Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Harry & Meghan: A Love Story Bogged Down by Family, Media and Racism
In the fifth episode of Harry & Meghan, the lyrics to Nina Simone’s “Do What You Gotta Do” play (which Kanye “Ye” West unfortunately repurposed [Read More…]
Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out
Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really [Read More…]
Hungry Love: Bones and All
Despite the alleged increasing “openness” of society to those who are “different,” there remains a paucity of films about cannibals. And even literary tales of [Read More…]
Caroline Polachek Channels Circe on “Welcome to My Island”
On the heels of the “Sunset” video, Caroline Polachek continues to intensify the anticipation of her fourth solo record, Desire, I Want to Turn Into [Read More…]
Emily the Criminal Underscores the Cycle of Poverty in All Its Unavoidability As a Law-Abiding Sap
While everyone is still focused on Aubrey Plaza’s performance as Harper Spiller in The White Lotus, it bears reminding the masses of another Plaza performance [Read More…]
Class and Karma Collide in The White Lotus’ Second Season, Or: STD Party in Sicily
After a long viewer journey meant to cover a mere week in Taormina, Sicily (a.k.a. tourist kryptonite thanks to The Godfather being shot there), the [Read More…]
It’s Time to Acknowledge Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” As a Christmas Song
For a while now, Ellie Goulding has been the unsung heroine of an unacknowledged Christmas classic in the seasonal canon. That’s right, 2011’s “Lights,” from [Read More…]
Did You Know That Lana Del Rey Wouldn’t Give Us A Song Without A Bit of L.A. History To It?, Or: “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”
Having recently cited Harry Nilsson’s “Coconut” as one of her all-time favorite songs, maybe it should come as no shock that Lana Del Rey has [Read More…]
“Mouth” As The Soundtrack to Being Infected While Out and About
Among Bush’s often underrated oeuvre is a song from their 1996 album, Razorblade Suitcase. Although “Swallowed” was its lead single—garnering the most attention—“Mouth” would later [Read More…]
2015 Was A Lonely Time For Those Trying To #MeToo Before It Existed: Luckiest Girl Alive
It’s easy for many to forget how different things were before the end of 2017 when it came to speaking openly about sexual assault. Most [Read More…]
