Natalia Antonova

I’m not getting “festive” for the “season”

I see no point. This isn’t some sort of passive-aggressive admonition. I’m not calling on the rest of you to stop gluing tinsel to your car’s radio antenna, or to cancel the Bukovel skiing-and-pills-and-champagne plans, or whatever. I’m not going to lecture anyone about the economy. I don’t care if wreaths are tacky. I likeContinue reading “I’m not getting “festive” for the “season””

“Don’t treat me like a whore!”

Interesting to hear those words come from a man’s mouth, for a change. The problem with this trailer, though, is that you know exactly the sort of American demographic it is gunning for (obviously, I’m not at all qualified to talk about the demographic in its native France). It’s the sort of demographic that isContinue reading ““Don’t treat me like a whore!””

Monday music: Lo and behold. And “Glee.” And Weird Al love.

I’m tired, but in that good way – the fatigue of someone reclining with a beer on a deck after many long and fruitful hours of being busy and important. Looks like I’ve finally been able to express why I love Dolores Haze so much, for one thing. Check out The Second Pass in general,Continue reading “Monday music: Lo and behold. And “Glee.” And Weird Al love.”

Bernard-Henri Lévy’s immortal genius

Let me show you it. I’m not going to talk about how rape apologia is a bad thing, because if that’s not clear to you by now, you 1) fail at life and 2) are hanging out on the wrong blog. I am, however, going to say this: McCarthyism? BHL, you compare the outrage overContinue reading “Bernard-Henri Lévy’s immortal genius”

One would think that it is not scientifically possible for Patrick Stewart to be even more amazing

And one would be incorrect. And, you know, the thing about Patrick Stewart, what makes him so infinitely watchable, is the fact that whenever a character of his has a supremely difficult moment, you know that it’s coming from a real place inside of him, and yet it is also very dignified. And I don’tContinue reading “One would think that it is not scientifically possible for Patrick Stewart to be even more amazing”