London – A psychedelic eye mosaic commissioned by John Lennon for the swimming pool at his Kenwood home in Surrey in 1965 leads Bonhams’ Rock, Pop & Film sale on Wednesday 29 November at Knightsbridge, London.
Claire Tole-Moir, Bonhams Head of Popular Culture in London, commented: “This monumental mosaic, commissioned by John Lennon is a striking example of the Beatle’s artistic vision and influences. Lennon’s Kenwood home in the English countryside was a place of respite from all the public attention he experienced during the height of The Beatles’ popularity. It’s said Lennon would spend idle hours near the swimming pool and that the mosaic could even be seen from his favoured ‘sunroom’ at the top of the house. With Kenwood still under private ownership, it is very rare to see anything from when John Lennon lived there, making the ‘Psychedelic Eye’ mosaic an incredibly important artefact of Beatles history.”
Consisting of approximately 17,000 tiles,...
Claire Tole-Moir, Bonhams Head of Popular Culture in London, commented: “This monumental mosaic, commissioned by John Lennon is a striking example of the Beatle’s artistic vision and influences. Lennon’s Kenwood home in the English countryside was a place of respite from all the public attention he experienced during the height of The Beatles’ popularity. It’s said Lennon would spend idle hours near the swimming pool and that the mosaic could even be seen from his favoured ‘sunroom’ at the top of the house. With Kenwood still under private ownership, it is very rare to see anything from when John Lennon lived there, making the ‘Psychedelic Eye’ mosaic an incredibly important artefact of Beatles history.”
Consisting of approximately 17,000 tiles,...
- 11/8/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Dame Mary Quant, the iconic British fashion designer who is credited with designing the miniskirt and hotpants, has died aged 93.
Quant’s family issued a statement to the Press Association of Britain saying that she “died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK this morning.”
The statement described the fashion icon as “one of the most internationally recognised fashion designers of the 20th Century and an outstanding innovator.”
“She opened her first shop Bazaar in the Kings Road in 1955 and her far-sighted and creative talents quickly established a unique contribution to British fashion,” added the statement.
Quant was widely lauded for decades for her hefty contribution to the global fashion world and will be most remembered for being one of the designers credited with the miniskirt and hotpants, which defined the swinging ’60s. Alongside Coco Chanel and Christian Dior, she was subsequently credited by famous fashion journalist Ernestine Carter as being...
Quant’s family issued a statement to the Press Association of Britain saying that she “died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK this morning.”
The statement described the fashion icon as “one of the most internationally recognised fashion designers of the 20th Century and an outstanding innovator.”
“She opened her first shop Bazaar in the Kings Road in 1955 and her far-sighted and creative talents quickly established a unique contribution to British fashion,” added the statement.
Quant was widely lauded for decades for her hefty contribution to the global fashion world and will be most remembered for being one of the designers credited with the miniskirt and hotpants, which defined the swinging ’60s. Alongside Coco Chanel and Christian Dior, she was subsequently credited by famous fashion journalist Ernestine Carter as being...
- 4/13/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Queen founding member and guitarist Brian May received a knighthood as part of the UK’s New Year Honours List, the annual compendium of awards handed out by at the end of each year by the reigning monarch.
The list, which was released Friday, is the first under King Charles III after his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September after 70 years on the British throne.
May, also an animal welfare advocate with a PhD in astrophysics, was named a C.B.E., or Knights Bachelor, “for services to Music and to Charity,” according to the official list, which named more than 1,000 winners across the fields of government, philanthropy, the arts, sports, science and industry in the UK and internationally (read the full list here).
Earlier this year, May and Queen performed on the roof of Buckingham Palace at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration.
Grayson Perry, the British artist,...
The list, which was released Friday, is the first under King Charles III after his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September after 70 years on the British throne.
May, also an animal welfare advocate with a PhD in astrophysics, was named a C.B.E., or Knights Bachelor, “for services to Music and to Charity,” according to the official list, which named more than 1,000 winners across the fields of government, philanthropy, the arts, sports, science and industry in the UK and internationally (read the full list here).
Earlier this year, May and Queen performed on the roof of Buckingham Palace at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration.
Grayson Perry, the British artist,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Queen guitarist Brian May was among artists, designers, community leaders and members of England’s women’s soccer team on the U.K.’s New Year’s Honors list.
More than 1,100 people were included on the list announced Friday, which was the first to be signed off by King Charles III, the Associated Press reported. The list is an annual tradition in the country, celebrating people’s achievements and service.
May received a knighthood for services to music and his charity work. In response to the recognition, the former Queen guitarist, who also holds a doctorate in astrophysics, said, “I will regard the knighthood not so much as a reward, but more as a charge — a commission — for me to continue to fight for justice — to be a voice for those who have no voice. I will endeavour to be worthy — to be that Knight in Shining Armour.
Queen guitarist Brian May was among artists, designers, community leaders and members of England’s women’s soccer team on the U.K.’s New Year’s Honors list.
More than 1,100 people were included on the list announced Friday, which was the first to be signed off by King Charles III, the Associated Press reported. The list is an annual tradition in the country, celebrating people’s achievements and service.
May received a knighthood for services to music and his charity work. In response to the recognition, the former Queen guitarist, who also holds a doctorate in astrophysics, said, “I will regard the knighthood not so much as a reward, but more as a charge — a commission — for me to continue to fight for justice — to be a voice for those who have no voice. I will endeavour to be worthy — to be that Knight in Shining Armour.
- 12/31/2022
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Real-life moments from Twiggy’s career will be recreated using virtual production, with Twiggy playing herself.
UK actor and filmmaker Sadie Frost’s feature documentary Twiggy has commenced production in London, with Studio Soho – part of the Film Soho group – set to release the title theatrically in the UK and Ireland in 2023, and Studio Soho also repping international sales.
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s. It features interviews with Twiggy and her husband Leigh Lawson, as well as commentary from Erin O’Connor,...
UK actor and filmmaker Sadie Frost’s feature documentary Twiggy has commenced production in London, with Studio Soho – part of the Film Soho group – set to release the title theatrically in the UK and Ireland in 2023, and Studio Soho also repping international sales.
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s. It features interviews with Twiggy and her husband Leigh Lawson, as well as commentary from Erin O’Connor,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Producer and actor Sadie Frost (“Dracula”), who made her feature directorial debut with a documentary on British fashion designer Mary Quant, is now training her lens on another British cultural icon.
“Twiggy” will be a feature-length documentary on Quant’s contemporary Lesley Lawson, better-known by her nickname Twiggy. It will trace her journey from her working-class childhood in northwest London, through to her international stardom as a celebrity model, and her career as an actor, singer, fashion designer, writer and TV presenter. This will be the first time Twiggy’s story has been told in full and with her support.
