Author: Genna Rivieccio
J.D. Salinger & Jessica Jones: “Mothers Are All Slightly Insane”
What is it about being a mother that so clearly seems to involve more intensity–more of a lifelong commitment to putting one’s needs after another’s–than [Read More…]
The Weeknd Does What Taylor Swift Gets Condemned For Regularly
Though Taylor Swift is the girl you love to hate, especially when she attempts to tell you terms and activities relating to New York City, [Read More…]
Cuidado Con Cardi B’s Corazón
As the pressure heats up for Cardi B to deliver an album that will live up to the impossible hype and success generated by 2017’s [Read More…]
Why Desperately Seeking Susan’s Eponymous Heroine Could Never Get By in New York Now
Susan, no last name, no inhibition. That was the name of the game in the New York of the 80s, wasn’t it? Getting by on [Read More…]
The Auditory Motif of Chvrches’ Love Is Dead Album Persists With “Never Say Die”
It’s still another two months until Chvrches’ third album–the appropriate (yet somehow underused for the twenty-first century) title being Love Is Dead–will be released on [Read More…]
Is Banksy’s Artistry or Americans’ Oblivion to Blame for Zehra Doğan/Selena Gomez Mix-up?
Because everything the “illustrious” and “elusive” Banksy does–especially when he does it in New York–is met with orgiastic fanfare in terms of those who don’t [Read More…]
The Final Season of Love Reverts to Standard Happy Ending Mode
One of the things that made the Lesley Arfin/Paul Rust/Judd Apatow-created Love so engaging for its lack of engagement in the first season was that [Read More…]
Santa Clarita Diet S2: Humor Meets Hooey
As we continue to follow the detrimental consequences of recently undead Sheila Hammond’s (Drew Barrymore, who might never make up for that Crocs commercial) lust [Read More…]
Lawyer.com & The Dichotomy of Lindsay Lohan’s Long-standing Self-Deprecating Humor
As a celebrity of a certain caliber, the kind that becomes more known for their personal antics than their “artistic output,” it can be second [Read More…]
Film School Rejects Can Still Take Comfort in The Big Picture
As the first film to be both written and directed by Christopher Guest (with National Lampoon Lemmings and This Is Spinal Tap being the first [Read More…]