Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Psychotic Behavior Is Always Excusable When There’s A Dog Involved As Smoke & Mirrors
To be a Madonna fan in the present is definitely to be some kind of freaky deaky. As a straight person (or, these days, asexual [Read More…]
Dancehall Days: Santigold’s I Don’t Want: The Goldfire Sessions
Santigold has been far too quiet since her last album, 99¢, in February 2016. Just a little over two years later, that silence has been [Read More…]
Midnight in Paris Was Predicated on the Fallacy of Wistfulness for a Different Time Before We Were Actually Living in the Worst Time Ever
In 2011, Woody Allen had not completely lost all respect as a result of that unshakeable accusation of sexual assault from his adopted daughter, Dylan [Read More…]
Body Double Has Transcended the Mere Relegation of Hitchcockian “Body Double” With Time
Few directors have been able to adequately pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock over the decades since the undisputed master of mystery gave us his last [Read More…]
Bizarro World Mary-Kate and Olivier Sarkozy
With one single snap of a photo, the very notion of Bizarro World’s existence was affirmed on July 25th when senior writer for The Cut Gabriella [Read More…]
Going Through Hollywood to Get to the Presidency: A Symbol of the Ever-Deteriorating Meaning of Politics
Not that Hollywood really means anything anymore–at least in terms of being held up as an impenetrable beacon of light that we should all aspire [Read More…]
A Rachel-Off in Lust Conveyance: Disobedience
With the ever-increasing amount of directorial cachet of Sebastián Lelio (garnering attention for casting a bona fide trans woman in a lead role, Daniela Vega–who then ended [Read More…]
Attempting to Center A Movie Plot Around New Technology: Little Black Book
Director Nick Hurran’s predilection for centering his films around “futuristic” concepts, from virtual reality in 1999’s Virtual Sexuality to “themed funerals” in 2002’s Plots With [Read More…]
Andy Garcia’s Terry Benedict Has Nothing on Alex Turner’s Mark in “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino” Video
Where last we left Arctic Monkeys and the elusive character we’ll now just call Mark, played by, naturally, Alex Turner, was “Four Out of Five,” [Read More…]
Amy Winehouse’s “What Is It About Men?” Embraces The Fatalism of Her Tragic Life
They say that only you can control your destiny–every other Calvinist-oriented platitude spouting predestination is bullshit. But Shakespeare, Amy Winehouse’s fellow countryman, would likely beg [Read More…]