Studio Soho’s international sales arm is launching the project for worldwide presales at Cannes. Nick Hamson will produce for Soho Talent, part of the Film Soho group, and Simon Jones for Frost’s new production company Reel Time. Reel Time’s executive producer is Andrew Green.
BBC England has...
“Twiggy” will be a feature-length documentary on Quant’s contemporary Lesley Lawson, better-known by her nickname Twiggy. It will trace her journey from her working-class childhood in northwest London, through to her international stardom as a celebrity model, and her career as an actor, singer, fashion designer, writer and TV presenter. This will be the first time Twiggy’s story has been told in full and with her support.
Studio Soho’s international sales arm is launching the project for worldwide presales at Cannes. Nick Hamson will produce for Soho Talent, part of the Film Soho group, and Simon Jones for Frost’s new production company Reel Time. Reel Time’s executive producer is Andrew Green.
BBC England has...
- 5/20/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Sadie Frost has been tapped for the lead role in “Boxed-Up,” a short film about mental health.
Frost will play Eileen, a dysfunctional mother who is processing the grief of losing her husband at the same time as exploring her fractured relationship with her daughter.
“After a devastating loss, a distant mother has 24 hours to connect with her daughter in a new age world where soul-devouring spirits use dreams to hunt the weak,” reads the logline. “The film explores the implications of losing a loved one in the heightened reality of its world.”
The short, which is written by Jamie L. Tree, is intended as a proof of concept for a feature in the manner of “Lights Out” and “Saw,” both of which began life as shorts.
Tree, who set out to make something different from a “typical mental health film,” is co-directing alongside Vlad-Paul Ghilaş[/link], who also produced the short.
Frost will play Eileen, a dysfunctional mother who is processing the grief of losing her husband at the same time as exploring her fractured relationship with her daughter.
“After a devastating loss, a distant mother has 24 hours to connect with her daughter in a new age world where soul-devouring spirits use dreams to hunt the weak,” reads the logline. “The film explores the implications of losing a loved one in the heightened reality of its world.”
The short, which is written by Jamie L. Tree, is intended as a proof of concept for a feature in the manner of “Lights Out” and “Saw,” both of which began life as shorts.
Tree, who set out to make something different from a “typical mental health film,” is co-directing alongside Vlad-Paul Ghilaş[/link], who also produced the short.
- 2/4/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Indie titles include ‘Azor’, ‘The Football Monologues’.
Edgar Wright’s London-set psychological horror Last Night In Soho leads the openers at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, broaching new ground for the director as his first 18-rated title.
Released by Universal, the film is playing in 519 locations – the third-widest opener of Wright’s career, after Baby Driver with 544 and The World’s End with 531.
Wright’s highest-grossing opening weekend is still Hot Fuzz, which took £4.4m from 427 sites – an outstanding figure for a 2007 release.
That title is also his highest-grossing total, with £21.2m; other highlights include Baby Driver (£13.1m), The World’s End...
Edgar Wright’s London-set psychological horror Last Night In Soho leads the openers at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, broaching new ground for the director as his first 18-rated title.
Released by Universal, the film is playing in 519 locations – the third-widest opener of Wright’s career, after Baby Driver with 544 and The World’s End with 531.
Wright’s highest-grossing opening weekend is still Hot Fuzz, which took £4.4m from 427 sites – an outstanding figure for a 2007 release.
That title is also his highest-grossing total, with £21.2m; other highlights include Baby Driver (£13.1m), The World’s End...
- 10/29/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Frost pulls in celebs including Kate Moss to celebrate the designer who epitomised young female freedom in the 60s
Here is a fashion documentary celebrating designer Mary Quant as a trailblazing fashion rebel and icon of the swinging 1960s. It’s an entertaining, uncontroversial film directed by the actor Sadie Frost, who pulls in her celeb mates to do talking-head duties: Vogue editor Edward Enninful, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, and even interview-shy Kate Moss gives a quote or two.
Like Coco Chanel, Quant had an instinct for designing clothes that women wanted to wear. In the 50s, her first job after art school was working for a snobby Mayfair milliner. She rebelled: “I didn’t want to look like a duchess.” In 1955, Quant and her husband, Alexander Plunket Greene, opened a boutique in Chelsea. She made clothes for the youthquake generation – young working women with jobs, pay cheques, the pill and a taste of freedom.
Here is a fashion documentary celebrating designer Mary Quant as a trailblazing fashion rebel and icon of the swinging 1960s. It’s an entertaining, uncontroversial film directed by the actor Sadie Frost, who pulls in her celeb mates to do talking-head duties: Vogue editor Edward Enninful, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, and even interview-shy Kate Moss gives a quote or two.
Like Coco Chanel, Quant had an instinct for designing clothes that women wanted to wear. In the 50s, her first job after art school was working for a snobby Mayfair milliner. She rebelled: “I didn’t want to look like a duchess.” In 1955, Quant and her husband, Alexander Plunket Greene, opened a boutique in Chelsea. She made clothes for the youthquake generation – young working women with jobs, pay cheques, the pill and a taste of freedom.
- 10/27/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
Warner Bros.’ “Dune” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office in its debut weekend with £5.8 million ($8.1 million), according to numbers from Comscore.
In the process, Denis Villeneuve’s epic, headlined by Timothée Chalamet, ended the three-week reign of James Bond film “No Time to Die,” atop the box office.
In its fourth weekend, the Bond film, Daniel Craig’s swan song as the iconic British spy, continued to perform strongly and collected £4.6 million in second position. The Universal release now has a running total of £78 million.
Sony release “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” took £2.4 million in third place in its second weekend and now has a total of £11.1 million.
Universal’s “The Boss Baby: Family Business” debuted in fourth position at the box office with £1.1 million.
Rounding off the top five was Universal’s “The Addams Family 2” with £885,404. The film now has a total of £5.2 million after three weekends in release.
In the process, Denis Villeneuve’s epic, headlined by Timothée Chalamet, ended the three-week reign of James Bond film “No Time to Die,” atop the box office.
In its fourth weekend, the Bond film, Daniel Craig’s swan song as the iconic British spy, continued to perform strongly and collected £4.6 million in second position. The Universal release now has a running total of £78 million.
Sony release “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” took £2.4 million in third place in its second weekend and now has a total of £11.1 million.
Universal’s “The Boss Baby: Family Business” debuted in fourth position at the box office with £1.1 million.
Rounding off the top five was Universal’s “The Addams Family 2” with £885,404. The film now has a total of £5.2 million after three weekends in release.
