Jewish Horror: The Claustrophobic Neurosis of Shiva Baby
A shiva after turning a trick is bad enough, of course. But a shiva where the john you just turned the trick for shows up? [Read More…]
(Sweet &) Sour: Olivia Rodrigo’s Debut Is A Teenage Elegy
The thing Olivia Rodrigo has been praised for repeatedly since the monumental and continuing success of “drivers license” is her unique ability to speak to [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Releases A Trio of More Joni Mitchell-Tinged Songs
Lana Del Rey, like her increasing counterpart, Taylor Swift, simply can’t stop. Not just releasing songs, but releasing ones that continue to mirror the spirit [Read More…]
Post-2020, Agoraphobics Are The New Empathetic Character: The Woman in the Window
Like Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic that makes for such an obvious comparison to The Woman in the Window, the latter Amy Adams-starring “slow [Read More…]
After Descriptions of Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez’s Wedding, One Yearns For the Dramatic Days of Madonna and Sean Penn in Malibu
With the recent description Ariana Grande’s “low-key” (a polite term for basic and unremarkable) wedding to Dalton Gomez publicized during the week after the event [Read More…]
Bond Girl Meets Charlie’s Angel: MARINA Is A Timeless Vision in Video For “Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land”
Perhaps the only other “pop star” who has been able to get away with noticeably long (a.k.a. more than three words) titles for single names [Read More…]
“Body Ache”: Britney Spears Shows More Signature Foresight In Writing A Song About Vaccine After-Effects
After Billboard’s recent list of the best bridges of the twenty-first century (which included a Britney Spears songwriter named Kesha), it bears noting that just [Read More…]
Kesha Finally Gets A “Little Bit of Love” From the Establishment With Some (Musical) Bridge Acknowledgement
For as long as she has been in the music game at this point—and as much as she has done to help break down its [Read More…]
More, More, More (Cocaine and Orchids): Halston
“Reviews don’t matter.” But oh, of course they do—despite the oft-repeated insistence of Halston throughout the eponymous limited Netflix series brought to us by none [Read More…]
Summoning Lavigne, Swift, Spears and Mulligan: Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u”
Continuing to ramp up promotion for her debut album, Sour, Olivia Rodrigo has released a third single and video called “good 4 u.” While the [Read More…]
