Category: Film
Amores Perros & 2666: Showcasing Mexico At Its Modern Worst
Although Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2000 film Amores Perros is not an epic piece of literature in the same impressively expansive vein as Roberto Bolaño’s 2004 [Read More…]
The Mean Girls Reunion Spread Indicates None of the Former Cast Members Have Shit to Do
When Mean Girls came out, all those years ago in 2004, it was already being likened to a modern day Heathers. Ten years later, it’s [Read More…]
The Aesthetic Similarities Between Shailene Woodley and Gaby Hoffmann
To the untrained eye, it might seem as though there is nothing aesthetically similar between Shailene Woodley and Gaby Hoffmann. The two share a ten [Read More…]
“Ain’t No Sunshine” Only Ever Applies to Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts, possibly the last of the great Hollywood actresses of the “mega movie star” era that seemed to end in the 90s, has frequently [Read More…]
Quintessentially 80s Moves
The 1980s were brimming with distinction for a number of reasons, and not just because of the decadence and AIDS outbreaks. The way people spoke [Read More…]
No More Mascara Tears for Jennifer Aniston
Few celebrities are capable of touting the no-makeup look while actually being able to carry it off (see Britney Spears and Kim Kardashian for examples). [Read More…]
Sophia Loren Owns Her Bitchery Toward Jayne Mansfield
We’ve all seen the photo. The one that practically invented the concept of “mean girls.” Taken in 1957 at a party to welcome Sophia Loren [Read More…]
Dear Black People, Dear White People Is the Cultural Paradigm Shift/Compensation For Madea You’ve Been Waiting For
It would be easy for “white folk” to take Dear White People the wrong way, to interpret it as a sort of propaganda designed to [Read More…]
The Best “Horror” Movies of the 1980s
The genre of the horror movie in the 1980s retrospectively seems more like dark comedy. Decidedly camp and unwaveringly not that scary, the genre of [Read More…]
A Man and A Woman: A Disjointed Glance at Finding Love Again
“If forced to choose, Giacometti once said, he would rescue a cat from a burning building before a Rembrandt.” This is one of of the [Read More…]