- 10/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Sadie Frost turns director with Quant, an engaging documentary about the British fashion designer Mary Quant, showing at the London Film Festival. Known for her bold, vibrant designs and pioneering spirit, Quant became associated with the liberating fashions of the 1960s, ditching the style of the fitted ’50s and raising eyebrows along with hemlines.
Frost’s lively doc traces her journey with archive footage, talking heads and dramatized scenes featuring actor Camilla Rutherford as Quant. The latter touch is perhaps the biggest challenge, but is handled elegantly: rather than shooting Rutherford as if she is in a straight TV interview, Frost and Dp John Bretherton approach these brief segments almost like a fashion shoot, zooming in on her eyes or gestures, the dialogue not always in sync.
Given that Quant is now 91, it is unsurprising that she doesn’t take part directly, but versions of her words are used...
Frost’s lively doc traces her journey with archive footage, talking heads and dramatized scenes featuring actor Camilla Rutherford as Quant. The latter touch is perhaps the biggest challenge, but is handled elegantly: rather than shooting Rutherford as if she is in a straight TV interview, Frost and Dp John Bretherton approach these brief segments almost like a fashion shoot, zooming in on her eyes or gestures, the dialogue not always in sync.
Given that Quant is now 91, it is unsurprising that she doesn’t take part directly, but versions of her words are used...
- 10/9/2021
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Alongside the Beatles, fashion designer Mary Quant was one of the pioneers of the 1960s “British invasion,” which saw the world go nuts for U.K. cultural exports including the mini-skirt, which Quant is credited with inventing.
And yet, “There’s still a lot of people that don’t know who she is,” said Sadie Frost, the director of a new documentary, “Quant,” about the fashion icon. “So for me, it was just such a important story to tell.” The film, which was produced by Goldfinch Entertainment and distributed by Studio Soho Distribution, premieres at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday.
Despite three decades in the film industry, both as an actor and a producer, with her production company Blonde to Black Pictures, “Quant” is Frost’s first foray into directing. “I have a fashion background and I have a film background and I’m a woman and I...
And yet, “There’s still a lot of people that don’t know who she is,” said Sadie Frost, the director of a new documentary, “Quant,” about the fashion icon. “So for me, it was just such a important story to tell.” The film, which was produced by Goldfinch Entertainment and distributed by Studio Soho Distribution, premieres at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday.
Despite three decades in the film industry, both as an actor and a producer, with her production company Blonde to Black Pictures, “Quant” is Frost’s first foray into directing. “I have a fashion background and I have a film background and I’m a woman and I...
- 10/8/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
"What she did was liberate those girls." Studio Soho Distribution has released an official UK trailer for a biopic documentary film titled Quant, made by actress-turned-filmmaker Sadie Frost. This is premiering at the London Film Festival this month before it opens in UK cinemas later this fall. The doc explores the life and legacy of 1960s fashion icon, Mary Quant. In her directorial debut, Frost pairs archival footage with dramatized scenes, featuring Camilla Rutherford as Quant with striking creativity. Interviews with Quant family members and titans of the fashion & beauty industry provide a rich texture for exploring the creative, personal and professional life of a beloved cultural icon. If you don't know much about her, a perfect chance to learn more! Lff's intro: "A film powered by female ingenuity, both in front of and behind the camera, along with 1960s pop hits and a vibrant dayglow archive, Quant brims with London vim.
- 10/4/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Have you ever noticed how the icily dramatic opening strings in “You’re My World,” Cilla Black’s earnest, bawling-on-the-bathroom-floor ballad from 1965, could just as easily be a shivery horror theme by Bernard Herrmann? Edgar Wright has, and uses the likeness to briefly spine-tingling effect early in “Last Night in Soho”: As ’60s-fixated Gen-z fashion student Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) finds herself somehow transported in time to the Swinging London world of naive party girl and aspiring chanteuse Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), those strings signal not just the dreamy collision of timelines, but a darkening of tone and genre, as Eloise’s rosy nostalgia for an era she never inhabited is soon invaded by blood-dripping violence and threat.
It’s a great needle-drop, from a filmmaker who has made them a trademark of his work, and it’s the one moment in which Wright’s murky, middling blend of horror and...
It’s a great needle-drop, from a filmmaker who has made them a trademark of his work, and it’s the one moment in which Wright’s murky, middling blend of horror and...
- 9/4/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
“Cruella” is loaded with pop-song needle drops throughout, but it’s the oft-used Rolling Stones hit at the end that ties it all together: The studio that gave us “Maleficent” and the director of “I, Tonya” have teamed up to rehabilitate yet another villain, in a film that could have just as easily been titled “Sympathy for the de Vil.”
Yes, the dastardly fashionista who wanted to skin 101 Dalmatians just to make a coat has been officially retrofitted here, but there’s plenty to enjoy if you don’t mind the fact that this new version of the character eschews fur, canine or otherwise, and doesn’t even smoke. Purists may balk, but viewers who think of this less as a reboot of Dodie Smith’s memorable monster and more as a Disney spin on Derek Jarman’s “Jubilee” for gay 8-year-olds will find “Cruella” to be flashy fun, even...
Yes, the dastardly fashionista who wanted to skin 101 Dalmatians just to make a coat has been officially retrofitted here, but there’s plenty to enjoy if you don’t mind the fact that this new version of the character eschews fur, canine or otherwise, and doesn’t even smoke. Purists may balk, but viewers who think of this less as a reboot of Dodie Smith’s memorable monster and more as a Disney spin on Derek Jarman’s “Jubilee” for gay 8-year-olds will find “Cruella” to be flashy fun, even...
- 5/26/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Spy thriller ‘Dawn Of War’ led the box office in its native Estonia.
UK sales outfit Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has boarded Estonian spy thriller Dawn Of War and added several new titles to its slate ahead of next month’s European Film Market (EFM).
Directed by Margus Paju, the Second World War thriller was released in Estonia under the title O2 and led the box office following its release on October 9, recording more than 40,000 admissions over its first three weekends.
Kaleidoscope will handle world sales, and also holds UK rights where it is planning a theatrical release this summer, pandemic restrictions permitting.
UK sales outfit Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has boarded Estonian spy thriller Dawn Of War and added several new titles to its slate ahead of next month’s European Film Market (EFM).
Directed by Margus Paju, the Second World War thriller was released in Estonia under the title O2 and led the box office following its release on October 9, recording more than 40,000 admissions over its first three weekends.
Kaleidoscope will handle world sales, and also holds UK rights where it is planning a theatrical release this summer, pandemic restrictions permitting.
