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One Night Only Is a Wet Dream (for Those Who Dream of Marriage-Fueled Capitalism Enduring)

By Genna Rivieccio
August 31, 2026

As far as debuts go, screenwriter Travis Braun theoretically had everything “on his side” when it came to One Night Only, what with being the [Read More…]

Film

Regina George Fucked The World, Or: Popular Girls Should Be Deemed Losers For Promoting Fossil Fuels

By Genna Rivieccio
October 20, 2020

It is the high school trope that any girl who is popular has a car, and, obviously, the most au courant model, to boot, depending [Read More…]

Film Pop Culture

Et tu, Molly Ringwald?

By Genna Rivieccio
October 24, 2017

The title “Ain’t She Sweet” in the May 26, 1986 issue of TIME (still endlessly relevant in the 80s) describing the state of Molly Ringwald [Read More…]

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Repo Man As Prequel to Pretty in Pink

By Genna Rivieccio
September 16, 2017

Alex Cox and John Hughes have little in common directorially–except for Harry Dean Stanton. A testament to the character actor’s ability to flit in and [Read More…]

Pop Culture

Kylie Jenner Puts Prom Back on the Map In, Of All Places, Sacramento

By Genna Rivieccio
April 12, 2017

While Kylie’s sister, Kendall, might be fucking up left and right (but mainly right in police sympathizing), Kylie herself is showing herself to be a [Read More…]

Film

The Edge of Seventeen Often Feels Like The Edge of Thirty, Forty & Beyond

By Genna Rivieccio
November 22, 2016

Billed essentially as the teen movie that’s been missing in our lives since Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman brought us 2007’s Juno, Kelly Fremon Craig’s The [Read More…]

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The Intertwined Hearts of Molly Ringwald & John Hughes

By Genna Rivieccio
February 19, 2016

On February 18th, what would have marked John Hughes’ sixty-sixth birthday, it is significant to appreciate not just the shaper of 80s culture’s date of [Read More…]

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The 30th Anniversary of Pretty in Pink Comes at An Approriately Romantic Time

By Genna Rivieccio
February 13, 2016

When it comes to movies about forbidden love, Shakespeare adaptations have nothing on John Hughes’ 1986 classic, Pretty in Pink. Centered around the intelligent, “offbeat” [Read More…]