STRANGE DAYS Movie of the Week: A Women’s+ Canon Article by Persia
It’s a pity Kathryn Bigelow only started winning major awards when she switched genres to…
A Kiss on the Hand May Be Quite Continental…but GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES Is About a Lot More Than “Diamonds”: A Women’s+ Canon Article by Persia
…have you ever heard of the words “star quality”? Is it the same as talent?…
This Is It: The Highly Specific Universals in ONE DAY AT A TIME, or Peak TV Is More Than Bad Men Doing Interesting Things, a Women’s+ Canon Article by Persia
Are we in “Peak TV?” Have we passed that peak or is the best yet…
Year of the Month: Persia on Twistin’ the Night Away
Sam Cooke’s story is not unfamiliar if you follow early rock and roll: his father…
Year of the Month: Persia on The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
In Season 5 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, the show debuted its second host –…
Year of the Month: Persia on American Psycho
The eighties weren’t easy on New York City. The murder rate rose through the decade…
Year of the Month: Persia on “In the Year 2000!” and Conan O’Brien
In 1993, Conan O’Brien’s good-natured late-night show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien debuted. Conan, a…
What’s Porn Got to Do With It? Persia on Boogie Nights, Orgazmo, and American Obsessions
America doesn’t talk much about porn, but it thinks about it all the time. We…
Year of the Month: Persia on Kismet
Well, Kismet sure is pretty. An Orientalist fantasy that never quite commits to its Orientalism,…