- 2/9/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK producer-financier Goldfinch has struck a first look deal with UK podcast creators Stakhanov, launching with missing bookie story 5 Dimes, which is being jointly optioned for production.
The idea will be for Goldfinch to develop and produce TV series and narrative features and documentaries based on Stakhanov podcasts. In turn, Stakhanov will get first look to create podcasts from Goldfinch’s productions including companion pieces to run alongside productions and long form content adapted from their documentaries and features. The collaboration also allows both companies to jointly option and develop IP.
The first piece of IP Goldfinch and Stakhanov have optioned is the article 5 Dimes by David Hill, taken from New York publication Victory Journal, in a deal secured by William Ralston, Literary Partner at Goldfinch’s new management label, The Koop.
The article charts the turbulent rise and sudden disappearance of William Sean Creighton, aka Tony 5Dimes, whose...
The idea will be for Goldfinch to develop and produce TV series and narrative features and documentaries based on Stakhanov podcasts. In turn, Stakhanov will get first look to create podcasts from Goldfinch’s productions including companion pieces to run alongside productions and long form content adapted from their documentaries and features. The collaboration also allows both companies to jointly option and develop IP.
The first piece of IP Goldfinch and Stakhanov have optioned is the article 5 Dimes by David Hill, taken from New York publication Victory Journal, in a deal secured by William Ralston, Literary Partner at Goldfinch’s new management label, The Koop.
The article charts the turbulent rise and sudden disappearance of William Sean Creighton, aka Tony 5Dimes, whose...
- 10/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UK indie film and TV producer-financier Goldfinch is launching management division The Koop.
The label currently counts around 15 clients including producers, directors, DoPs, production designers, makeup artists, hair stylists, photographers and wardrobe designers and stylists. The division won’t be repping actors.
Goldfinch has set commercials producer Jacob Kamara as Commercials Partner with a focus on brand-funded creative talent and production. Will Ralston has joined as Literary Partner, while Goldfinch’s First Flights Management brand, overseen by founders Nick Sadler and Keith Kehoe, will continue to focus on emerging feature directors, writers and producers.
Goldfinch told us it is looking to hire UK managers to join the team and that it wants to partner with established small to medium-sized management companies in order to boost scale and resources.
Goldfinch’s Chief Operating Officer Phil McKenzie said today: “The Koop fits perfectly within our group – we have already been informally doing this for years,...
The label currently counts around 15 clients including producers, directors, DoPs, production designers, makeup artists, hair stylists, photographers and wardrobe designers and stylists. The division won’t be repping actors.
Goldfinch has set commercials producer Jacob Kamara as Commercials Partner with a focus on brand-funded creative talent and production. Will Ralston has joined as Literary Partner, while Goldfinch’s First Flights Management brand, overseen by founders Nick Sadler and Keith Kehoe, will continue to focus on emerging feature directors, writers and producers.
Goldfinch told us it is looking to hire UK managers to join the team and that it wants to partner with established small to medium-sized management companies in order to boost scale and resources.
Goldfinch’s Chief Operating Officer Phil McKenzie said today: “The Koop fits perfectly within our group – we have already been informally doing this for years,...
- 9/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Production quietly began last month in London on pandemic-inspired feature Alone, which marks the directorial debut of Kirsty Bell, CEO of UK financier Goldfinch. The film is one of the first independent movies to get underway in the UK after lockdown.
Starring are Derek Jacobi (Gladiator), Jeff Fahey (Lost), Julie Dray (Avenue 5), Sophie Kennedy Clark (Nymphomaniac Vol 1) , Sadie Frost (Dracula), Morgana Robinson (The Windsors), Camilla Rutherford (Yesterday), Michael Winder (Set The Thames On Fire) and Frances Barber (The Split). Above is a first production still.
Conceived by Bell in the first week of lockdown and written in short order throughout confinement, the black and white film charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.
Set to complete mid-August, the production will shoot at Twickenham Studios and other parts of London this week and then a skeleton crew will travel...
Starring are Derek Jacobi (Gladiator), Jeff Fahey (Lost), Julie Dray (Avenue 5), Sophie Kennedy Clark (Nymphomaniac Vol 1) , Sadie Frost (Dracula), Morgana Robinson (The Windsors), Camilla Rutherford (Yesterday), Michael Winder (Set The Thames On Fire) and Frances Barber (The Split). Above is a first production still.
Conceived by Bell in the first week of lockdown and written in short order throughout confinement, the black and white film charts six interlinked narratives after the cast and crew of a film are sent home from set.
Set to complete mid-August, the production will shoot at Twickenham Studios and other parts of London this week and then a skeleton crew will travel...
- 8/3/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution is launching worldwide sales at Afm.
UK actress and fashion designer Sadie Frost is to make her directorial debut with an adventurous new feature documentary about Mary Quant, “the queen of the mini-skirt”.
One of the UK’s most renowned cultural figures, Quant was at the vanguard of the stylistic revolution of the 1960s and ‘70s, leading the charge away from convention and conservatism through the championing of ground-breaking designs including the miniskirt and hot pants. Quant’s designs and irreverent style were credited as critical to the development of the ‘swinging sixties’.
Here at Afm, Kaleidoscope...
UK actress and fashion designer Sadie Frost is to make her directorial debut with an adventurous new feature documentary about Mary Quant, “the queen of the mini-skirt”.
One of the UK’s most renowned cultural figures, Quant was at the vanguard of the stylistic revolution of the 1960s and ‘70s, leading the charge away from convention and conservatism through the championing of ground-breaking designs including the miniskirt and hot pants. Quant’s designs and irreverent style were credited as critical to the development of the ‘swinging sixties’.
Here at Afm, Kaleidoscope...
- 11/8/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
MaryAnn’s quick take… A brilliantly thrilling look back at the flowering of creativity and freethinking spirit of 1960s London, through the thoroughly charming perspective of Michael Caine. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
I have never felt sorry to have missed the 1960s (I didn’t come along until the final few months of that decade) until I saw the brilliantly thrilling documentary My Generation last year at London Film Festival. Now it’s available on DVD and streaming (in the UK), so everyone can — and should — check out its can’t-miss look at how the burgeoning youth culture of that decade, particularly the hugely influential flowering of it that was centered in London, changed the world forever.
What makes this film stand out...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
I have never felt sorry to have missed the 1960s (I didn’t come along until the final few months of that decade) until I saw the brilliantly thrilling documentary My Generation last year at London Film Festival. Now it’s available on DVD and streaming (in the UK), so everyone can — and should — check out its can’t-miss look at how the burgeoning youth culture of that decade, particularly the hugely influential flowering of it that was centered in London, changed the world forever.
