Tag: Genna Rivieccio
A Fame Compendium Arises in “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me–But I Have It”
An impish grin characterizes Lana Del Rey’s expression on the more than somewhat lo-fi album cover for her latest single, “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing [Read More…]
Yes, Just What the Screenwriter Needed–Another Dig At Their Insignificance
While there seems to be a premium on being hyper-sensitive toward offending others in the present climate of Hollywood, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph seemed [Read More…]
Who’s That (Fiji Water) Girl?: At Last, A Hollywood Discovery Story to Rival Lana Turner’s
Just when you thought that there was no such thing as being “discovered” anymore, along comes Kelleth Cuthbert a.k.a. Fiji Water Girl a.k.a. the first [Read More…]
Roma: Cleaning Waters Run Deep
If there could be one word used to describe Alfonso Cuarón’s latest, Roma, it would have to be water. Even more than, say, a movie [Read More…]
If Beale Street Could Talk…It Would Tell You That Love Is A Bitch
By the time James Baldwin’s fifth novel, If Beale Street Could Talk, came out in 1974, he had already defected to the south of France–had [Read More…]
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2: An Exploration of the Sacrifice of a Successful Personal Life an Artist Must Make
As we find Miriam Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) navigating her way through the sharky waters of escalating success and recognition at the tail end of the [Read More…]
A Pure Artist Can’t Promote: Finding Vivian Maier
It is said, most especially in the twenty-first century–what with the “democratization” of the internet–that an artist can no longer “just be” an artist. They [Read More…]
Madonna Queen of Pop, Shade Isn’t Letting Go of Aretha Franklin Tribute or Shattering the Patriarchy on Xmas
Madonna, who infamously offended all who witnessed it with her alleged tribute speech to Aretha Franklin at the VMAs back in August, is not letting [Read More…]
Teacups, Wife Manipulation and Bateman Possession: Vice
Adam McKay, a longtime collaborator of former George W. Bush impersonator Will Ferrell (whose Gary Sanchez Productions had a hand in creating Vice), has a [Read More…]
Santa Baby 2.0: Miley Cyrus Puts None Too Fine A Point on How Little People Actually Listen to (& Subsequently Interpret) Lyrics
Vox Lux might have assured us that pop music is a vacuous enterprise, but that doesn’t mean that some of its powerhouses can’t have a [Read More…]