One of the best things about Ana Lily Amirpour’s stylish noir Vampire film is, well, the style. With the help of good old Polyvore, I’ve had a go at being Anna Wintour for a day (sans the Terry Richardson fascination *shudders*) and put together an outfit based on the movie. It’s simple, chic and one … More FASHION: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
The Assassin’s out of the bag as Yahoo release exclusive pics of Michael Fassbender in costume for the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed film, based on the Unisoft game of the same name. I’m not much of a gamer – mostly because I lost six months of my life to Goldeneye 007 on N64 way back in 97 and … More FASHION: First Assassin’s Creed pic released
Get ready to feel like a a 7-year-old kid again: There has been an awakening… #StarWars #TheForceAwakens A video posted by Star Wars (@starwars) on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:00am PDT There has been an awakening, alright – in my pre-teen heart! John Boyega sparking up that lightsaber is everything I want from this film times … More TRAILERS: John Boyega lights us up in new Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser
If there’s one director who cornered the market in iconic images, it’s old Uncle Alfred. Hitchcock had an eye, my friends, which is why Vamity Fair have used some of his most iconic shots as inspiration for their latest Hollywood spread. Above us Marian Cotillard recreating Psycho, then Gwinne and RDJ dressed to kill for … More CULTURE: Hitch’s little Vanity project
Fangs for the memories (★★★★ Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour) What do you get if you cross Persian sexual politics with 80s style, the French New Wave and classic vampire films? An absolute masterpiece that shouldn’t work, but somehow does. With acute comic book sensibilities and a fresh eye – unbelievably, this polished gem is Amirpour’s … More REVIEW: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a young Jedi donned the black robes of his dispossessed order, battled the darkness and saved the Galaxy. Now, older and wiser, he has taken up the tan garb of his master and his master’ master, perhaps signaling what we have long suspected… Now, the … More FASHION: Luke Skywalker robes up
We’re a couple of days in to 2015’s New Zealand International Film Festival. I’ve only made it to two screenings so far, but they’ve both been incredible. Saturday was Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson making sense of Thomas Pynchon’s ode to hard boiled detective stories through a psychedelic lens. Absolutely bat-shit crazy, as one would … More EVENTS: The NZIFF so far
THEY’RE BAAAAAAAACK: Search parties! Dead bodies being dragged about! Multi needle thingies being stuck in unsuspecting necks… or something! OMERGERD! Mulder and Scully are reunited and it feels so goooood. And we only have to wait another… 6 frikken months for the new series. Having just rewatched the first 6 seasons of X-Files in a … More TV: Mulder and Scully reunited and it feels so good
There’s an olde worlde saying that goes: “If the shoe is not broken, why on God’s ever loving earth would you fix it?” Many a brand has foolishly replied, “Coz we can, see!” Now cinema’s favourite shoe has fallen foul of this preposterous idea and is changing the design of the Converse All Star after 88 years. … More FASHION: The death of Converse?
I fell in love with this building the first time I saw it in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986, John Hughes). It’s the ice cold home of Ferris’s uptight pal, Cameron, who we meet wallowing in his death bed, genuinely sick unlike Ferris, that big faker. Ferris cajoles Cameron out of his sick bed which … More CULTURE: The Ferris Bueller House
