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Cate Blanchett Is the Lead, but Nina Hoss Is the First Violin in Tár
In Tár, Nina Hoss plays Sharon, Lydia Tár’s partner. They share both a personal and a professional life together. Sharon is the concertmaster in the Berlin orchestra conducted by Tár (Cate Blanchett). Behind a powerful woman, there is a more powerful woman. Read More
Interview with Avatar Costume Designer Deborah L. Scott: “The Process Is the Same. You Build the Character!”
Costume undergoes its own groundbreaking evolution in Avatar: The Way of Water while still operating within the mise en scène as an aid of character and narrative. In a unique filmmaking effort, Deborah L. Scott invented a new costume paradigm. Read More
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January Newsletter: An Extraordinary Life, An Ordinary Man, and Finding Alain Delon
The Smiths have this image of an immovable Alain Delon on the floor on the cover of their The Queen Is Dead album. I have always been intrigued by that cover, and yet I didn’t want to look into it, I didn’t want to find out what film it was from, just waiting to one day come across the film and have that image reveal to me. I have finally come across that film. Read More
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One Classic Look: Karen Allen in “Starman”
Karen Allen in John Carpenter’s “Starman”, 1984. Columbia Pictures In John Carpenter’s 1984 sci-fi Starman, Jeff Bridges is a space being trying to make contact with humans, after answering a NASA message intended for aliens. Upon arrival on Earth, … Read More
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A Sight to Behold: Katharine Hepburn in “The Philadelphia Story”
Adrian was the kind of costume designer that let the real Katharine Hepburn, with all her presence and self-confidence, in on the screen. There is the real Katharine somewhere in the Tracy Lord character in The Philadelphia Story. Read More
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