What makes this film stand out...
- 5/31/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK is pleased to announce that My Generation – the engaging and evocative documentary presented by Michael Caine about life in sixties London – is available now on Digital Download and on Blu-ray, DVD & Limited Edition from 28th May. To celebrate, we’re giving away 3 copies of the DVD!
Transporting audiences back to the ‘swinging sixties’ through the eyes of an icon who helped shape this remarkable era, My Generation was released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland in March, coinciding with Michael Caine’s 85th birthday.
Based on personal accounts and stunning archive footage this feature-length documentary film sees Caine travel back in time to talk to The Beatles, Twiggy, Joan Collins, Lulu, David Bailey, Mary Quant, The Rolling Stones, David Hockney and other star names.
The film was painstakingly assembled over six years to tell the story of the birth of pop culture in London, through...
Transporting audiences back to the ‘swinging sixties’ through the eyes of an icon who helped shape this remarkable era, My Generation was released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland in March, coinciding with Michael Caine’s 85th birthday.
Based on personal accounts and stunning archive footage this feature-length documentary film sees Caine travel back in time to talk to The Beatles, Twiggy, Joan Collins, Lulu, David Bailey, Mary Quant, The Rolling Stones, David Hockney and other star names.
The film was painstakingly assembled over six years to tell the story of the birth of pop culture in London, through...
- 5/23/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Zehra Phelan
Lionsgate has released the first look trailer and poster from Michael Caine’s documentary, My Generation.
Related: Always in Style – The Forgotten Roles of Michael Caine
British film icon Michael Caine narrates and stars in ‘My Generation’, the vivid and inspiring story of his personal journey through 1960s London. Based on personal accounts and stunning archive footage this feature-length documentary film sees Caine travel back in time to talk to The Beatles, Twiggy, David Bailey, Mary Quant, The Rolling Stones, David Hockney and other star names.
The film has been painstakingly assembled over the last six years by Caine working with Producer Simon Fuller, Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and Director David Batty to tell the story of the birth of pop culture in London, through the eyes of the young Michael Caine: “For the first time in history the young working class stood up for ourselves and said,...
Lionsgate has released the first look trailer and poster from Michael Caine’s documentary, My Generation.
Related: Always in Style – The Forgotten Roles of Michael Caine
British film icon Michael Caine narrates and stars in ‘My Generation’, the vivid and inspiring story of his personal journey through 1960s London. Based on personal accounts and stunning archive footage this feature-length documentary film sees Caine travel back in time to talk to The Beatles, Twiggy, David Bailey, Mary Quant, The Rolling Stones, David Hockney and other star names.
The film has been painstakingly assembled over the last six years by Caine working with Producer Simon Fuller, Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and Director David Batty to tell the story of the birth of pop culture in London, through the eyes of the young Michael Caine: “For the first time in history the young working class stood up for ourselves and said,...
- 1/23/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Whether you know her simply as That Girl, an outspoken feminist and ally of Gloria Steinem, for her hit TV show cameos, her comedic turns in films like Deuce Bigalow, or simply the mom of Rachel Green on Friends, Marlo Thomas has had a pretty spectacular professional trajectory. And at 79 years old, the actress shows no signs of slowing down now. In addition to her still vibrant career and work on behalf of St. Jude’s, Thomas is now pursuing a very different dream, launching her own clothing line collection in conjunction with Hsn, which she’ll show off Thursday...
- 1/19/2017
- by Emily Kirkpatrick
- PEOPLE.com
AP
The 1960s was a decade of enormous cultural importance, with shifts in public image, political unrest, art and music all adding up to a period defined by the people taking control of their world and turning it on its head.
It was a time that saw the rise of public figures who would change the landscape of their fields. Martin Luther King Jr. would drive the American Civil Rights Movement forward leaps and bounds, while fashion designer Mary Quant would give a newly sexually-liberated society a whole new way to dress. Music was no longer dominated by big bands or orchestras, instead being taken over by groups of youngsters like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The politically-wise amongst them, such as Bob Dylan, would even use their music to further their political agenda.
The sixties saw science fiction come to life, with man stepping...
The 1960s was a decade of enormous cultural importance, with shifts in public image, political unrest, art and music all adding up to a period defined by the people taking control of their world and turning it on its head.
It was a time that saw the rise of public figures who would change the landscape of their fields. Martin Luther King Jr. would drive the American Civil Rights Movement forward leaps and bounds, while fashion designer Mary Quant would give a newly sexually-liberated society a whole new way to dress. Music was no longer dominated by big bands or orchestras, instead being taken over by groups of youngsters like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The politically-wise amongst them, such as Bob Dylan, would even use their music to further their political agenda.
The sixties saw science fiction come to life, with man stepping...
- 2/23/2015
- by Alex Porritt
- Obsessed with Film
Universal Pictures
Coming later in the summer is Minions, a spin-off from Despicable Me that sidelines Gru and his adopted daughters for the origin story of those little Kinder Egg capsule-looking henchmen.
While the film starts in prehistory, it pretty soon brings us up to the 20th century, and the 60s in particular. This is when the flunkey critters become servants to Scarlet Overkill, evil villainess. These first-look images of the character come from USA Today.
She’s being voiced by Sandra Bullock, who normally plays the kind of character who can walk around with a whole pat of butter undissolved in her mouth from opening credits to end. I imagine we’ll be seeing some footage of her letting her hair down in the recording booth sooner or later.
Somehow, the Minions will have to inadvertently save the day. The opening sequences will show them clumsily killing off a T-Rex,...
Coming later in the summer is Minions, a spin-off from Despicable Me that sidelines Gru and his adopted daughters for the origin story of those little Kinder Egg capsule-looking henchmen.
While the film starts in prehistory, it pretty soon brings us up to the 20th century, and the 60s in particular. This is when the flunkey critters become servants to Scarlet Overkill, evil villainess. These first-look images of the character come from USA Today.
She’s being voiced by Sandra Bullock, who normally plays the kind of character who can walk around with a whole pat of butter undissolved in her mouth from opening credits to end. I imagine we’ll be seeing some footage of her letting her hair down in the recording booth sooner or later.
Somehow, the Minions will have to inadvertently save the day. The opening sequences will show them clumsily killing off a T-Rex,...
