21, 2023

One of the early scream queens whose grandson may be slightly familiar.

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The Bad Seed

October 17, 2023

In which a child is born evil, and where we go from there is shaped by the Production Code.

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The Year of the Horse/The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

September 19, 2023

A delightful, if obscure, Disney movie based on a book that turns out to be impossible to access for no good reason.

Celebrating the Living

Scott Bakula

September 17, 2023

He may not have put right what once went wrong for me, but he certainly helped me through it.

Disney Byways

“Dad . . . Can I Borrow the Car?”

September 15, 2023

Disney delves into the wide world of drivers' safety shorts. With experimental animation and hip young voiceover work!