Month: August 2015
Disney Reaches Pinnacle of Its Parody-able Influence With Banksy’s Dismaland
In the past decade, the tendency of pop culture aggregators to gravitate toward the tried and true influence of Disney has plateaued with satirists like [Read More…]
By the Light of the Silverscreen: Movies Illuminate The Wolfpack
“If I didn’t have movies, life would be pretty boring. And there wouldn’t be any point to go on, you see?” So goes the sentiment [Read More…]
A Not So Trans-cendental Ending for Pretty Little Liars
It’s the moment Pretty Little Liars fans have been waiting for from the beginning: finding out who the fuck “A” is. And now, after roughly [Read More…]
Breaking Down the Barriers of Fort Tilden
“This is tediously adorable.” It’s the very sentence that encapsulates how most people view the lives of mid to late twenty-somethings, particularly those of the white girl [Read More…]
Dior and I: A Tale of Living Up to Expectations
“Some have alcohol in them,” says Monique, one of the seamstresses of the Dior atelier about her candy at the height of the stress levels [Read More…]
Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number–Unless You’re Madonna: A Birthday Defense
What vexes me to no end about comments on an older woman’s aesthetic is that it always boils down to, “She looks great–for her age.” [Read More…]
Guy Ritchie, The Man From Hatfield, Gives Us The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
It would seem as though Guy Ritchie has been keeping a low profile since his last film came out in 2011. A sequel to Sherlock [Read More…]
Everyone Needs A Mistress America
“Isn’t every story a story of betrayal?” So begins Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America. It’s a classic writer’s tale: using someone else’s life as one’s own fodder. [Read More…]
The Vindication of Nan Britton
She’s been called a hussy, a harlot, a precursor to Monica Lewinsky and everything sexually negative in between. But, at long last, Warren G. Harding’s [Read More…]
Machine Gun Del Rey
“Boy look at you lookin’ at me/I know you know how I feel,” the seemingly sentimental opening to “High By The Beach,” has suddenly taken [Read More…]