Tag: Kate Winslet
Ariana Grande’s “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” Video: A Postmodernist’s Wet Dream
It’s safe to say that, of all the pop stars working today (apart from, of course, Madonna), Ariana Grande is the one most blatantly enamored [Read More…]
The Real Lesson of Mare of Easttown: Gun Control
The various dissections of Mare of Easttown may forever continue to unfold (as is the case with The Sopranos), which is somewhat ironic considering the [Read More…]
Mare of Easttown: Not A Great PSA For Pennsylvania Continuing to Be Seen as a State of Inbreedin’ Rednecks
While, for the most part, pretty much all of America can be accused of being decidedly redneck—except for those rare “city pockets”—Pennsylvania (even in spite [Read More…]
Writing Is My Erection: Quills
While the Marquis de Sade’s life needs no great embellishment to make it interesting, it certainly benefited from the creative liberties of Philip Kaufman’s 2000 [Read More…]
In Fatal Attraction Fashion, Contagion Undercuttingly Positions Infidelity/Hoedom As the Cause of Society’s Woes
The beginning of Steven Soderbergh’s now iconic film, Contagion, wastes no time in making a point about how bad girls who do bad things (and [Read More…]
Contagion’s Unemotional Approach To Presenting A Novel Virus’ Creation and Chaos
Back in January, when coronavirus was nothing more than “China’s problem” to most Americans, Contagion, as a “relevant revisit,” started to rise up the ranks [Read More…]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: What A Woman Making A Successful Business Out of Cropping Your Ex Out of Photos Says About Our Society (& A Certain Generation In Particular)
Staying true to the realm of things that go viral, a woman offering to make profitable use of her Photoshop skills by way of cropping [Read More…]
Devil’s Advocate: Wonder Wheel Offers Shades of Tennessee Williams, Blue Jasmine
It has to be said that there is nary a favorable reception or assessment of Woody Allen these days (a light defense of Harvey Weinstein [Read More…]
Now We Start All Over Again: Collateral Beauty As A Christmas Carol Update
While it goes without saying that any movie Will Smith is willing to sign on for is probably going to be unforgivably maudlin (even Bad [Read More…]
The Older You Get, The More You Understand Joel & Clementine’s Desire for Memory Erasure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
When you watch what is arguably Charlie Kaufman’s screenwriting masterpiece (though, if you’re an aspiring screenwriter, you’re inclined to be partial to Adaptation) as a, [Read More…]