Tag: Genna Rivieccio
If Your Cat Could Talk, He Would Say, “Feed Me, Fuckface”: The Voices
Is it challenging to make a schizophrenic serial killer come across as endearing? Not for Ryan Reynolds interpreting Michael R. Perry’s deftly paced script for [Read More…]
Can We Get A Bechdel Test For Pop Songs?: Katy Perry Takes A Lyrical Page From “Ex”-Nemesis Taylor Swift’s Playbook on “Small Talk”
Perhaps there ought to be a separate definition for the Bechdel test when it comes to the pop song, for it appears practically impossible for [Read More…]
A Midsommar Night’s Psilocybin Trip
For many watching Midsommar, the furthest thing from their mind will be the image of its then four-year-old director, Ari Aster, taking in his first [Read More…]
The American (Double) Standard of Consequence
With the wave of two coinciding incidents involving Americans abroad (for yes, A$AP Rocky is, at the end of the day, just another American)–namely, Europe, [Read More…]
The Process and Inspiration Behind “Looking For America” Echoes “Coachella-Woodstock In My Mind”
On the weekend of April 15-16 in 2017, the strange festival-turned-Instagram “influencer’s” wet dream that is Coachella found Lana Del Rey among the ranks of [Read More…]
The Corporation That Sold A Gun to Mass Shoot Itself
The corporation will sell the noose to hang itself. If it means profits, so be it. And it’s all a variation on a quote often [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Carries the *NSYNC Torch Re: the Heteronormative Thrill of Repressed Desire a.k.a. the Hunt on “boyfriend”
Re-teaming with longtime directorial collaborator Hannah Lux Davis (who also brought us the scandalous for its cultural appropriativeness “7 Rings“), Ariana Grande continues to go [Read More…]
Jessica Jones, Season 3: A Nod to the Most Unique Masochists of All–The Ones Who Stay in NYC
There are two factions of NYC residents: those who leave and those who stay. Those who declare their undying devotion for it and those who [Read More…]
Subverting Pastiche: Some Takeaways From the Norman Fucking Rockwell Album Cover
As Lana Del Rey stans proceed to attempt picking the wigs that were snatched up off the floor after getting an official release date and [Read More…]
The Hustle Continues to Accent A Longstanding Issue With the Female Con Movie
While, of course, it’s always “refreshing” to see any scale of a production company throw women a bone by pushing projects through that feature “heroines” [Read More…]