- 2/2/2015
- by Brendon Connelly
- Obsessed with Film
The annual New Year Honours list in the United Kingdom includes actresses Joan Collins and Kristin Scott Thomas becoming dames and actor John Hurt becoming a knight. Collins is known for her years on the American drama "Dynasty." Scott Thomas is a past Oscar nominee for "The English Patient." Hurt is a previous Oscar nominee for "The Elephant Man." A total of 1,164 people are featured as honorees this year, many of them not famous but recognized for charitable and community work. Other celebrities being honored include James Corden (OBE), Mary Quant (Damehood), Esther Rantzen (Damehood), Sheridan Smith (OBE), Meera Syal (Cbe), and Emily Watson (OBE). BBC -Break- Ileane Rudolph previews the fifth season of "Downton Abbey," which premieres on PBS this Sunday. She says that Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) might take a lover or at least take control this season. She has also "regained the regal air and acerbic wit inherited from her.
- 12/31/2014
- Gold Derby
The diva of Dynasty is now a dame. Joan Collins, who played scheming, shoulder pad-wearing Alexis Carrington in the hit 1980s TV show, was made the female equivalent of a knight in Queen Elizabeth II's annual New Year's honors list. The star of potboilers including The Stud and The Bitch was recognized for her services to charity. Collins, 81, is a longtime supporter of nonprofit groups helping children. London-born Collins said Tuesday it was "humbling to receive this level of recognition from my queen and country, and I am thrilled and truly grateful." Actress Kristin Scott Thomas, who is due...
- 12/31/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
The diva of Dynasty is now a dame. Joan Collins, who played scheming, shoulder pad-wearing Alexis Carrington in the hit 1980s TV show, was made the female equivalent of a knight in Queen Elizabeth II's annual New Year's honors list. The star of potboilers including The Stud and The Bitch was recognized for her services to charity. Collins, 81, is a longtime supporter of nonprofit groups helping children. London-born Collins said Tuesday it was "humbling to receive this level of recognition from my queen and country, and I am thrilled and truly grateful." Actress Kristin Scott Thomas, who is due...
- 12/31/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
London, Mar 6: The Swinging Sixties has been voted as the best decade for hairstyles.
The beehive, the bob and the Beatles-style mop top all helped to make the era a cut above the rest.
A third of people in a survey put the Sixties in Number 1 spot, while Marilyn Monroe's blonde locks and the quiffs sported by Elvis Presley and James Dean took the 1950s into second place with 27 percent of the vote, the Daily Express reported.
As for the 1980s, famed for the mullet, the backcomb and the tight perm, it's clearly the decade the hair-conscious would rather forget, polling only one percent.
In contrast, it is Audrey Hepburn's iconic beehive, Twiggy's pixie cut, Mary Quant's Vidal Sassoon bob and the floppy rock.
The beehive, the bob and the Beatles-style mop top all helped to make the era a cut above the rest.
A third of people in a survey put the Sixties in Number 1 spot, while Marilyn Monroe's blonde locks and the quiffs sported by Elvis Presley and James Dean took the 1950s into second place with 27 percent of the vote, the Daily Express reported.
As for the 1980s, famed for the mullet, the backcomb and the tight perm, it's clearly the decade the hair-conscious would rather forget, polling only one percent.
In contrast, it is Audrey Hepburn's iconic beehive, Twiggy's pixie cut, Mary Quant's Vidal Sassoon bob and the floppy rock.
- 3/6/2014
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Costume designers can only speculate on what coming intergalactic fashions will look like, but as Star Trek and After Earth demonstrate, the future is nearly always skintight
Recent sci-fi, such as Jj Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness and After Earth (Shyamalan, 2013), are reminders of how film and TV so often depict future fashion as skimpy or skintight. The uniforms in Abrams' Star Trek revival have progressed from previous versions, but retain the hallmarks of the originals. The men's uniforms have a mesh outer layer, reminiscent of moisture-wicking sportswear. The female uniforms are more precise replicas of the originals, with miniskirts and knee-high boots. In After Earth, the stranded father and son are costumed in something reminiscent of an armoured wetsuit. These films are following a tradition established by films such as Logan's Run (1976), Buck Rogers (1979-1981) and Tron (1982), in which costume left little to the imagination.
Historically, fashion has tended towards being increasingly revealing.
Recent sci-fi, such as Jj Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness and After Earth (Shyamalan, 2013), are reminders of how film and TV so often depict future fashion as skimpy or skintight. The uniforms in Abrams' Star Trek revival have progressed from previous versions, but retain the hallmarks of the originals. The men's uniforms have a mesh outer layer, reminiscent of moisture-wicking sportswear. The female uniforms are more precise replicas of the originals, with miniskirts and knee-high boots. In After Earth, the stranded father and son are costumed in something reminiscent of an armoured wetsuit. These films are following a tradition established by films such as Logan's Run (1976), Buck Rogers (1979-1981) and Tron (1982), in which costume left little to the imagination.
Historically, fashion has tended towards being increasingly revealing.
- 8/9/2013
- by Barbara Brownie
- The Guardian - Film News
We are now up to the year 1968 for the double-episode season 6 opener of Mad Men. This already seems to be the show’s most progressive season so far costume wise. Season 5 certainly took the most significant cultural jump, with Swinging Sixties politics, clothes and interiors looming like a shadow of coolness. In the latter half of season 5, aspiring actress Megan’s (Jessica Paré) capri pants and sweater audition wear, while not exactly beatnik were avant-garde enough to suggest the growing exuberance of her character. The times they are a-changin’.
For season 6, costume designer Janie Bryant looks to be channelling the same ideal as season 1, but whereas season 1 (set in 1960) was a crossover in terms of fashion from the 1950s/60’s, season 6 is transitional from the 1960s/70’s. As we are only in 1968 it could be argued this is a mite early, but cleverly Bryant only hints at the changes to come.
For season 6, costume designer Janie Bryant looks to be channelling the same ideal as season 1, but whereas season 1 (set in 1960) was a crossover in terms of fashion from the 1950s/60’s, season 6 is transitional from the 1960s/70’s. As we are only in 1968 it could be argued this is a mite early, but cleverly Bryant only hints at the changes to come.
- 4/11/2013
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
"There has been no bigger icon of British design style over [the last] 50 years," says the Barbican's genial boss Nicholas Kenyon, "than James Bond." Really? Has the fictional agent 007 been a more influential design creation in the last half-century than Mary Quant's miniskirts, Terence Conran's white plates, Ron Arad's furniture, James Dyson's household products or Vivienne Westwood's frocks?...
- 6/29/2012
- The Independent - Film
Vidal Sassoon, the famed British hairstylist, has been found dead at his Bel-Air home of apparent natural causes. He was 84. He admitted last year that he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009 but had kept the news private. He was treated for the disease in Beverly Hills and the Cromwell Hospital in London. A documentary on Sassoon, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie, was released in 2011. The film prompted him to go on a speaking tour, which included meeting with hundreds of fans in movie theaters in New York and Los Angeles. It documented his rise in the London of the 1960s, inventing the famed "wedge" haircut and bringing architecture to hair for the first time. He had a close friendship with fashion designer Mary Quant, and they often worked in tandem. Later on, he became one of the first hairdressers with his name on a major product line, and there are now Vidal Sassoon salons all over the world. The Vidal Sassoon hair products empire is worth about $150 million.
