Relating to Rebecca’s Bourgeois Desires As Well As Enid’s Need to Disappear & Be Free in Ghost World
At one point or another in our lives, we all feel the dilemma presented via the bifurcating paths taken by Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca [Read More…]
“High By The Beach” Puts A Bittersweet Cap on the Summer
If there’s one thing Lana Del Rey has always been good for, it’s providing a song to go on your summer soundtrack. Earlier this summer, [Read More…]
Is There Any Particular Reason Alexander Skarsgård Felt Compelled to Dress in Drag?
Maybe it’s pointless to discern celebrity motives at this juncture in the fame game. Is it all truly rooted in a cry for attention masked [Read More…]
Gwen & Gavin: Another Celebrity Marriage Bites the Dust
While Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have been rumored to have their troubles in the past, no one ever expected that they would call it [Read More…]
Cilla Black: The Death of a Lovely Liverpudlian
When one thinks Liverpool, The Beatles are, of course, the first entity to pop into mind. But the legendary Cilla Black, championed by The Beatles [Read More…]
The End of the Tour Is Just the Start of Analyzing David Foster Wallace
“Technology is only going to get better. And it’s going to become more and more comfortable for people to sit in a room alone enjoying [Read More…]
La Sapienza: A Study in the Wisdom of Architecture
Somewhere between beauty and knowledge lies “la sapienza,” or sapience a.k.a. great wisdom and sound judgment for those unfamiliar with the semi-archaic term. It is [Read More…]
Just Do It As the Mantra for Justifying Stupidity
More than any other tag line, “Just Do It” sums up so much of what is wrong with humanity. This false sort of chutzpah peddled [Read More…]
The Paper Thinness of Paper Towns
Cara Delevingne’s already vast film career has left behind nothing all that memorable thus far. Her eighth–yes, eighth–effort as an actress is yet another adaptation [Read More…]
On Clouds of Sils Maria
Olivier Assayas, a seasoned writer-director and connoisseur of obsession and loss of control, touches on these themes and beyond in one of his most notable [Read More…]
