Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Repo Man As Prequel to Pretty in Pink
Alex Cox and John Hughes have little in common directorially–except for Harry Dean Stanton. A testament to the character actor’s ability to flit in and [Read More…]
mother!: Probably PTSD-Inducing for Every Woman
The terrifying element about Darren Aronofsky’s latest, mother!, has nothing to do with things that go bump in the night, creaky stairs or phantom blood. [Read More…]
Broad City Ribs Off Sliding Doors for Its 2011-centric Season Four Premiere
Who in New York isn’t constantly wondering what their life might be like if they hadn’t just missed the train–or, vice versa, missed the train to avoid [Read More…]
“White Mustang”: “Burning Up” Meets “Deeper and Deeper”
Because to be famous in the twenty-first century is to release little “teases” of your work on social media, most knew what to expect from [Read More…]
In A Lonely Place: Like a Prophetic Biopic of Madonna & Sean Penn
When most people talk about Nicholas Ray’s rendering of In A Lonely Place, they like to preface it with how dark and tragic the story [Read More…]
Prick Up Your Ears: The Jealousy Between Two Artists/Lovers: One Successful, One Not
The only thing worse than being a failure is being a failure with a more successful, less talented friend. But perhaps worse still is when [Read More…]
The Simple Life as Blueprint for Borat, Ire for Rich White Girls
The Simple Life was not exactly lauded critically in its time. It had a larger viewership at the outset, sure, with thirteen million viewers tuning [Read More…]
On The Protect Yo Heart Graffito & Its Representation of Selfishness As A Defense Mechanism
The twenty-first century is no place to have feelings. Certainly not if you want to make it out of your twenties with any semblance of [Read More…]
Why Is There A Gaga: Five Foot Two When Truth or Dare Already Exists?
For someone who likes to stir the pot with Madonna, even going so far as to drum up viewings by including a cliffhanger snippet in [Read More…]
Not To Be One-Upped By Prince William and Kate Middleton, Kimye, Too Expects Third Child
As a testament to the devolved state of the United States, it’s often been stated that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are the closest thing [Read More…]
