Real Talk: Abby Should Have Ended Up With Riley in Happiest Season
As far as “instant classic” Christmas movies go, the only one to really make a mark in recent years has been Clea DuVall’s Happiest Season [Read More…]
The Rich Eat: The Menu
At the crux of every basic class divide is food. It is the most essential unit of life, and yet, it took little time at [Read More…]
Emily in Paris Season 3 Aims to Solidify Itself As the McDonald’s Version Sex and the City—While Promoting McDonald’s
It seems all too on the nose that the first episode of Emily in Paris’ third season would immediately bring McDonald’s into the formulaic equation. [Read More…]
Harry & Meghan: A Love Story Bogged Down by Family, Media and Racism
In the fifth episode of Harry & Meghan, the lyrics to Nina Simone’s “Do What You Gotta Do” play (which Kanye “Ye” West unfortunately repurposed [Read More…]
Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out
Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really [Read More…]
Hungry Love: Bones and All
Despite the alleged increasing “openness” of society to those who are “different,” there remains a paucity of films about cannibals. And even literary tales of [Read More…]
Caroline Polachek Channels Circe on “Welcome to My Island”
On the heels of the “Sunset” video, Caroline Polachek continues to intensify the anticipation of her fourth solo record, Desire, I Want to Turn Into [Read More…]
Emily the Criminal Underscores the Cycle of Poverty in All Its Unavoidability As a Law-Abiding Sap
While everyone is still focused on Aubrey Plaza’s performance as Harper Spiller in The White Lotus, it bears reminding the masses of another Plaza performance [Read More…]
Class and Karma Collide in The White Lotus’ Second Season, Or: STD Party in Sicily
After a long viewer journey meant to cover a mere week in Taormina, Sicily (a.k.a. tourist kryptonite thanks to The Godfather being shot there), the [Read More…]
Madonna Gambles on Rereleasing “Gambler”
Apropos of nothing—not even some TikTok virality bullshit—Madonna has seen fit to reissue her 1985 single, “Gambler,” for all streaming platforms. Although Madonna has been [Read More…]
