Category Archives: Film

14 March 2022

The Lost Daughter: In Conversation with Costume Designer Edward K. Gibbon

In my interview with Edward K. Gibbon, I am talking to the costume designer about one of the best films of last year, The Lost Daughter, about his collaborative work with director and screenwriter Maggie Gyllenhaal, and why it is important to know when to actually stop designing. Read More →

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7 March 2022

March Newsletter: Un Monde

Left: Photographic print available on shop.classiq.me   Photos: Classiq Journal     “ During the early stages of the Syrian war more than one million Syrians fled to Lebanon, a country with a population of only around five million people. … Read More →

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22 February 2022

Read Instead…in Print

Tavernier talks about so many films and so many filmmakers with the sheer enthusiasm of a cinephile and also with the knowledge of a filmmaker, but in the most accessible way. “I always try not to fall into nostalgia or into the arrogant evocation of a past to which nothing would be comparable today.” Read More →

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17 February 2022

Bring Back a Sample of Dirt: Costuming “Once Upon a Time in the West”

Historical realism or film history? Confirming to the idea of dynamic roles and narrative function or spectatorial statements? I always ask myself this predicament when it comes to film costumes. I think it has to be both. But nobody has achieved this quite like Sergio Leone. And the creative mind behind the look of his films was Carlo Simi, who was both production designer and costume designer. Read More →

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13 February 2022

Read Instead…in Print

  A photo of a good book about cinema. No discursive, pretentious analyses, no verbose scrutiny. Because the idea is to invite you to read the book, not read about it here. But instead of using social media, I use … Read More →

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