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Film ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'Revenge' (2018) by Coralie Fargeat

Vibe: "Revenge" is bloody, disturbing, tense, and highly stylized. This is the most violent film I've seen in quite some time and I made the idiotic mistake of watching before going to sleep. I had a nightmare that someone entered my room through a sliding glass
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TV ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 2, Episode 20: Help Wanted

Directing and writing credits: Directed by Chris Long, written by Allan Heinberg. Long has directed two previous Season Two episodes of "GG": "Presenting Lorelai Gilmore" - Christopher returns to Stars Hollow with a Volvo, the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, a mild addiction to chai lattes, and
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Interview ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

Interview with Maria Reinup, Creative Director of What the Fest!?

If you're in NYC and need something fun to do this weekend, check out What the Fest!? at IFC Center. As I type this, "Revenge" (Fargeat, 2018), the festival opener, is playing and I'm bummed that I have to watch it alone on my
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TV ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 2, Episode 19: Teach Me Tonight

Directing and writing credits: Directed by Steven Robman, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. This is Robman's first episode of "GG," but he'll go on to direct two others: "One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes" and "Let the Games
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Film ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'Beauty and the Dogs' (2018) by Kaouther Ben Hania

Vibe: As I watched "Beauty and the Dogs," I couldn't help but think that if Donald Trump had his way, all women in the United States would receive the same treatment as Mariam (Mariam Al Ferjani). If he saw this movie, his reaction would probably be
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TV ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 2, Episode 18: Back in the Saddle Again

Directing and writing credits: Directed by Kevin Dowling, written by Linda Loiselle Guzik. This is Dowling's only episode of "GG" but he's directed a bunch of random things over the years, like "Joan of Arcadia," "One Tree Hill," and "
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Film ⸱ Meg Ringler

'A Wrinkle in Time' (2018) by Ava DuVernay

Vibe: Powerful and a little (or maybe a lot, depending on your baseline) trippy, Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle in Time” is overflowing with magic — especially Black Girl Magic. Here’s the thing: I am a white woman, and when I left the theater
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TV ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 2, Episode 17: Dead Uncles and Vegetables

Directing and writing credits: Directed by Jamie Babbit, written by Daniel Palladino. Fun fact: Babbit has directed more episodes of "GG" than ASP. You should remember her from "The Road Trip to Harvard" at the beginning of the season. She'll go on to direct
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Film ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'The Book of Birdie' (2017) by Elizabeth E. Schuch

Vibe: "The Book of Birdie" is a weird, glittery, feminine fever dream. It's creepy, but not scary, bloody, but not disgusting. Most scenes take place in a church or a convent and contain multiple shots of religious iconography, but the visuals never feel rote or boring.
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Documentary ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'What Happened, Miss Simone?' (2015) by Liz Garbus

Vibe: "What Happened, Miss Simone?" is a somewhat cookie-cutter documentary about a fascinating, complicated person with immense talent and passion. Comprised mainly of performance footage, snippets from Nina Simone's diary, primary interviews, and a few unnecessary childhood recreations, it's all standard music documentary fare,
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Interview ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

Interview with the 'Con Spirito' (2018) Crew

When Con Spirito started following me on Instagram, I thought, "Oh, damn... this better be a film about Elizabeth Bishop." Luckily, I was right, and I immediately messaged the creators to see if we could set up an interview. I studied English at a small liberal arts school,
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TV ⸱ Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 2, Episode 16: There's the Rub

Directing and writing credits: Directed by Amy Sherman-Palladino, written by Sheila R. Lawrence. ASP has actually only directed fifteen episodes of the original "Gilmore Girls," which kind of surprises me. In a 2013 Collider interview about "Bunheads," ASP was asked how she decides which episodes to
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