Tag: Genna Rivieccio
In Les Amours d’Anaïs, Acting on Attraction Can Be More Than a Mere “Experience”
It’s no secret that something happens to “old people” to make them disbelieve in such “jejune notions” as “true love.” For, after disappointments and/or abandonments, [Read More…]
On How Sean and Madonna Should Have Starred in Blind Date Instead of Shanghai Surprise
Blind Date is one of many 80s movies that serves as more of a footnote in pop culture than a “main event” (à la E.T. [Read More…]
Body is (Un)Reality: Crimes of the Future
With such a title, one would think Crimes of the Future might show a more escalated version of cyber warfare or even technological advancements in [Read More…]
On the Count of Three Serves That Rare Genre: The “Suicide Buddy Movie”
Addressing suicide “comedically” is one of the impossible feats in general, but most especially in film. Maybe that’s why the “suicide buddy movie” doesn’t happen [Read More…]
Ageism Is the Safe Bet for “Humor Rebranding” in Top Gun: Maverick
“Oh my god. This thing is so old,” Rooster (Miles Teller) says at one point when he’s given no choice but to board an F-14 [Read More…]
Top Gun Is Homoerotic Republican Porn
It feels like one of many ironies that Top Gun was ultimately the product of an Israel-born Jewish man. For in writing an article for [Read More…]
The More You Ignore Vecna, The Closer He Gets: Stranger Things 4
Just when you think Stranger Things couldn’t possibly top itself, in comes the fourth season with the most cinematic episodes of the series yet (hence, [Read More…]
We’re At the Point of Flaccid Summer Jams Now: Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa and Young Thug’s “Potion”
No stranger to working together after collaborating on “One Kiss,” the hopes for a reunion between Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa have obviously been very [Read More…]
Sky Ferreira’s “Don’t Forget”: Tailor-Made for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
With tinges of Lauren Mayberry vocals (and the entire CHVRCHES sound), Sky Ferreira is back on the scene with a vengeance after a nine-year absence. [Read More…]
The American Dream Requires the Suppression of All Reality–And So Does A Show About Angelyne
“The past is another country.” That’s certainly something Angelyne believes about Renee Goldberg, her Semitic self from long ago. In the eponymous show starring Emmy [Read More…]
