painting | Making & Movies

Shannon Heibler

5 min read

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

This movie takes me back to my childhood. I saw it in theaters with my mom. I was very quickly obsessed. I went down a rabbit hole of...

Shannon Heibler

3 min read

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

When I was 30, I found myself back in school for theater while divorcing my abusive husband and early in my relationship with my partner,...

Shannon Heibler

4 min read

All That Jazz (1979)

I first saw this movie when I was too young for it. Or too naïve, maybe. I saw an edited version on Bravo (back when Bravo covered the...

Shannon Heibler

3 min read

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

I love zombie movies. I don't own a lot of them - there are few I want to watch over and over again - but I love them. I think they speak...

Shannon Heibler

4 min read

Big Fish (2003)

I was dreading this one. I really was. Two days before watching, I listened to one of my new favorite podcasts, Why Are Dads (led by my...

Shannon Heibler

3 min read

Ghostbusters (1984)

The first of my top five movies to come up for this project. This is #1 or 2 for movie in my collection I've watched the most (The...

Shannon Heibler

3 min read

L.A. Story (1991)

What was it about the late 80s/early 90s that created some truly magical though wildly underappreciated films that feel like my soul was...