Tag: Genna Rivieccio
A Friends Reunion is Probably The Last Thing America Needs to Allay Constant Disappointment
People in the United States seem to have a legitimate disease: nostalgia. Maybe this is why they’re desperate for another Clinton in office and, now, [Read More…]
The Danish Girl Shows Us That When Art & Love Combine, It’s Always Fucked Up
As couples throughout the history of art and creativity have shown us time and time again, to be with another artist seals one’s fate for [Read More…]
The Revenant: You Can’t Say You Deserve an Oscar Until You’ve Crawled Inside a Dead Horse
As the history of great storytelling has reiterated time and time again, most lauded narratives tend to be fueled by revenge. Alejandro G. Iñárritu, once called Alejandro [Read More…]
Love & Obsession, As Deciphered By Sleeping With Other People
The age-old question of whether or not men and women can truly be friends is addressed in a new light with Leslye Headland’s Sleeping With Other [Read More…]
Sean Penn’s El Chapo Interview: An Exercise in Self-Aggrandizement on Both Sides
Correct me if I’m wrong, but if one encounters one of the most wanted men in the world and simply decides to interview him instead [Read More…]
Arrested Development Season 5: A Politically Tinged Version of Clue
While the enthusiasm for the Netflix-distributed fourth season of Arrested Development back in 2013 was somewhat marginal, that hasn’t stopped creator Mitchell Hurwitz from wanting to [Read More…]
The Madonna-Bowie Connection
Needless to say, any embryonic talent who saw David Bowie perform in the 70s ended up going on to be influenced by him: Joy Division, [Read More…]
Youth: Paolo Sorrentino’s Greatest “Testament” Yet
For many, especially Italians, there will never be a comparison to Paolo Sorrentino’s 2013 pièce de résistance, La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty). Its Fellini-esque [Read More…]
Golden Globes 2016: More Interesting Than Last Year
Award shows can always go one of two ways: utterly drab or a complete shit show. In the case of this year’s Golden Globe Awards, [Read More…]
The Uncanny Death Timing of David Bowie
David Bowie, for all intents and purposes, was an alien. Fittingly, his first single was “Space Oddity,” establishing a decades long career of his anomalousness [Read More…]
