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…
Birth of the Cool: Persia on Unadaptable AKIRA
Akira starts today. Released on July 16, 1988, the movie begins with what looks like…
Persia on MOBY DICK: Big Novel, Little Movie
There are three questions one must ask in considering any adaptation of Herman Melville’s magnificent…
No Way Out: Persia on the Inescapable Karma of INFERNAL AFFAIRS
I still haven’t seen The Departed. I’m sure it’s good, or at least competent, and…