- 5/9/2012
- by Merle Ginsberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles (AP) -- Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, whose 1960s wash-and-wear cuts freed women from endless teasing and hairspray, has died. He was 84.Los Angeles police spokesman Kevin Maiberger says officers went to Sassoon's home Wednesday morning and determined he was dead of natural causes. Sassoon's family was present.The London-born Sassoon's creative, geometric cuts required little styling. They were an integral part of the look of Mary Quant, the superstar British fashion designer who popularized the miniskirt.The easy-maintenance cuts also fit right in with the fledgling women's liberation movement.Sassoon developed a popular line of shampoos and styling products bearing his name. His slogan was "If you don't look good, we don't look good." Read more...
- 5/9/2012
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
The new Moca show The Total Look is a celebration of the fashion/art collaboration between designer Rudi Gernreich, model Peggy Moffitt and photographer extraordinaire William Claxton (who was also Moffitt's longtime husband until his death a few years ago). Gernreich, who invented the topless bathing suit, was once a sketch artist for costume designer Edith Head, but went on to become one of the designers who defined the mod sixties aesthetic with his chic body conscious designs and bathing suits. He and Mary Quant in London pretty much invented the colorful mini shift dress. Photos And Video: Chanel Chic
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- 2/23/2012
- by Merle Ginsberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Remember, back in August at the MTV Video Music Awards, when Beyonce announced that she is pregnant and then went on to deliver a stunning performance, baby bump out, in a flash circus ringmaster's outfit?
This is way more awesome than that. And baby bumpier, too.
The most famous pregnant woman in the world unveiled her new video to the song "Countdown" on Thursday night, adding new layers of meaning to the song's title. It's a tribute to her husband, Jay-z, who can now add father-to-be to his relationship resume; it shows her even more pregnant, meaning the countdown to birth is progressing; and, with its 60s mod style, it's counting backwards, too.
She goes through costume changes like a baby does diapers, too, flashing colors, hairstyles and hats that would make Mary Quant proud.
This is way more awesome than that. And baby bumpier, too.
The most famous pregnant woman in the world unveiled her new video to the song "Countdown" on Thursday night, adding new layers of meaning to the song's title. It's a tribute to her husband, Jay-z, who can now add father-to-be to his relationship resume; it shows her even more pregnant, meaning the countdown to birth is progressing; and, with its 60s mod style, it's counting backwards, too.
She goes through costume changes like a baby does diapers, too, flashing colors, hairstyles and hats that would make Mary Quant proud.
- 10/7/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star - Nick Swardson, Don Johnson, Christina Ricci
Contagion - Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Warrior - Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
Movie of the Week
Warrior
The Stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
The Plot: The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament — a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother (Edgerton).
The Buzz: The world is pretty big, and there are a lot of folks out there busy populating it, so I guess it stands to reason that similar stories would crop up, even if they’re both insanely inspirational in their against-all-odds/too-good-to-be-true essence. I am, of course, nodding to the obvious similarities between last year’s (phenomenal...
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star - Nick Swardson, Don Johnson, Christina Ricci
Contagion - Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Warrior - Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
Movie of the Week
Warrior
The Stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
The Plot: The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament — a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother (Edgerton).
The Buzz: The world is pretty big, and there are a lot of folks out there busy populating it, so I guess it stands to reason that similar stories would crop up, even if they’re both insanely inspirational in their against-all-odds/too-good-to-be-true essence. I am, of course, nodding to the obvious similarities between last year’s (phenomenal...
- 9/7/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
This documentary about the revolutionary Vidal Sassoon struck a chord with hairdresser Mark Coray
All hairdressers know who Vidal Sassoon is. He threw out the old Us styles of curl and set, ushering in a new era of sexy, suave looks. But I didn't know that much about his life before seeing this. I enjoyed it so much, I watched it three times.
We learn that one of the reasons for Vidal's success was his courteousness. His mother took him to a barber's in Whitechapel, east London, where they lived, and insisted they give him an apprenticeship. The barber wanted her to pay them, but she couldn't. Then, as they were leaving, Vidal held the door open for his mother. "I see your son has manners," the barber said. "He can work here for free."
I really related to this: not only because it was my father who suggested I go into hairdressing,...
All hairdressers know who Vidal Sassoon is. He threw out the old Us styles of curl and set, ushering in a new era of sexy, suave looks. But I didn't know that much about his life before seeing this. I enjoyed it so much, I watched it three times.
We learn that one of the reasons for Vidal's success was his courteousness. His mother took him to a barber's in Whitechapel, east London, where they lived, and insisted they give him an apprenticeship. The barber wanted her to pay them, but she couldn't. Then, as they were leaving, Vidal held the door open for his mother. "I see your son has manners," the barber said. "He can work here for free."
I really related to this: not only because it was my father who suggested I go into hairdressing,...
- 6/6/2011
- by Laura Barnett
- The Guardian - Film News
As the Baftas approach, we look back to a past winner. British comedy-drama Darling earned its stars best actor and best actress awards in 1966
Photographs are time capsules, histories that compress information about more than the single moment when the shutter blinked. This one ranges across two centuries before settling on one charmed decade.
The water fountain, propped on a pedestal and topped by an officious obelisk, is a relic of Victorian philanthropy, catering to the thirst of the itinerant poor. The passing matrons could be Edwardian, wearing a genteel uniform – funereal hat and oppressively long coat, gloved hands and festoons of pearls round the neck – for a promenade to the shops. The young couple holding hands belong in a later, more relaxed era. She, idly dangling her bag from her hand rather than holding it protectively in front of her, wears a dress that could be by Mary Quant...
Photographs are time capsules, histories that compress information about more than the single moment when the shutter blinked. This one ranges across two centuries before settling on one charmed decade.
The water fountain, propped on a pedestal and topped by an officious obelisk, is a relic of Victorian philanthropy, catering to the thirst of the itinerant poor. The passing matrons could be Edwardian, wearing a genteel uniform – funereal hat and oppressively long coat, gloved hands and festoons of pearls round the neck – for a promenade to the shops. The young couple holding hands belong in a later, more relaxed era. She, idly dangling her bag from her hand rather than holding it protectively in front of her, wears a dress that could be by Mary Quant...
