The Halloween Canon: Persia on “Ghostbusters”
There’s something of a known canon of Christmas songs. Most of them are jazz-influenced standards…
Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Persia on DUNE
Frank Herbert’s novel Dune is a sprawling epic, crossing planets and decades and centering on…
YOJIMBO: A Movie in Two Worlds by Persia
One man approaches ten, as dust blows dramatically. The two opponents—one ronin, one criminal gang—step…
Year of the Month: Persia on ORPHEUS
Did you know that Jean Cocteau was lucky enough to have the most beautiful lovers…
Year of the Month: Persia on TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
“The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a street gang,” Hannah Gadsby says in her latest…
“I Just Want to Sleep” — Persia on the Narrow, Dark world of THE MACHINIST
The Machinist never really lets up. The skeleton (if you’ll pardon the expression) of the…
I Feel I Have So Many Projects and I Haven’t Completed Them Yet: Roy Horn, 1944-2020–an obituary by Persia
I grew up in the waning days of the variety show, and of big, flashy…
To Dust We Return: Persia on THE GRAPES OF WRATH in a Pandemic
From the perspective of 2020, it’s hard to believe how quickly John Steinbeck’s novel The…
Loser’s Debut: Persia on CAN’T BUY A THRILL
Believe it or not, I’ve never smoked pot. I didn’t have a cool stoner uncle…
“She Was the Happiest Corpse I’d Ever Seen”: Persia on CABARET and the Show that Didn’t End
Unlike most stories that lend themselves to multiple adaptations and forms, the architecture behind Cabaret…