Mary Pickford, Canadian Glamor Girl, Producer & Screen Legend Turns 125
Born the demurely named Gladys Louise Smith, Mary Pickford transcended from “America’s sweetheart” and “the girl with the curls” to one of the foremost producers [Read More…]
Colossal Might Just Be the Only Movie to Philosophically Address Both Alcoholism and Power
There have been movies about alcoholism in the past, sure. Granted, it’s really only ever been The Lost Weekend that has addressed the matter in [Read More…]
Big Little Lies: Like Pretty Little Liars for Adults
“I believe women are chemically incapable of forgiveness,” notes one of the interviewees in the police precinct after a murder at an elementary school fundraiser. [Read More…]
Kendall Jenner Fuels the Case for White Girl Ignorance With This Whole Pepsi Thing
Just when you thought the Kardashian/Jenner juggernaut couldn’t bode any worse in representing the vacuity of being white (yes, they’re still white in spite of the [Read More…]
The Real Daria Would Abhor A Projection of Her Future
There should be no shock anymore when it comes to what the world will allow to be rebooted–even entities that have no room for story [Read More…]
Song to Song (Person to Person)
By now, anyone willing to take whatever filmic journey Terrence Malick has in store for them is pretty committed. And those that genuinely value his [Read More…]
Alan Ruck Can’t Let Go of the Masochism of Cameron Frye for Domino’s Commercial
For someone who once said of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, “I hated that movie. I couldn’t get any other work. People would be like, ‘Heyyy!’ [Read More…]
Kendrick Lamar Appears to Be Taking Aim at Kanye West, Most of the Rap Industry in “Humble” Video
As Kendrick Lamar fever continues to escalate in the wake of the release of his first single, “The Heart Part 4,” from his first forthcoming [Read More…]
The Original Sex and the City Intro Titles Could Have Set A Far Grimmer Tone for the Show
Upon watching Sex and the City enough times, you inevitably take to skipping through the opening credits, the jazzy sound of which starts to grate on [Read More…]
Joan Crawford Speaks the Language of All Women in “More, Or Less” Episode of Feud
On The Jack Paar Show in 1962, Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) is riding high on the success of her critical acclaim for playing the eponymous [Read More…]
