The Spanish filmmaker reflects on the romance at the heart of his new queer western, Strange Way of Life, and the freedom of working in a shorter format. In 32 minutes, Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life packs in more tenderness, eroticism and cinephile references than most feature films manage across a couple of hours. […]
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Michel Franco’s drama about the chokehold of the past boasts star power in Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, but never quite delivers on its emotional premise. The duality of memory is a concept that human beings have been forced to grapple with ever since our brains first functioned with even the slightest indication of cohesion. […]
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Ira Sachs’ latest drama features steamy sex, passionate rows, and some of the best cinematic knitwear in years. We speak to the film’s costume designer to find out how the film developed its signature style. Ira Sachs is well known for telling messy, hopelessly human stories about love, marriage, addiction, and family. His latest, Passages, […]
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Three of manager Scooter Braun’s biggest longterm clients, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and Demi Lovato, have all generated headlines in the past couple days about their future with him. Grande and Lovato have parted ways with him, while Bieber is still working with Braun for now…but their actual relationship is reportedly a little complicated. Another […]
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As Variety returns with a 2K restoration, Bette Gordon reflects on the making of a cult classic, her love for ‘80s New York and her friendship with Nan Goldin. Bette Gordon grew up watching New York City in black-and-white movies. When she moved there in the late ’70s, she was a visual artist and filmmaker […]
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This week’s denim challenge accomplishes what the “single bolt of red fabric” challenge, inexplicably, could not: It shows off the individual style of each remaining designer. When our (by this point, thoroughly exhausted) cohort arrive in Westport, Connecticut, to tour Christian’s latest outpost, he informs them that “every major designer”—himself included—is “doing denim.” Naturally, then, […]
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In the realm of contemporary culture few can be said to effectively evoke the image of the effortlessly cool girl that has become synonymous with the name Jane Birkin. If you can’t put a face to the name, chances are you have come across throwaway references to Hermès’ eponymous Birkin bag in a slew of […]
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Megan Fox bared it all in her latest Instagram post. Earlier this week, the Jennifer’s Body star shared pictures taken by Cibelle Levi from a recent photo shoot that had her embracing Mother Nature by posing almost completely naked alongside a creek. For the shoot, Fox wore a white corset maxi dress with frilly lace […]
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Spoilers below. This week, Project Runway is all in on the no-pants trend. It’s an intriguing prompt for the remaining designers, who must spend this episode’s one-day time limit putting together a couture look featuring undergarments as the main attraction. The catch—there’s always a catch—is that these knickers mustn’t give off the effect of lingerie. […]
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28 Days Later, the apocalyptic zombie film which gave Cillian Murphy his breakout role, opens and closes with two near-identical scenes. Both moments find Jim, played by Murphy, scared, injured and confused, the camera pressed hard to his face as he tries to decipher the situation in which he finds himself. These bookends, while framed […]
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