Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
She’s Funny That Way: Proof That No One Knows More About Film Than Peter Bogdanovich
Being an obsessive filmgoer is something no one else can understand unless they, too, have the disease. To be a movie junkie is to comprehend [Read More…]
Serpico and the Irony of Morality in A Position of Power
When Serpico came out in 1973, the concept of police corruption was still, well, not necessarily new, but extremely accepted and embraced. Frank Serpico (played [Read More…]
Voyeurism Is The Way in “Music To Watch Boys To” Video
Lana Del Rey shows no signs of ceasing her Honeymoon promotion with a quick single and video follow-up to “High By The Beach.” The second [Read More…]
Azealia Banks: Crazy or Ingenious?
Much has been said about Azealia Banks in the past few weeks regarding her none too subtle homophobic rants. First, it was her response to [Read More…]
Audiences Were Too Quick to Say Goodbye to Aloha
Cameron Crowe has gotten a bad review for essentially every movie he’s done since Elizabethtown (or, depending who you ask, Vanilla Sky). In his twenties, [Read More…]
Throw A Log on the Fire in Honor of The Log Lady
It’s not every day that a cult icon dies. For Catherine E. “Log Lady” Coulson, that day came on September 28th, the unfortunate cause being [Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Loses My Vote By Engaging With Lena Dunham
There are few things Hillary Clinton can do to disappoint a woman. She is, after all, the pinnacle of feminism in the twenty-first century. And [Read More…]
Where Early 00s Nostalgia Is Concerned, People Are Way More Excited by JoJo’s Re-emergence Than Hilary Duff’s
Out of all the early 00s pop tart tween singers, JoJo was among the least likely to make a comeback later on in life. And [Read More…]
Frances Bean Snubs Courtney Love in The Ultimate Way
It’s no secret that Courtney Love has long been persona non grata with her daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. And yet, it still somehow seems like [Read More…]
The Mend: An Exploration of Heartbreak
More complex even than the sister-sister relationship is the brother-brother one. At least, that’s how it comes across in John Magary’s The Mend. Bordering more [Read More…]
