Category: Film
Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” is a Continuation of the Folklore/Evermore Tradition–But Also the Iconic Soundtrack Song Tradition
Here and there, one notices a re-commitment to the film soundtrack that was once a constant. But with the decline of cinema as an “event” [Read More…]
Quel Choc: Another Ad Where Lindsay Lohan Clings to the Past
With such a scant filmography to behold after “life” (read: addiction) kept getting in the way, the continued standout among Lindsay Lohan’s oeuvre remains 2004’s [Read More…]
Elvis and Britney: Their Pimped-Out-For-Profit Connection
After Britney Spears was supposed to make a “comeback” performance (all just because she shaved her head) at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, the [Read More…]
Elvis: Icon Up Front, Gigolo In The Back
The “gap years” between each Baz Luhrmann film have grown longer over time. Made obvious by the statistic that Luhrmann has “only” directed six movies [Read More…]
A Generational Divide Intermixes With the Amélie and Frances Ha Qualities of The Worst Person in The World
Amélie is arguably a film that defined a genre. Described as a “fanciful comedy about a young woman…creating a world exclusively of her own making,” [Read More…]
Senior Year: Never Been Kissed With A Coma Angle, Or: A Millennial Falls for the Gen Z Outlook
Speaking to us from the vantage point of having already endured “the shit” going down, there’s something very Easy A about the intro moments to [Read More…]
J. Lo’s Halftime Is A Hodgepodge That Accents Her “Britney Treatment” in the 00s
The music documentary, or “rockumentary,” usually tends to focus on a particular tour that the musician in question is on. As a genre fine-tuned by [Read More…]
The 355, James Bond and Why Heavy-Handed Feminism Doesn’t Work in Female Spy Movies That Take Themselves Seriously
With a cast as star-studded as The 355’s, it was one of many box office shocks in 2022 (including the runaway success of Top Gun: [Read More…]
In Les Amours d’Anaïs, Acting on Attraction Can Be More Than a Mere “Experience”
It’s no secret that something happens to “old people” to make them disbelieve in such “jejune notions” as “true love.” For, after disappointments and/or abandonments, [Read More…]
On How Sean and Madonna Should Have Starred in Blind Date Instead of Shanghai Surprise
Blind Date is one of many 80s movies that serves as more of a footnote in pop culture than a “main event” (à la E.T. [Read More…]
