Year of the Month: Persia on NEAR DARK
On the last day of 1986, Variety reviewed the second feature film by Kathryn Bigelow,…
Year of the Month: Persia on Peter Falk’s Great Third Act
Peter Falk was lucky, and gifted, enough to deliver several once-in-a-lifetime performances. A notable internet…
Year of the Month: Persia on BELLE DE JOUR
One of the local libraries holds its annual used book sale right around my birthday,…
The River Isn’t Deep, But the Current Is Strong: Persia on “Ode to Billie Joe”
The mystery surrounding “Ode to Billie Joe” has often overshadowed the song itself. We know…
Fuck the Canon: An Intersectional Femivision Article by Persia
Sam Elliot shot his mouth off just in time for me to kick off this…
Hail Margaret: Persia on The Marx Brothers’ Not-So-Secret Weapon
“There’s an art to playing straight. You must build up your man, but never top…
Year of the Month: Persia on THE EPIC OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
I grew up in not-quite-nowhere, the kind of small town with a little shop or…
After all, Miss, this is France: Persia on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
When considering the core text of “Beauty and the Beast,” as much as there is…
Year of the Month: Persia on THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
The Best Years of Our Lives begins with a man trying to get home. The…
Year of the Month: Persia on BEDTIME FOR FRANCES
There might never be a better book written about nighttime struggles than Bedtime for Frances.…