As we slowly enter the first full month of Spring, we highlight some of the essential indie movies hitting theaters this month, including Olivier Assayas’ complex Clouds of Sils Maria and Wim Wenders’ touching celebration of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. Clouds of Sils Maria Director: Olivier Assayas Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche, Brady Corbet, Angela Winkler […]
Alex Karpovsky
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here exists only a few different ways to deal with bad cell-phone service and each reveals a different set of character traits. There are those who realize the issue, try calling back, get denied and throw the phone away never to be heard from again. Those who pretend it was the person on the other line’s fault and ignore the […]
Chloe Sevigny, Liv Tyler, Binx Walton in Proenza Schouler Short
Proenza Schouler enlisted the help of Chloe Sevigny, Binx Walton, Fei Fei Sun and a very pregnant Liv Tyler to showcase their Spring/Summer 2015 collection. The actresses and models appear in a short film, directed by photographer Harley Weir which plays out as brief confessionals, while cracking eggs onto shoes and shyly smiling at the camera. The girls, described as “muses” by […]
Fashion Documentaries to Keep On Your Radar
With last week’s premiere of the trailer for Iris, the upcoming documentary about iconic 93-year old fashion maven Iris Apfel, we take a look at some of the most noteworthy fashion movies (both confirmed and those still in production) that are set to be released in the coming months. Get the popcorn ready. [small_title title=”IRIS”] Director: Albert Maysles Starring: Iris Apfel Iconic fashion maven […]
5 Movies to See at SXSW
SXSW kicks off this weekend. Before the film showcase’s wrap on March 21, over 100 movies will be screened in a variety of categories, many of them world premieres. Just like any festival of similar magnitude, however, navigating such an extensive program can be overwhelming. But we are here to help. If you are in Austin and only have time for 5 […]
Joshua Oppenheimer
The director of the acclaimed and controversial Act of Killing on completing his difficult cinematic journey in Indonesia. In 2012, director Joshua Oppenheimer released the controversial documentary titled, The Act Of Killing, taking the yearlong mass killings in Indonesia during 1965-1966 and placing them within the present. The killers, a gang of terrorists led by Anwar Congo, reenact the murdering […]
Tom Ford Working on Second Film
Fans of Tom Ford’s 2009 directorial debut, the exquisite A Single Man, which starred Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Nicholas Hoult, may be in luck: it appears that Tom Ford is on track to step behind the camera for a second time. The designer revealed to WWD that he is working on a film adaptation of a thriller novel, the […]
Bjork Premieres ‘Black Lake’ Short Film Trailer
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, […]
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 […]