Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Don’t Ever Get Married: The Purple Rain Mantra Applies to Tonya Harding Biopic I, Tonya
As The Kid’s father (a.k.a. “Francis L.”), warned him in Purple Rain, “Don’t ever get married.” Or at least don’t let someone’s abusive form of [Read More…]
Living In Oblivion Parodies Indie Filmmaking Being Just As Impure As Major Budget Movies
The 90s. Arguably the time when indie filmmaking was at its peak definition of “indie,” in terms of major Hollywood actors suddenly wanting to get [Read More…]
Tell-Tale Heart Syndrome in Search Party Season 2: What Happens When the Problems You Thought You Wanted Become Real
When the finale of Search Party‘s first season “aired” back in November of 2016, viewers were met with a denouement very unlike any they’d ever [Read More…]
“Out of My Head” is The Jesus Prayer of Getting Over Someone
The unstoppable Charli XCX is out with yet another mixtape–proving that full-length albums are increasingly a seemingly quaint notion when you can entice a listener [Read More…]
Somehow Taylor Swift Manages to Monopolize the Anti-Sexual Harassment Movement #Too
No one is denying that Taylor Swift is a member of the countless, still unknown cases of sexual assault that have occurred in the entertainment [Read More…]
The Disaster Artist: Money Is the Answer to (Vague Artistic) Success
As far as directors/actors/writers/producers go, perhaps the only person in the history of filmmaking ever to be as lambasted as Tommy Wiseau is Ed Wood–and [Read More…]
Devil’s Advocate: Wonder Wheel Offers Shades of Tennessee Williams, Blue Jasmine
It has to be said that there is nary a favorable reception or assessment of Woody Allen these days (a light defense of Harvey Weinstein [Read More…]
“Toxic” & “Womanizer”: The Anti-Male Anthems of Britney Spears
Though Britney Spears is typically pegged as the embodiment of a conventional Southern girl, all femininity and belief in the heterosexual dynamic of the twentieth [Read More…]
Madonna’s Art Curation Influence on Mass Culture via the Music Video
They say the true mark of wealth doesn’t begin until you can afford to start art collecting. One could argue, however, that Madonna unwittingly began [Read More…]
Björk’s “Tinder Album”: Utopia Never Sounded So Treacherous
When last we left Björk on Vulnicura, which she had to release ahead of schedule back in 2015 due to one of many leaks from that [Read More…]
