Tag: Lolita
The Anti-Lolita: Peter Bogdanovich’s Paper Moon
Peter Bogdanovich was perhaps that rare breed of director who was actually better as a result of starting out as a film critic (whereas Quentin [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey: A Patron Saint of Father’s Day, Or: Every Song By LDR That Mentions “Daddy”
Despite only one line in Lana Del Rey’s 2012 song, “Ride,” mentioning anything about a “Daddy” (while also including “father” in the lyrics, “Dying young [Read More…]
The Lolita Shtick Ain’t Workin’ in Blackpink featuring Selena Gomez’s “Ice Cream”
Even the mention of Moses can’t lend much depth to the latest single from Blackpink, a group that might be better off either not singing [Read More…]
The Two Lolitas Lyon and Swain
In 1962, on the heels of directing Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick would exhibit a rare instance of surrendering the tone of Lolita to the domineering pitch [Read More…]
Ada, Or Ardor: Literature’s Great Incest Story
Just as film has incestuous works of art in the likes of The Dreamers and Girl, Interrupted and television has it in Arrested Development, Ada, [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s Most Literary Tracks
Lana Del Rey, whose sophomore album, Ultraviolence, drops on June 17th, has always shown a predilection for literary references in her music. Even though one [Read More…]
