TV Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 8: Love and War and Snow

Directing and writing credits: Written by Joan Binder Weiss, directed by Alan Myerson. Binder Weiss worked on Gilmore Girls from Season 1-3 and has 5 writing credits and 42 story editor credits. She also wrote 1 episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Summerland, two of my guilty pleasure shows
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TV Meg Ringler

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 7: Kiss and Tell

Directing and writing credits: This episode was written by the one and only Jenji Kohan. You may have heard of a few little shows she’s created since then, “Weeds” and “Orange is the New Black.” She worked on "GG" for one season, but this is her only
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Film Lindsay Pugh

'Pariah' (2011) by Dee Rees

Vibe: I knew immediately that this film was shot in Brooklyn, but had I not known the year, I would have had trouble guessing. It opens at a strip club with ladies dancing to Khia's "My Neck, My Back," but somehow feels timeless. The cinematography, which
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TV Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 6: Rory's Birthday Parties

Directing and writing credits: Written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, directed by Sarah Pia Anderson. This is a very solid ASP episode - probably in my top five. My friend Ali and I have a master list of all-time favorite "GG" episodes and "Rory's Birthday Parties"
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TV Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 5: Cinnamon's Wake

Directing and writing credits: Written by Daniel Palladino, directed by Michael Katleman. As a director, I hate him, but as a writer, Daniel Palladino is pretty solid. He's actually penned some of my all-time favorite episodes: * "The Bracebridge Dinner" - Season 2, Episode 10 * "Lorelai&
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Film Lindsay Pugh

'Lemon' (2017) by Janicza Bravo

Vibe: Absurd in the best kind of way. About twenty minutes in, my boyfriend turned to me and asked, "what is this?" I couldn't answer because I truly had no idea. It's as stylized as a Wes Anderson film, as strange as David Lynch,
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TV Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 4: The Deer Hunters

Directing and writing credits: Written by Jed Seidel, directed by Alan Myerson. "Veronica Mars" fans might know Jed Seidel, who was responsible for three episodes: "Weapons of Class Destruction," "Silence of the Lamb," and "Meet John Smith." The standout for me is
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TV Meg Ringler

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 3: Kill Me Now

Directing and writing credits: This is the first episode in the series not written by ASP. Credit goes to Joanne T. Waters, and it is the only episode of "GG" she is credited with writing. In fact, she has written exactly three episodes of television: This episode of
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TV Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 2: The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton

Directing and writing credits: Written by ASP, directed by Arlene Sanford. Arlene is another veteran who has directed a shit ton of tv ("Pretty Little Liars," "Grace and Frankie," "Ally McBeal"). I'm always immensely impressed by directors like Arlene who are able
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TV Lindsay Pugh

'Gilmore Girls' Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Welcome to my "Gilmore Girls" rewatch project! Whenever I was bored out of my skull at my previous job, I used to look forward to reading Meredith Borders's "GG" recaps over at Forever Young Adult every Wednesday morning. Knowing that I could walk into
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Film Lindsay Pugh

'Sweet Bean' (2015) by Naomi Kawase

Vibe: Soft, gentle, and kind... until it knocks you down on the ground and guts you like a fish. If you let it, this film will emotionally crush you and leave you silently crying in bed, trying not to wake your partner. If you can avoid it, don't
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Film Lindsay Pugh

'Fat Girl' (2001) by Catherine Breillat

Vibe: The world is a shitty, gruesome place filled with shitty, gruesome people. The loss of virginity isn't a magical, special act that happens between two people who love each other. It's not Marissa and Ryan, Chuck and Blair, Jane and Michael. It's often
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