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Movie and Music Analysis from One Lacking Any Credentials to Provide It

  • Movie Review: “The Menu” (Mark Mylod, USA 2022)

    Movie Review: “The Menu” (Mark Mylod, USA 2022)

    The response to this film has largely focused on its skewering of “foodie” culture and/or, more generally, the wealthy. It’s about how these silly rich people don’t understand what they’re doing and pay enormous sums of money for nonsense food. It’s about how performative the food culture is. It’s about how performative the world of…

  • “Requiem Metal” and “I’ve Been Dreaming up a Storm Lately” by Pandora’s Box

    “Requiem Metal” and “I’ve Been Dreaming up a Storm Lately” by Pandora’s Box

    “Requiem Metal” is a recording of a short excerpt from Giuseppi Verdi’s “Messa de Requieum.” It’s a famous bit of music (one that parts of “The Storm” back on Bad for Good closely mirrored) and this version “produced and arranged” by Steinman doesn’t stand out at all versus other versions I have heard. It’s dramatic,…

  • “Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls go Everywhere)” by Pandora’s Box

    This song is technically a cover, as the original was released in 1986 by Megumi Shiina under the title “Kanashimi wa tsudzukanai.” I’m not covering that version. I have been able to find it on a Google-owned video website, and it it is a fine version of the song. I just feel like it’s silly…