The Naive Hope Invoked by a New Year As Presented by Counting Crows’ “A Long December”
In the winter of 1996, the Counting Crows’ lead singer Adam Duritz composed the lyrics for a song that would be called “A Long December,” [Read More…]
Wonka’s Saccharine Tincture Will Give Those With Functional Tastebuds A Stomach Ache
It is said that one is supposed to get more jaded (read: wiser) with age. That’s obviously not so with director Paul King, best known [Read More…]
How to Have Sex Explores the Nuanced Ways in Which Fun is Performed by Women (for Men and Women Alike) to Avoid Being Deemed a “Bad Time”
There are so many quiet horrors to being a woman. More specifically, a girl on the brink of womanhood. That phase in life where one [Read More…]
The Holdovers Knows the Pain of Being a Societal Reject Hits Different During the Holidays
David Hemingson is one of those screenwriters whose handprint has been left on many TV series (starting with the immortal and life-changing The Adventures of [Read More…]
Saltburn: Emerald Fennell’s 00s Era Homage to Brideshead Revisited, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Single White Female
Emerald Fennell’s Academy Award-winning debut, Promising Young Woman, had a promising start indeed at the beginning of 2020, before anyone knew that movie theaters worldwide [Read More…]
Love Actually Is All About the Desperation Invoked By Loneliness
In the years since Love Actually was released, it’s been analyzed in hundreds of different ways. Not least of which is the shudder-inducing, super creepy [Read More…]
“Last Christmas” Is “Secretly” About Being Outed By the Object of Your Affection
For many, “Last Christmas” is a straightforward (no ironic pun intended) ditty about unrequited love. Its jaunty, uptempo beat belying the misery exuded by the [Read More…]
“Last Christmas” Finally Gets Its Deserved UK Christmas Number 1 Spot
In what might be deemed a cruel irony, George Michael died on Christmas Day of something that prompted the Grinch himself to live a much [Read More…]
Thanksgiving: The Kickoff of Greed Season, Or: Eli Roth Gives America a Bitter Reflection of Itself in Ultimate Holiday Horror Movie
In 2021, a horror-comedy called Black Friday was released to little fanfare. For, while its premise was solid, its execution was decidedly wobbly. When Eli [Read More…]
Priscilla: The Marie Antoinette of the 1960s
It’s a story that becomes harder and harder to tell in the present epoch. That of Priscilla’s overt grooming by Elvis in order to eventually [Read More…]
