Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Gaping Plot Points & Political Incorrectness Can’t Keep The Lady Is Willing Down
A lot of selfish women suddenly realize later on in life the mistake they’ve made in not having had children when they were able to. [Read More…]
We Have No Choice But To Hear You: Alanis Morissette Writes Broadway Musical Incarnation of Jagged Little Pill
Stop getting attached to the idea that any element of pop culture is sacred, least of all any album that helped you survive a trying [Read More…]
Crazy–Like A Whore!–Fassbinder’s Lola & The Commodity of Love
Rainer Werner Fassbinder is arguably the authority on films about prostitutes, particularly in his later canon of work. Though even some of his mid-era filmography [Read More…]
Sofia Coppola’s Milestone Win At Cannes Would Feel A Shade Less Tainted If It Weren’t For Two Major Factors
Without question, Sofia Coppola is a talented director. Her vision and influence pervades every film she touches. Even when those films are as decidedly blasé [Read More…]
Hailee Steinfeld Shuts Down the So-Called Compliment of Males Who Use the Cliche “You’re Not Like Most Girls”
As it gets to be less and less socially acceptable to pigeonhole women as any one thing–or as a “thing” at all–Hailee Steinfeld, who, in [Read More…]
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: The 50th Anniversary & The Importance of Finding It In High School
Like most music that is timeless and essential, it’s best to discover it when you’re in high school–at that pivotal coming of age phase of [Read More…]
I Love Dick & The Anathema Concept of Man as Muse
Jill Soloway, always to be counted on for her impressionistic stylings (see: any of those Berlin flashbacks in season two of Transparent), is perhaps the [Read More…]
Bad Luck & American Female Celebrities in Europe
As Manchester gradually works toward recovering from the terrorist attack that took place while Ariana Grande performed at Manchester Arena on May 22nd, it bears recalling [Read More…]
Donald Trump in Europe: The Rainbow Tour It Is Not
While Eva Perón has been deified (thanks to both Patti LuPone and Madonna’s renderings of her–though, don’t tell that to the former) in the period since [Read More…]
Twin Peaks: The Return Brings A Heightened Twist of Darkness to David Lynch’s Grasp & Love of Americana
“If there’s one thing you should know about me, Ray, it’s that I don’t need anything. I want.” So reminds Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) in [Read More…]