Tobin Bell returns as the twisted killer Jigsaw in this back-to-basics sequel, which sees him exact revenge on a group of medical scammers preying on the terminally ill. Twenty years ago, Australian filmmakers/sickos Leigh Whannell and James Wan struck gold when they came up with the shockingly simple concept of Saw. Two men with chained […]
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Dress, Loewe. Choker, Vex Latex, $125. Schlumberger ring, Tiffany & Co. Ring, Louis Vuitton.Mark Seliger After Phoebe Dynevor delivered the final line in the erotic corporate thriller Fair Play, a satisfying mic drop from her character Emily, and the film cut to black, audience members inside the premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in […]
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In what could be his final film, Ken Loach fixes his gaze on a pub landlord in a town reckoning with a new population of Syrian refugees. In Which Side Are You On?, his 1984 documentary on the miners’ strike, Ken Loach focuses on the public spaces, the clubs and halls, where the miners and […]
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This story contains references to sexual assault and abuse. If you or someone you know needs support, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit rainn.org. Spoilers below. Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford have been everywhere since their fashion domination in the ’90s, from runways and magazine covers […]
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Romanian director Cristian Mungiu returns with a superb social realist western with its finger on the erratic pulse of Europe. If Europe were a person, it would be in dire need of emergency medical attention. So says Romanian New Wave lynchpin Cristian Mungiu, whose quietly scathing and precision-tooled new work administers an extremely thorough examination […]
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Katherine Hepburn didn’t do TV. “It was gospel,” veteran talk show host Dick Cavett would later recall, “her privacy was practically enforced by the military”. But in 1973, Cavett did the impossible and managed to coax Miss Hepburn, then a spry 66-year-old, out of her shell and in front of a television camera. Her on-air […]
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Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite […]
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Luxury is often associated with unattainability—high cost, utmost quality, and opulence. What if it didn’t have to be quite so impossible to achieve? Since the onset of the pandemic, the cost of a classic Chanel flap bag has gone up from $6,500 to over $10,000. Other classic luxury labels like Hermès and Dior have also […]
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On Friday, exes Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were seen hugging it out in a car in Los Angeles as Garner leaned towards Affleck from the backseat for an affectionate squeeze. Seated beside Affleck was their eldest daughter, Seraphina. Affleck leaned towards her as well, smiling and saying goodbye as she left in the photos […]
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Taylor Swift continued to make MTV VMAs history tonight, something the singer also did last year when she became the first artist to win Video of the Year three times. Tonight, she won it for the fourth time. Swift is the first artist to receive the award two years in a row, too. Swift won […]
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