Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Mary Tyler Moore: The First Woman Who Made Singledom Glamorous
Before 1970, when Mary Richards made it onto the airwaves of the somewhat misleadingly named The Mary Tyler Moore Show, there was nary a trace [Read More…]
Slow Pacing and Erratic Behavior from Dennis Hopper Bring Out the Strange in Wim Wenders’ The American Friend
The thing about adapting a novel from Patricia Highsmith is that it almost always guarantees the film will have a high gloss feel with the [Read More…]
The Day Heath Ledger Died
For some reason, certain celebrity extinctions are more memorable–more momentous–than others. Heath Ledger was one of those deaths that commenced a chain of iconic check-outs (Michael Jackson [Read More…]
The Ferrer-est of Them All: Goodnight Sweet Miguel
Miguel Ferrer had one of those faces that sticks in your mind for life. One supposes that, with such a quality, it’s no wonder that [Read More…]
Madonna & Marilyn Minter: An Alliance That Makes Sense for More Reasons Than Just Alliteration
For those fortunate enough to gain entry into the Brooklyn Museum’s Brooklyn Talks series on January 19th–the eve of Obama’s final night as the holder [Read More…]
Gorillaz Goadingly Praise An Old God With Long-Awaited New Single, “Hallelujah Money”
To say that the Gorillaz have been keeping many in anticipation of their first album since 2010’s Plastic Beach would be the pinnacle of understatement. [Read More…]
Repressed Sexuality in Ocean Waves Lends Explosivity to Every Exchange
The Japanese, already a naturally sexually repressed nation, take said physical restraint to a new level when placed within the high school context of Tomomi Mochizuki’s [Read More…]
Hidden Figures: A Movie That Figures Out How to Lend the Term “Feel-Good” to Racism
A film about a trio of exceptionally brilliant black female mathematicians, one would think, ought to be directed by, ideally, a black female–or at least [Read More…]
Broadly Speaking, You Need to Watch Broad City Season 3–Here’s Your Chance
It’s no secret that Broad City Season Three brought back the level of slapstick that’s been missing from comedy since I Love Lucy went off the [Read More…]
The xx Sees You
It would be momentous enough under any circumstance for The xx to release a new album, but add to it the fact that it’s been [Read More…]
