Author: Genna Rivieccio
Belgium and “Frozen” Tango Again: Loena Hendrickx Pays A Very Literal Homage–Just in Time for the Ray of Light Anniversary
While someone Loena Hendrickx’s tender age of eighteen more likely relates to the term “Frozen” in pop culture pertaining to the Disney animated film, the Belgian [Read More…]
Everything Sucks! Is Thorough In Its 90s Research But Doesn’t Quite Achieve What Stranger Things Does With the 80s As Its Less Put Upon Crutch
Because nostalgia is at such a premium in the present era of wanting to escape into the past when it is not merely one’s imagination [Read More…]
How Rihanna Crept Into Music As A Pop Princess Before Snapping Her Fingers & Becoming @badgalriri
While “Pon De Replay” might have been one of the summer anthems of 2005, it was the sort of Sean Paul-reminiscent track that could have [Read More…]
National Anthem: The Politicism of Lana Del Rey Before Lust for Life
Lana Del Rey has generally been regarded as an artist that was not very political in her work up to 2017’s Lust for Life, an [Read More…]
The Color Wheel Takes the Margot/Richie Dynamic Where Wes Anderson Wouldn’t
The steady presence of Alex Ross Perry in the world of what can still vaguely be constituted as “indie film” (once associated only with Miramax-distributed [Read More…]
Black Panther: A Polemic That Can At Last Creep Into More Closed Minds
As one of the most momentous films released since, well, let’s face it, Gone With the Wind, Black Panther has an infinite amount of pressure to stand up [Read More…]
The Endangered Species That is The Comedy Movie in Hyper-PC Times
With the recent backlash against the trailer for Amy Schumer’s upcoming film, I Feel Pretty, which premiered yesterday on The Ellen Show, an alarming trend [Read More…]
A Futile and Stupid Gesture Usefully Explores the Life & Death of Doug Kenney
Of all the people who you wouldn’t expect to have a biopic made about them, Doug Kenney is among the men who top the list. [Read More…]
The Woeful Portrayal of Willie Lopez
You wouldn’t be able to identify Rick Aviles by his true name on sight. No, you would, if you were a movie aficionado worth your [Read More…]
Life Is Only Precious When It’s In Peril: Cléo from 5 to 7
Following La Pointe Courte in 1955, considered by many to be a foreshadowing of the full-tilt French New Wave movement, Agnès Varda’s second feature, Cléo from [Read More…]