Tag: Los Angeles
Let’s Not Forget Hawaii: Jhené Aiko Shows Meditative Stamina on Chilombo
With her previous two albums being titled Souled Out and Trip, it’s only right that Jhené Aiko should continue the motif centered around spiritual exploration [Read More…]
Turns Out L.A. Even Makes Serial Killing Passive Aggressive: Season 2 of You
It feels rather meta appropriate that one, Joe Goldberg, sometimes known as Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), should end up in L.A. for the season two [Read More…]
LDR Does Some Live Action/Animation Blending for a Mary Poppins Effect in Norman Fucking Rockwell Video Trilogy
One of the many bottom lines of Lana Del Rey’s latest video (one-upping the double video concept of “Fuck It I Love You” and “The [Read More…]
Lina Wertmüller At Last Given Some Overdue Credit With Honorary Oscar at Governors Awards
While an Oscar appears to become increasingly meaningless with each passing year, the sentiment behind it was not lost on veteran Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller [Read More…]
Drowning in a Pool of Washed Up Memories: Miley Cyrus’ “Slide Away” Video
In the annals of Miley Cyrus videos, there is no shortage of party scenes. Yet with her latest one for the Liam Hemsworth-alluding (once again) [Read More…]
The Ease With Which People Adopt “Being Californian”
Even more than New York (City, for the rest of the state is rather nothing to write home about unless you’re Washington Irving), California represents [Read More…]
He’s Probably at The Probe: American Gigolo
Naturally, a movie called American Gigolo would ultimately be billed as a love story in the 80s. For what could be more romantic at that [Read More…]
Critical Mass (Murder): Velvet Buzzsaw
Perhaps only feeling comfortable enough to get at his freakiest with Jake Gyllenhaal as his muse, mostly screenwriter Dan Gilroy has seen fit to, once [Read More…]
“If You Really Love Nothing,” You’re Probably Living In L.A. & Are Kristen Stewart
As all bands tend to do once they get big enough and have established the longevity that proves they deserve a bigger budget for their [Read More…]
Going Through Hollywood to Get to the Presidency: A Symbol of the Ever-Deteriorating Meaning of Politics
Not that Hollywood really means anything anymore–at least in terms of being held up as an impenetrable beacon of light that we should all aspire [Read More…]
