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Lana Del Rey’s Fenway Park Show As Analogy for the Current State of the U.S.

By Genna Rivieccio
July 4, 2024

On June 20th (incidentally, the eve of the chanteuse’s birthday), Lana Del Rey belatedly took the stage at Fenway Park for what would mark her [Read More…]

Film

Spotlight Re-Focuses The Spotlight on Boston as The Place Where Important Historical Events Occur

By Genna Rivieccio
March 1, 2016

When it comes to the Eastern seaboard, it has long been New York City that has laid claim to the place where “important things” happen. [Read More…]

It Was Easier to (Sort of) Believe in the Defiant Optimism of a Song Like Lana Del Rey’s “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing” in 2017

The Julia Roberts-Narrated Harris-Walz Ad Sends An Antithetical Message About So-Called Female Empowerment

Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: Impossible to Forget This Year

Woman of the Hour and Saoirse Ronan on The Graham Norton Show: Two Key Moments in “The Culture” Right Now That Tell a Larger Story

The Voss Water Repetition in Smile 2 and What It Says About Film Product Placement Today

Smile 2: Stars—They’re Just Like Us!, Or: Even Pop Stars Get Demonically Possessed

Shake, Shake, Shake (It), Anora, Or: Pretty Woman This Is Not (Unless One Is Referring to the $3,000 Version Of It)

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