Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Yuppie Tribalism (Dance Party in Patrick Bateman’s Apartment): Charli XCX’s “Baby” Video
Perhaps if Patrick Bateman hadn’t given a chapter-long discourse on Whitney Houston’s career trajectory in American Psycho, he would have opted instead to do so [Read More…]
Second Estate Food Is For Everyone (Or Should Be): Délicieux
As far as French history goes, one never tires of the approaches that can be taken in exploring the French Revolution. A phenomenon not really [Read More…]
Radioactive Hauntology: Prisoners of the Ghostland
For Nicolas Cage to deem Prisoners of the Ghostland as “the wildest movie I’ve ever made” is, of course, really saying something. This is the [Read More…]
Florence + the Machine’s “King” One-Ups “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” on the Feminist Anthem Front, But Is Still Hemmed In By the Limits of a Patriarchal Language
It’s been four years since Florence + the Machine came out with High As Hope, the band’s fourth record released over a nine-year period. If [Read More…]
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Claim Regarding Red (Taylor’s Version) Sparks the Query: Is It Less Satisfying to Know the Ex You Targeted in Your Art Will Never “Receive” the Work?
In a new Esquire cover story, “Jake Gyllenhaal Reconsiders” or, in print format, “Jake Gyllenhaal Is Not the Man You Think He Is,” the eponymous [Read More…]
When Love Goes to Shit, So Does a Joint Biz, Or: Some Winos Aren’t Forever, Namely Angelina Jolie
As a key couple among the most tainted loves of twenty-first century pop culture, it’s only “right” (or rather, expected) that the drama between Angelina [Read More…]
Mondo Ironico #5: J. Lo Having a Song Called “Marry Me”
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. On the one hand, it might seem perfectly [Read More…]
New York Causes a Spontaneous Mental Blackout: Italian Studies
The memory loss or “spontaneous amnesia” genre is nothing new in cinema. It arguably began in 1915, with The Garden of Lies and The Right [Read More…]
Image is Everything, Love is a Lie: Why The Tinder Swindler Resonates On So Many Levels
As the slow burn of Netflix’s latest hit, The Tinder Swindler, unfolds, viewers might initially be led to believe Felicity Morris’ documentary is nothing special. [Read More…]
“London Samantha Jones” as a Composite of Edina and Patsy From Absolutely Fabulous
Maybe it’s not a coincidence that the word “fabulous” was bandied about so freely on Sex and the City. Maybe it was all light foreshadowing [Read More…]
