You Are Inverted, The World Is Not/The World Is Inverted, You Are Not: Tenet
Reteaming with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, Christopher Nolan’s long-delayed Tenet proves yet again that the director knows the value of collaborating with a maestro of [Read More…]
Set During The Great Depression, Mannequin Assures Its Audience They Can Live on Love
With a script written by playwright Lawrence Hazard, the repartee of Frank Borzage’s 1937 film, Mannequin (pre-dating the one Andrew McCarthy would star in fifty [Read More…]
Reminder: No Good Comes From Being Eager to Return to the U.S., Or: Aaliyah Died For Her Art on August 25, 2001
While “Rock the Boat” was certainly not a video worth dying for, it bears noting that Aaliyah still did, technically, expire for her art. And [Read More…]
The Betty Broderick Story: A Study in Gaslighting and Its Psychological Effects
“Maybe he was afraid,” Berger’s friend tells Carrie. Carrie returns, “Interesting, how so?” His friend notes, “Women can get really angry.” Carrie retorts, “Well I [Read More…]
Ellie Goulding Channels Hard Candy Promo Vibes in “Love I’m Given”
In what still remains one of Madonna’s less loved and remembered photo sessions in promotion of a record, the motif of 2008’s Hard Candy is [Read More…]
Mariah Carey Resuscitates “Killing Me Softly” With Ms. Lauryn Hill on “Save the Day”
In promotion of Mariah Carey’s upcoming October release, The Rarities (her eighth compilation album–‘cause she knows how to milk the Lambily for their dough), the [Read More…]
Diego Maradona: Napoli’s Twentieth Century Folk Hero & The Shakespearean Tragedy of His Game Against the Very City He Helped Reinvigorate
“My only pleasure this afternoon was in discovering the Italians in Milan have stopped being racists: today, for the first time, they supported the Africans.” [Read More…]
Kiesza Trades 90s Dance For 80s Pop on Crave
Although not a total departure from her 2014 debut, Sound of A Woman, it’s clear that while Kiesza was on hiatus, she began to veer [Read More…]
“The Junk Mail” Shows Why Everyone Suddenly So Concerned About USPS Now Shouldn’t Have Been A Dick To It Before
How ironic, looking back, that the founding of the Post Office (the only governmental agency specifically mentioned within the U.S. Constitution) should stem from the [Read More…]
There’s Only One Way to Release Guilt in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
What is it to want love so badly you’ll go to obscene, self-destructive lengths to get it? Martha Ivers (Janis Wilson/Barbara Stanwyck)–who frequently expresses a [Read More…]
