Tag: Los Angeles
The Sibling Neuroses of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
“You mean, all this time, we could’ve been friends?” As Robert Aldrich’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? draws to a close on the beach of [Read More…]
If You Were Justin Timberlake Being Sold on NYC by Mila Kunis in Friends With Benefits
Perhaps the most vexing element about 2011’s Friends With Benefits isn’t that another similarly premised film, No Strings Attached, came out the same year or [Read More…]
Take A Honeymoon With Lana Del Rey
The countdown to the release of Honeymoon has been building for some time now, with the release of the video for “High By the Beach” [Read More…]
Nuns Against Katy Perry
When you’re Katy Perry, there’s a general tendency for a lot of people to be against you. Like her occasional mentor, Madonna, Perry has the [Read More…]
Looking Back at the Golden-Hearted Whore of Pretty Woman 25 Years Later
When Pretty Woman first came out, the concept behind the story was not technically shocking. Films about prostitutes had already been done to death by [Read More…]
The Foul Ways of Kim Fowley
No child of Los Angeles is ever “okay.” Record producer Kim Fowley is one of many examples of this fact. After suffering a long battle [Read More…]
Ariel Pink: The Men’s Activist White Men Have Been Waiting For
Ariel Pink has been around longer than most L.A. restaurants, and yet, it is only now with the release of his thirteenth–yes thirteenth (fourteen, if [Read More…]
On Morrissey’s Deathbed
The recent (tear-jerking) reports that Morrissey has cancer has led one to wonder: what would Morrissey say/admit to on his deathbed? Would he be fanciful [Read More…]
Ariel Pink Delves Into Modern Romance With “Put Your Number In My Phone”
Ariel Pink has always been something of a romantic songwriter, it’s just a matter of reading between the lines. His latest single, “Put Your Number [Read More…]
The Early 00s Nature of Charlie’s Angels
The early 00s was a particularly distinct time in the world of film. Movies like Josie and the Pussycats, Two Can Play That Game and [Read More…]
