Let There Be Light: Persia on The Complicated Labyrinth of THE TOMBS OF ATUAN
Ursula K. Le Guin had never written books for young people before changing the field…
You’re out of control: Persia on The Rootless Culture of MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
Most, if not all, of the directors of the New Queer Cinema didn’t want to…
Year of the Month: Persia on ALL MY SONS
One of EC Comics’ darkest and goriest stories is “’Tain’t the Meat, It’s the Humanity,”,…
You Will Make Some Sense of This: Persia on GHOST IN THE MACHINE
The Police felt like legends almost out of the gate, a not-quite-punk, not-yet-New Wave act…
Ain’t There Anyone Here for (Platonic) Love? Persia on Dorothy, Lorelei, and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady was a light comic trifle…
Guest Editorial: In Praise of Taking a Break, or, Why No Filler Can Be Killer by Persia
Trigun Stampede, a new adaptation of Yasuhiro Nightow’s manga by anime studio Orange, is one…
Hollywood’s Guide to Female Friendship: Persia on BRIDESMAIDS and THE HELP
The first time we see Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph together in Bridesmaids, they’re sneaking…
Let Me Hold Your Hand: The British Invasion Begins
People talk a lot about the impact the early rock ’n’ rollers had on the…
A Funny Thing Happened. The Movie Started Working: Persia on UNDER SIEGE and the Charms of Classic Action
From the perspective of 2022, Under Siege sounds ridiculous. Die Hard on a ship, with…
The Absurd Weight of Existence: Persia on Camus in 1942
If you want to talk about Camus, you have to talk about war. Technically, there…