Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Barista: Showing the Cracked Out World of Competitive Coffee
The ever-intensifying world of coffee has only ramped up in recent years with the introduction of complex filtration methods and apparatuses intended to bring out [Read More…]
Christmas, Again: A Modern Scrooge Story Set in Brooklyn
When you’re acting as a shill for the sale of Christmas trees at the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border, there’s really no reason to be particularly happy about the [Read More…]
Miley Cyrus’ New Video For “BB Talk” Will Fuck You Up
Miley Cyrus continues her quest for unbridled musical experimentation with “BB Talk,” a new single from the not so warmly received surprise album, Miley Cyrus [Read More…]
Paris-Manhattan Pays Tribute to Woody Allen–Bien Sûr In the Form of a Neurotic Rom-Com
Woody Allen is an auteur with a somewhat infamous tendency to shy away from the limelight–especially now more than ever in the wake of a [Read More…]
We’re All on The Truman Show Now
At the time of its release in 1998, Peter Weir’s The Truman Show seemed like almost an impossible concept to fathom. After all, before the [Read More…]
The Mother-Daughter Relationship Broken Down in Postcards From The Edge
Carrie Fisher’s “semi”-autobiographical 1987 novel, Postcards From the Edge, with its pill-popping heroine, was bound to be adapted into a film. And there was no [Read More…]
Tangerine: A New Christmas Movie Classic
Apart from being one of the best movies made in and about L.A., Sean S. Baker’s (perhaps still best known for his Greg the Bunny [Read More…]
John Lennon: 35 Years After His Death
With each passing year, it still seems incredible that John Lennon is no longer with us. His unwavering message of peace and a strong belief [Read More…]
O Barcelona
Before there was Woody Allen’s 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona, there was Whit Stillman’s far rawer, less warm and fuzzy Barcelona, released in 1994. Set in [Read More…]
Saint West Is Probably the Antichrist
It’s one thing to name your Mexican, Spanish or South American baby Jesus, it’s quite another to name your black/Armenian Los Angeles-born child Saint. In yet [Read More…]
