CW: Addiction, drug use It had been whispered about years prior to Sarah O’Connor’s 2018 article for The Financial Times regarding her article, “Left behind: can anyone save the… Read more “Hulu’s Dopesick is a disturbing look into Big Pharma’s seduction of the U.S. zeitgeist”
It’s expensive to be poor: Netflix’s limited series MAID offers a stark portrait of poverty in America
According to an October 12th, 2021 Reuter’s article, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) trimmed its global growth forecast from 6.0% to 5.9%, with a 2022 forecast of… Read more “It’s expensive to be poor: Netflix’s limited series MAID offers a stark portrait of poverty in America”
Odette’s Inferno, A Poem Reimagining Henri Georges Clouzot’s Hell
I am to desire a sea of violets, reckoning, vibrancy disrupted and lit on fire.
Bus Stop Proved to Be Marilyn’s Respite from the Overbearing Studio System
023:23 minutes/seconds into Bus Stop, the essence of the film reveals itself to you. If you’re a fan of Marilyn Monroe’s earlier work (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The… Read more “Bus Stop Proved to Be Marilyn’s Respite from the Overbearing Studio System”
Los Angeles’ Child: Marilyn’s History with the City of Angels
“Somewhere between Westward Expansion and before the boom of the talking motion picture, Norma Jeane Mortenson was born.”
Announcing: The Marilyn Monroe Issue
In celebration of her birthday week, we are commemorating the life and work of Marilyn Monroe in our first issue. Considered bombshell, comedienne, intellectual, and larger-than-life, Monroe… Read more “Announcing: The Marilyn Monroe Issue”
Robert Mulligan’s 1963 film, Love with the Proper Stranger, still emits a bold and timeless prescience
Love with the Proper Stranger is a film that doesn’t receive enough recognition. Released in 1963, it stars Natalie Wood as Angie Rossini, a Macy’s salesgirl, and… Read more “Robert Mulligan’s 1963 film, Love with the Proper Stranger, still emits a bold and timeless prescience”
In the Mood for Love: Interiors
I. The building crowned by tangerine light, warmth like the sun juiced out. A brushing shoulder, a moment shared between staying and going. II. Our hands at… Read more “In the Mood for Love: Interiors”
With Somewhere, Sofia Coppola gives us a proxy stay at the notorious Château Marmont
“‘Who is Johnny Marco?’ an Italian reporter asks. It’s a question that’s been eating him up inside, we can tell. Johnny Marco is Hollywood’s bad boy movie star and he’s having an existential crisis. We see him post-interview in the back of a limo heading down Sunset Boulevard. He needs to decompress and wants anonymity. There’s only ever one place to go during times like these if you’re lost in the belly of the beast that is Hollywood. In order to transcend this cataclysmic breakdown, one only needs to check into the Château Marmont.”
Sofia Coppola’s Debut Feature Reveals Her Kaleidoscopic, Incandescent Views on Life
CW: Suicide It’s one of the most telling scenes of the film. Mr. Lisbon (played by James Woods) sits at his favorite La-Z Boy, flanked by funeral… Read more “Sofia Coppola’s Debut Feature Reveals Her Kaleidoscopic, Incandescent Views on Life”
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