Category Archives: Film

Real Emotion and Visual Power: Interview with Matt Needle

I the run-up to the release of No Time to Die, I am talking Bond movies posters, Bond girl Vesper Lynd, design influences and what cinema is truly about with graphic designer and illustrator Matt Needle. Read More →

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The Culture Edit: September Newsletter

The Classiq Journal monthly newsletter goes out every first Sunday of the month, bringing you a personal round-up of books, films, music, podcasts, talks and adventure stories. Read More →

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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

Sam Wasson doesn’t force depth and emotion into his writing, and that’s why I love his writing. It flows naturally and vividly, it keeps you engaged, it is unpredictable yet beautifully constructed, it is accelerating and seamlessly connecting phrases even when he leaps from one idea to another, from one time to another, as it takes you back to the making of a masterpiece, Chinatown. Read More →

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The Birth of the Androgynous Look: Greta Garbo in “The Single Standard”

It was 1929 when Greta Garbo introduced trousers into women’s fashion, when she appeared in her lover’s clothes in The Single Standard. It was Garbo who paved the way for Marlene Dietrich and Katharine Hepburn. She invented the androgynous look. Read More →

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Creating a New Visual Reality: Interview with Illustrator Katherine Lam

An element of surprise permeates Katherine Lam’s work. Her illustrations have a distinctive mood, she has a way of working suspense and voyeurism into her pieces, a firm believer in creating a visual medium that should respect the challenges specific to illustration. Read More →

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