Tag: Culled Culture
Mondo Ironico #5: J. Lo Having a Song Called “Marry Me”
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. On the one hand, it might seem perfectly [Read More…]
New York Causes a Spontaneous Mental Blackout: Italian Studies
The memory loss or “spontaneous amnesia” genre is nothing new in cinema. It arguably began in 1915, with The Garden of Lies and The Right [Read More…]
Image is Everything, Love is a Lie: Why The Tinder Swindler Resonates On So Many Levels
As the slow burn of Netflix’s latest hit, The Tinder Swindler, unfolds, viewers might initially be led to believe Felicity Morris’ documentary is nothing special. [Read More…]
“London Samantha Jones” as a Composite of Edina and Patsy From Absolutely Fabulous
Maybe it’s not a coincidence that the word “fabulous” was bandied about so freely on Sex and the City. Maybe it was all light foreshadowing [Read More…]
Just When You Were Ready to Write Off the Academy, It Proves It’s the Only Legitimate Cinematic Institution Truly Aware That House of Gucci Is Trash and Kristen Stewart’s Performance Was Divine
The Academy, like so many institutions that get their clout from dangling glamor to the hoi polloi via long-standing awards ceremonies, has come under fire [Read More…]
For the Umpteenth Time, Lindsay Lohan Mocks Her 00s Persona for an Ad Campaign
For someone who keeps saying she’s changed long ago, and wants to forget about the part of her life that caused her to reign over [Read More…]
A Holy Dildo and a Little Bit of (Sapphic) Ecstasy: Benedetta
At a nunnery in the small Italian village of Pescia, called the Convent of Theatines, a girl named Benedetta (played at the beginning by Elena [Read More…]
Sean Penn Continues to be Madonna’s Most Embarrassing Ex After His Comments on Masculinity
Being a gay icon, part of the reason for Madonna’s status as such also stems from her flavor for overly butch men (so “butch” to [Read More…]
FKA Twigs’ “Jealousy” Reminds That Black British Culture in Music Is Rarely As Celebrated As It Should Be
There is so often talk of the “Black experience” in America, yet, in certain regards, one has to wonder if that experience isn’t even more [Read More…]
No More “Bette Davis Eyes,” No More “Private Eyes”—It’s All About “Shinigami Eyes” Now
Commencing with a scene that makes it look like she’s in an AI version of Rodin’s “The Gates of Hell,” Grimes ramps up her “metaverse” [Read More…]
