Last month, Bjork pulled a Beyonce and treated everyone the the unexpected release of her new album, Vulnicura. Though a smooth and powerful, accomplished record, the album was just the prelude to Bjork’s upcoming major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Set to run from March 8 through June 7, 2015, the exhibition will celebrate Bjork’s expansive 8-album career. Yesterday, […]
Lanvin’s Family-Friendly Campaign Video
Last month, Lanvin unveiled the official images from their Spring 2015 campaign, with the tagline “ALL WOMEN ARE DAUGHTERS, ALL MEN ARE SONS.” Photographed by Tim Walker, the campaing was a family affair, and quite literally so: it featured moth-daughter and father-son pairs donning Lanvin collection pieces while posing playfully. They included Violetta Sanchez with daughter Luz, Pat Cleveland with […]
Top 10 Unlikely Sex Scenes in Movies
A discussion on sex in movies doesn’t necessarily have to devolve into an exhaustive symposium on whether Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie actually “acted” during a certain scene in Don’t Look Now or the wider cultural significance of the ménage-a-trois in Wild Things: here are ten movies that push the boundaries – in one way or another – of on-screen […]
The Movie Vault: Wild Things
Revisiting Wild Things, 15 years after its release. There are many words which can be used to describe Wild Things, most of which are variations of “filthy.” While such a description isn’t wholly inaccurate, it’s, at the very least, incomplete. Wild Things is the kind of guilt-inducing trash you’ll want to hate, yet part of you will be magnetically drawn […]
Erwin Blumenfeld
By the time of his death in 1969, German photographer Erwin Blumenfeld had photographed over a dozen Vogue covers. Short of becoming a household name, Blumenfeld is now remembered as one of the most stylish photographers of all time, owing in no small part to his training as an artist. While his earlier work was strongly influenced by the Dadaist […]
Interview: Isabelle Huppert
How do you catch hold of a Miles Davis riff? A Maria Callas aria? The ethereal post-rock ostinato of Sigur Ros? It exists, but you cannot grasp its sound and emotion in your hands. The very fact of its ineffability, its mystery, is part of what makes it sublime. Such is the acting skill of French cinema icon, Isabelle Huppert. […]
FKA Twigs: Stunningly Seductive in her Artistry
London-based singer FKA Twigs signed to the sensual, moody Young Turks label (SBTRKT, The xx) late last year for the release of EP2. Aside from the sheer talent heard in her ethereal voice over electronic-tinged R&B (think How to Dress Well meets Aaliyah meets Massive Attack), Twigs threw herself into the visually stunning videos she made to accompany four out […]
Digital Love: ‘Her’ and the Post-Cybersex Era
Ever since Spike Jonze’s new movie Her debuted at the New York Film Festival last month, the film circuit has been abuzz about Scarlett Johansson’s compelling performance as the titular “her” character. Rumors have gone so far as to suggest she may be in for an Oscar – notworthy as a rumor only because she doesn’t actually show her face […]