Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
The Complex Internal Disunion of Being a Misandrist That Enjoys the Artistic Output of Men
Madonna, the only pop star with superlative taste consistently written off as having none, was quick to pay homage to both her combined Italian heritage [Read More…]
Grazie a Papà: No Bernardo Without Attilio
When one is born to a renowned Italian poet and writer (said writing also branching into the realm of film criticism) like Attilio Bertolucci, it’s only [Read More…]
Nepotism Equals Schism: The Favourite
“If you look like a badger, I’m going to tell you that you look like a badger because that’s what love is.” If that’s really [Read More…]
To Be Honest, the Offensive D&G China Ads Feel Like A Sofia Coppola and/or Wes Anderson Movie
There might have been a chance for Dolce and Gabbana, already on such thin ice with their back to back controversies–some including comments on IVF, [Read More…]
“I Finally Found a Way to Make Money That Doesn’t Involve Shoveling Shit”: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The screenwriter writing a biopic is perhaps as instrumental to better understanding a subject as the biographer. Or, in certain cases, autobiographer. That said, Nicole [Read More…]
Maybe Van Gogh Was Crazy, Maybe Arles Was Hella Boring: At Eternity’s Gate
There is a certain romantic notion to fleeing from society. It is one that artists (of the more literal variety, mind you–none of this graphic [Read More…]
Mercury Poisoning: Bohemian Rhapsody Infers the Insidiousness of Freddie’s Personal Life on the Band
“You know how you’ve gone really rotten? Fruit flies. When they start feasting upon you. Well, don’t worry, there soon won’t be anything left to [Read More…]
“This Isn’t Vanity, This Is Art”: Suspiria
At the end of Luca Guadagnino’s interpretation of the Dario Argento classic giallo, Suspiria, an audience member balks, “That was so bad.” It would seem [Read More…]
The Pharma-Trial Friends That Jump In and Out of Each Other’s Minds Together Bump and Grind Together: Maniac
“Your defense mechanisms are fungible. You’ve been accepted.” With that, Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill) embarks upon a pharmaceutical trial that aims to cut the middle [Read More…]
Mother’s Day Bizarrely Foreshadowed The American Comfortableness With Racism in the 2016 Election
In an unfortunate testament to the idea that the older you get as an artist, the more out of touch your work becomes, Garry Marshall [Read More…]
