Body is (Un)Reality: Crimes of the Future
With such a title, one would think Crimes of the Future might show a more escalated version of cyber warfare or even technological advancements in [Read More…]
On the Count of Three Serves That Rare Genre: The “Suicide Buddy Movie”
Addressing suicide “comedically” is one of the impossible feats in general, but most especially in film. Maybe that’s why the “suicide buddy movie” doesn’t happen [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #6: Lady Gaga Soundtracking a “Butch” Movie
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. Arriving before Pride Month, Lady Gaga’s single designed [Read More…]
Ageism Is the Safe Bet for “Humor Rebranding” in Top Gun: Maverick
“Oh my god. This thing is so old,” Rooster (Miles Teller) says at one point when he’s given no choice but to board an F-14 [Read More…]
Top Gun Is Homoerotic Republican Porn
It feels like one of many ironies that Top Gun was ultimately the product of an Israel-born Jewish man. For in writing an article for [Read More…]
Stranger Things Offers a New Addition to the High School Bitch Brigade, Or: There’s A Girl Like Angela In Every Decade
While there are many notable aspects about Stranger Things’ fourth season (including, of course, that Kate Bush moment at the end of “Dear Billy”), one [Read More…]
The More You Ignore Vecna, The Closer He Gets: Stranger Things 4
Just when you think Stranger Things couldn’t possibly top itself, in comes the fourth season with the most cinematic episodes of the series yet (hence, [Read More…]
We’re At the Point of Flaccid Summer Jams Now: Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa and Young Thug’s “Potion”
No stranger to working together after collaborating on “One Kiss,” the hopes for a reunion between Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa have obviously been very [Read More…]
Sky Ferreira’s “Don’t Forget”: Tailor-Made for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
With tinges of Lauren Mayberry vocals (and the entire CHVRCHES sound), Sky Ferreira is back on the scene with a vengeance after a nine-year absence. [Read More…]
The American Dream Requires the Suppression of All Reality–And So Does A Show About Angelyne
“The past is another country.” That’s certainly something Angelyne believes about Renee Goldberg, her Semitic self from long ago. In the eponymous show starring Emmy [Read More…]
