Author: Genna Rivieccio
Promising Young Woman and the Muzzling of Film Criticism
Although it was a sound bite that already caught on last year, as Promising Young Woman starts to gain a wider reach, it’s only natural [Read More…]
Elizabeth Hurley’s Mom Is the New Mrs. George
Even though it is, by now, in this epoch called “Thirst Trap,” the norm that daughters wield their mothers for the purpose of heightening their [Read More…]
Toxicity Addiction: Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope Season 2
When we left Aisling O’Dowd (Seána Kerslake) and Danielle Mullane (Nika McGuigan) at the end of Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope’s first season, they were suffering [Read More…]
The Madhouse Instigator in Quills & One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
In every “madhouse” (even though we’re all mad here on Earth), it seems as though there’s one “ringleader” who is a bit more “sane” than [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…]
Wonder Woman 1984: When Jafar Gets Hold of the Genie Bottle or Jim Carrey Becomes God
“No true hero is born from lies.” This is the piece of advice given to young Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman at the outset of [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s “Just Like Magic” Is Actually A Song About White Girl Privilege
For those who might have forgotten based on an ever-darkening spray tan, Ariana Grande is white. It’s easy to overlook this fact the darker her [Read More…]
Lo Vas a Olvidar: No One Can Let It Go… That Billie Eilish and Rosalía Have Finally Collaborated
After documenting her interest in working with Rosalía, it’s no surprise that Billie Eilish “manifested” (via the boon of white girl privilege) working with the [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s “NASA” Retrospectively Viewed Through A Social Distancing Lens
2019, in many ways, will always be looked upon as the last vestige of any remaining innocence this world might have had. Though everyone (that [Read More…]
The “La Isla Bonita”/“De Una Vez” Connection
While one thanks God or whoever that Madonna was able to release some of her best work while being afforded the luxury of living in [Read More…]