Tag: Culled Culture
Tom at the (Funny) Farm
Xavier Dolan’s fourth film (and only now at the still tender age of twenty-six), Tom at the Farm, is the sort of narrative that might [Read More…]
The Second Mother: A Many-Layered Title & Film
Brazilian writer-director Anna Muylaert’s fourth film, The Second Mother, is a multi-layered film not just about the pratfalls of motherhood, but the complications of class division when emotions [Read More…]
Zhe Zhe: The Mighty Boosh for Brooklyn
It’s impossible to dream that the two girls in Brooklyn concept phenomenon could continue to propagate. Granted, there are varying degrees of those shows worth watching, [Read More…]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Confirms That Debauchery is the San Francisco Treat
“What’s the point of living if nobody loves you?” asks 15-year-old Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley, best known for her role on the British TV series M.I. [Read More…]
Lena Dunham & Her Constant Need to Make Everything A Feminist Issue
We all have our things. I guess mine is analyzing and condemning celebrity behavior. Lena Dunham’s is turning every minute element into a feminist cause. [Read More…]
Accusing Taylor Swift of Promoting Colonialism in Latest Video Is Giving Her A Bit Too Much Credit
To quote Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona in 10 Things I Hate About You, “What is it with this chick? She have beer-flavored nipples?” This [Read More…]
No One Can Play Lucille Ball Except Lucille Ball
The surfeit of biopics in the world of film never ceases. Just when one thinks that producers have exhausted every possible major icon to sully [Read More…]
Identifying With Carrie’s Writing Failure in SATC 2
Although Sex and the City 2 was even worse than the first movie, and served largely as a tourism campaign for Abu Dhabi, there is [Read More…]
Is Awkwardness the New Controversy?: A Question Posed by the 2015 VMAs
It’s no secret that the VMA’s have been in sharp decline since the infamous Britney/Madonna (and Christina) kiss in 2003, but the depths of just [Read More…]
The Amy Schumer & Jennifer Lawrence Romance Has Already Been Done By Madonna & Sandra Bernhard
In keeping with America’s obsession with celebrity culture, people have a tendency to get very excited about two famous women being friends. Whether this has [Read More…]
