Lacking a steely central performance (a la Reese Witherspoon‘s eerily perky slow burn in “Election”) or a headfirst plunge into kinky camp (as in “Wild Things”: come for the catfight, stay for full ...

There’s a scene in “Pretty Persuasion,” Marcos Siega’s broad swipe at high school, the entertainment industry, racism, dog love, local news, bad parenting and pretty much you name it, in which a ...

Pretty Persuasion belongs to the curious subgenre of comedies about oversexed young people who revel in their own transgressive naughtiness, ratcheting up the sex, nastiness, and emotional brutality ...

Pretty Persuasion: Black comedy. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, Jane Krakowski and Elisabeth Harnois. Directed by Marcos Siega. (Not rated. 109 minutes.At Bay Area theaters.) "Pretty ...

R.E.M. gave a rare live performance on Thursday night, playing their 1984 song "Pretty Persuasion" at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown of Athens, Georgia. The last time R.E.M. performed together was ...

R.E.M. surprised fans recently with a rare live performance in Athens, Georgia on Thursday, February 27. The band kicked off a stunning set at the 40 Watt Club in their hometown, and they whipped out ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Buried beneath the cute outfits and fast metabolisms of high school girls, lies a daunting, ...

Yet another sociopathic high school vixen wreaks havoc in "Pretty Persuasion," an exercise in bad taste that takes itself just seriously enough to be offensive. Slick veneer and saleable thematic ...

“Heathers.” “Election.” Anything by Todd Solondz. Even “Cruel Intentions.” All of these films skewer their intended targets with more precision and depth than the similarly themed but overreaching ...