Beauty and the Beast: The Specter of Phil Over Ronnie in Death
Although a “fair” amount of attention has been given to the death of Ronnie Spector a.k.a. Veronica Bennett, who never saw fit to change her [Read More…]
Drink Up Caprisongs
In a font that looks like it was ripped directly from The Carpenters’ band logo, FKA Twigs presents to us Caprisongs, a seventeen-track mixtape in [Read More…]
The Alchemy of Torment in The Card Counter
The thing one can immediately observe about Paul Schrader’s visual style in The Card Counter is that he wants you to notice how shitty America [Read More…]
Gerontophobia on the Dance Floor
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Silent Night: A Different Kind of Apocalypse Scenario Than the One in Seeking A Friend For the End of the World (Intermixed With Quietus Vibes)
A recent revisit to the not-so-far-fetched world of Children of Men reminded of a certain very useful tool that the government ought to start handing [Read More…]
Why We Want to Believe in Betty White’s Last Word
As more vivid details emerge about Betty White’s death, including how she suffered a stroke six days prior to dying on December 31, 2021, among [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #43: The Amount Bowie’s Song Catalogue Was Sold For
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The Anti-Lolita: Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon
Peter Bogdanovich was perhaps that rare breed of director who was actually better as a result of starting out as a film critic (whereas Quentin [Read More…]
Ritual Sacrifice on the Dance Floor
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The Weeknd’s Dawn FM Doesn’t Quite Bring the Dawn of a New Era
It seems only appropriate that, since the last time we saw The Weeknd’s mug on an album cover at the beginning of 2020, he has [Read More…]
