The last week of April, Hong Kong played host to Liberatum, a cultural event that gathers artists, musicians, filmmakers and visionaries from a menagerie of disparate creative disciplines for three days of enlightening conversations and performances. The festival, founded 11 years ago by Pablo Ganguli, has previously been held in Turkey, Morocco and India, and [...]
Tag Archives: Film
A Moment with Tze Goh
November 14, 2011 – 6:12 am
Stills from Tze Goh’s Spring 2012 Film After graduating from the Central Saint Martins MA program in 2010, 32-year old Tze Goh captured London with his clean, minimalist approach to womenswear. Since, the Singapore-born, London-based designer has furthered his quietly elegant aesthetic through at once stark and delicate collections that explore garment construction. Case in [...]
PERSOL’s Magnificent Obsessions
July 25, 2011 – 8:43 am
Federico Fellini (Obsession: Casting) You know those ads—the ones that are seemingly nondescript in their aim? Often, they play in theatres before the previews. Some African kids are playing soccer barefoot, blue-collar workers are high fiving after a long day, a young couple is kissing somewhere in Eastern Asia, all set to an emotive soundtrack. [...]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
August 25, 2010 – 7:50 am
Catherine Deneuve in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Style inspiration (and a great activity) for a rainy summer day. Click “Read More” for additional images.
Le Amiche – The Girlfriends
August 3, 2010 – 6:08 pm
Whether women are passionate about fashion or disinterested, our friendships often evolve and revolve around clothes: they are a catalyst for conversation, we shop for them together and, with our best friends, we often share them. In Le Amiche (1955) Michelangelo Antonioni unites these two forces in delightful and unexpected ways. The director of Blow-Up [...]
