Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Company Culture Is A Palimpsest of Those at the Top: Bombshell
When it comes to women who helped blaze the trail for a new wave of feminism, of course Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron, eerily adopting her [Read More…]
Long Shot Short-Changes the Embracing of More Powerful Women in Relationships By Rendering the Narrative With Fairy Tale Flavor
In the realm of “modern” fairy tales, perhaps all we have to speak of in the present is Long Shot. A politically tinged comedy (or [Read More…]
Contemplating Something As Retro As What’s Your Number? Being Made Within the Past Decade
Despite 2011 being an early year in the decade that feels strange to call the 10s (even if some people speculate that the 00s never [Read More…]
Turns Out L.A. Even Makes Serial Killing Passive Aggressive: Season 2 of You
It feels rather meta appropriate that one, Joe Goldberg, sometimes known as Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), should end up in L.A. for the season two [Read More…]
Every Generation Becomes Worse Than the Last: Gremlins
As each year passes, and Gremlins evermore secures a place in the must-see canon of Christmas movies (even if unconventional ones in the vein of [Read More…]
k bye for now: Ariana Grande Gives Us One Last (Live) Album Before the Year’s End
Perhaps no other artist of the twenty-first century has known what it’s like to be a Beatle. At least in terms of preteen girls screaming [Read More…]
Uncut Gems Has A Dull Luster
One could say that the Safdie brothers Benny and Josh were not truly born into the film industry’s consciousness until 2017’s Good Time, another New [Read More…]
It’s No Mystery That Knives Out Cuts to the Quick of Family Discord: Money
Rian Johnson has taken an approach to his career that few writer-directors do: slowly. Starting in 2005 with the acclaimed neo-film noir Brick (starring his [Read More…]
Bus Stop: A Film That Didn’t Do Justice to How Marilyn Monroe Fought to Break Free From the Studio’s Stereotype of Her, Nor Is It Much of an Acting Stretch From Her Own Life
Marilyn Monroe had spent months waiting out her unprecedented studio battle with 20th Century Fox. After fleeing to New York from Los Angeles like some [Read More…]
LDR Does Some Live Action/Animation Blending for a Mary Poppins Effect in Norman Fucking Rockwell Video Trilogy
One of the many bottom lines of Lana Del Rey’s latest video (one-upping the double video concept of “Fuck It I Love You” and “The [Read More…]
