Tag: writing
Naturally, Imposter Syndrome Is Tackled Through the Lens of “Being A Screenwriter” in Only Murders in the Building’s “Adaptation” Episode
When it comes to wanting to emulate a certain screenwriter, the biggest “douchebag cliché” veers toward Charlie Kaufman worship. In the screenwriting world, it almost [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #26: The Belief That Telling “Fatima” To Give Up the Ghost of A Life Pursuing Her Art Is New or Outrageous
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it affects. [Read More…]
Valeria Is More Than A Spanish Sex and the City
On the heels of Netflix’s latest Spanish hit (following Cable Girls), Valeria, the barrage of comparisons to Sex and the City have come in ad [Read More…]
Catherine Tramell: The Truman Capote of the Cinematic World
Has there ever been a more nefarious writer rendered to the screen than Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) in Basic Instinct? It’s unlikely. There has, however, [Read More…]
Sheila Heti Asks How Should A Person Be?, Doesn’t Quite Answer Question
The acclaimed debut novel of Sheila Heti, How Should A Person Be? asks a bold, sweeping question that never really gets answered by the time [Read More…]
Are You A Writer? [Insert Gag Noise Here]
For most “writers,” being asked the question, “Are you a writer?” is not an emotional experience that results in a five second existential crisis. Most [Read More…]
Is It Impossible for Modern Writers to be Considered Intellectual?
While writers bear a certain amount of self-deprecation, self-doubt and self-loathing, they also possess a fair amount of ego. After all, what could be more [Read More…]
Wayne Kostenbaum Talks Briefly About the 80s in My 1980s
If your eye was caught by the cover of Wayne Kostenbaum’s My 1980s and you automatically assumed it had to be about said decade, there’s [Read More…]
The Truth
Can this please be plastered throughout Brooklyn?
