Tag: Kate Winslet
The Boons and Banes of Memory Erasure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Blink Twice
Romy Schneider once said, “Memories are the best things in life, I think.” But are they, really, if some of them serve only as a [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” Video: A Postmodernist’s Wet Dream
It’s safe to say that, of all the pop stars working today (apart from, of course, Madonna), Ariana Grande is the one most blatantly enamored [Read More…]
The Real Lesson of Mare of Easttown: Gun Control
The various dissections of Mare of Easttown may forever continue to unfold (as is the case with The Sopranos), which is somewhat ironic considering the [Read More…]
Mare of Easttown: Not A Great PSA For Pennsylvania Continuing to Be Seen as a State of Inbreedin’ Rednecks
While, for the most part, pretty much all of America can be accused of being decidedly redneck—except for those rare “city pockets”—Pennsylvania (even in spite [Read More…]
Writing Is My Erection: Quills
While the Marquis de Sade’s life needs no great embellishment to make it interesting, it certainly benefited from the creative liberties of Philip Kaufman’s 2000 [Read More…]
In Fatal Attraction Fashion, Contagion Undercuttingly Positions Infidelity/Hoedom As the Cause of Society’s Woes
The beginning of Steven Soderbergh’s now iconic film, Contagion, wastes no time in making a point about how bad girls who do bad things (and [Read More…]
Contagion’s Unemotional Approach To Presenting A Novel Virus’ Creation and Chaos
Back in January, when coronavirus was nothing more than “China’s problem” to most Americans, Contagion, as a “relevant revisit,” started to rise up the ranks [Read More…]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: What A Woman Making A Successful Business Out of Cropping Your Ex Out of Photos Says About Our Society (& A Certain Generation In Particular)
Staying true to the realm of things that go viral, a woman offering to make profitable use of her Photoshop skills by way of cropping [Read More…]
Devil’s Advocate: Wonder Wheel Offers Shades of Tennessee Williams, Blue Jasmine
It has to be said that there is nary a favorable reception or assessment of Woody Allen these days (a light defense of Harvey Weinstein [Read More…]
Now We Start All Over Again: Collateral Beauty As A Christmas Carol Update
While it goes without saying that any movie Will Smith is willing to sign on for is probably going to be unforgivably maudlin (even Bad [Read More…]
