Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Time Out of Mind Gives An Empathetic, Though Somewhat Sanitized Lens into NYC’s Homeless
For a population often overlooked or simply ignored, Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind offers at least some modicum of respect and empathy to the homeless–specifically those [Read More…]
Pro-ANTI, With Caveats
Rihanna has not only mercifully suspended with the tease of releasing ANTI, her eighth studio album (that’s almost one album a year since her debut, [Read More…]
Zosia Mamet Playing Patti Smith Feels Horribly Wrong
There have been a lot of bad casting choices going on lately, and yeah, sometimes it’s hard to find the right person who feels willing [Read More…]
Is Miley Cyrus Working With Woody Allen the Most Perverse Combination Yet?
Though Woody Allen is, of course, known for his predilection for “young girls,” no one could have seen the curveball coming that is his upcoming [Read More…]
Thunderbirds! Mistaken Identities! The 70s!: The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun
“I’ve never seen the sea. I’ve never seen the sea.” It is this logic that guides the heroine of the remake of the 1970 German [Read More…]
The Lobster: A Boiling Romance
The somehow not so far-fetched concept of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster centers on the love-oriented travails of David (Colin Farrell), a man whose wife falls [Read More…]
Anglicans Charlotte Rampling and Michael Caine Weigh In On Oscar Diversity “Issue”
It’s rare when white people “in the media” actually hit back when black people declare racism. In the past, to do so would be deemed [Read More…]
MDNA: An Underrated Breakup Album
As Madonna’s custody battle for Rocco heats up–and her tongue gets looser when it comes unloading her thoughts about Guy Ritchie onto Rebel Heart Tour [Read More…]
Tarantino’s Meta Metaness
Quentin Tarantino–the ultimate film nerd–only attracts fellow nerds when it comes to intricately dissecting the alternate universe that pops off the page of his screenplays. [Read More…]
What’s the Worst Alliance in American Pop Culture Right Now: Trump-Palin or Kelly-Cosby?
There is a reason Americans are perpetually the butt of every international joke: because they let people like Donald Trump speak for them. Moreover, they have [Read More…]