- 2/13/2011
- by Peter Conrad
- The Guardian - Film News
Opening this Friday in NYC, director Craig Teper's doc reveals the visionary behind a global hair empire - and his rags to riches rise to the top. Music had The Beatles, fashion had Mary Quant, and when hairdressing was due for a revolution, hairdresser Vidal Sassoon was it. Best known for his Bauhaus-influenced bobs and sleek salons, Sassoon is an international hairstyling staple who is heralded as the Einstein of his industry. It was his geometric cuts that modernized women's hair, saving them from tedious hours at dowdy salons. Though his hairstyling legacy still thrives around the world, much less is known about Sassoon's fascinating journey to the top. In his directorial debut, Craig Teper takes a euphoric look at Sassoon's rags to riches rise. Employing vintage footage to modern-day conversations with family, colleagues and the charismatic, 81-year-old master himself, Vidal Sassoon: The Movie is ultimately a captivating cross-section of an inherent artist.
- 2/8/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
This month has been one of the best that I can remember for trailers. All the studios were desperate for their trailer to get released before the Christmas holidays and we were inundated with posts. Since I love trailers so much, the inundation was most welcome. In what I am considering making a monthly post, here’s a roundup of all the trailers so far for December which I have embedded below for your viewing pleasure!
I’ve embedded them in the order in which they were released start December 1st to 31st and if I miss any, please let me know and I’ll update the post.
I really want this to be intereactive so make sure you tell us which trailers you liked the best and which you think will be great or terrible movies from what you’ve seen! So, let’s go!
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Title: Cuckoo
Cast: Richard E. Grant,...
I’ve embedded them in the order in which they were released start December 1st to 31st and if I miss any, please let me know and I’ll update the post.
I really want this to be intereactive so make sure you tell us which trailers you liked the best and which you think will be great or terrible movies from what you’ve seen! So, let’s go!
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Title: Cuckoo
Cast: Richard E. Grant,...
- 12/31/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Last night was all about the first Thor trailer on Yahoo with the latest Marvel film completely taking over the Yahoo Movie Homepage. But if you look closely, you’ll se that another trailer was released last night for the new biopic based on legendary hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon.
The movie stars Vidal Sassoon, Mary Quant, John Frieda, Peggy Moffitt, Ronnie Sassoon and is direcetd by Craig Teper.
Synopsis: A portrait of revolutionary hairdresser Vidal Sassoon. With the geometric Bauhaus-inspired hairdstyles he pioneered in the ’60s and his “wash and wear” philosophy, he liberated generations of women from the tyranny of the salon. Here, we follow Sassoon’s life from a Jewish orphanage in London to his rise to the pinnacle of his craft.
Have a watch below and you’ll see snippets of the man who changed the way that people cut hair….We’re expecting this one early 2011.
The movie stars Vidal Sassoon, Mary Quant, John Frieda, Peggy Moffitt, Ronnie Sassoon and is direcetd by Craig Teper.
Synopsis: A portrait of revolutionary hairdresser Vidal Sassoon. With the geometric Bauhaus-inspired hairdstyles he pioneered in the ’60s and his “wash and wear” philosophy, he liberated generations of women from the tyranny of the salon. Here, we follow Sassoon’s life from a Jewish orphanage in London to his rise to the pinnacle of his craft.
Have a watch below and you’ll see snippets of the man who changed the way that people cut hair….We’re expecting this one early 2011.
- 12/11/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Audrey Hepburn abandoned her Givenchy comfort zone for decade-spanning dramedy Two for the Road (1967) to wear a catwalk of trendy outfits by the hottest designers of the day. And amongst those Mary Quant shifts and Courrèges sunglasses, Hepburn also wore jeans which, onscreen at least, she had seldom done before.
Denim is not a fabric traditionally associated with Audrey Hepburn, yet here she takes to the look with such confidence that all memories of Givenchy couture banish in the zip of a fly. Hepburn uses denim to not only appeal to a younger cinema-going audience, but also to align with her character Joanna Wallace’s optimistic naivety.
We see Joanna wearing denim early in the film. She is supposed to be at her youngest, dressed in high-waisted tapered leg jeans with matching canvas deck shoes, a tucked in red crew neck sweater and wide brown leather belt.
Quite a show...
Denim is not a fabric traditionally associated with Audrey Hepburn, yet here she takes to the look with such confidence that all memories of Givenchy couture banish in the zip of a fly. Hepburn uses denim to not only appeal to a younger cinema-going audience, but also to align with her character Joanna Wallace’s optimistic naivety.
We see Joanna wearing denim early in the film. She is supposed to be at her youngest, dressed in high-waisted tapered leg jeans with matching canvas deck shoes, a tucked in red crew neck sweater and wide brown leather belt.
Quite a show...
- 8/8/2010
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Director Harold Becker.
Digging up The Onion Field with Harold Becker
by Jon Zelazny
On January 27th, 2010, Gregory Ulus Powell went before a parole board at The Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, California. Powell has been serving a suspended death sentence for the 1963 kidnapping of Lapd officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, and the murder of Campbell.
The crime was the subject of L.A. cop-turned-author Joseph Wambaugh’s 1974 non-fiction bestseller, The Onion Field. Five years later the movie appeared, directed by Bronx native Harold Becker, who went on to popular hits like Taps (1981), Sea of Love (1989) and Malice (1993).
With Greg Powell back in the news, I met with Becker at his office in Beverly Hills.
Harold Becker: The Onion Field was my big break. I had made one feature film in England, The Ragman’s Daughter (1972). It was well received over there, but didn’t really cut through here.
Digging up The Onion Field with Harold Becker
by Jon Zelazny
On January 27th, 2010, Gregory Ulus Powell went before a parole board at The Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, California. Powell has been serving a suspended death sentence for the 1963 kidnapping of Lapd officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger, and the murder of Campbell.
The crime was the subject of L.A. cop-turned-author Joseph Wambaugh’s 1974 non-fiction bestseller, The Onion Field. Five years later the movie appeared, directed by Bronx native Harold Becker, who went on to popular hits like Taps (1981), Sea of Love (1989) and Malice (1993).
With Greg Powell back in the news, I met with Becker at his office in Beverly Hills.
Harold Becker: The Onion Field was my big break. I had made one feature film in England, The Ragman’s Daughter (1972). It was well received over there, but didn’t really cut through here.
- 3/2/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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Fashion Dilemma
What will David Lynch's Dior advert look like?
Picture the scene: A woman sits in a darkened room, her pale face illuminated by the light of a streetlamp shining through the slats of a venetian blind. She is strikingly beautiful. She is crying, but she's still beautiful - not red-faced and swollen-eyed like normal people. This is because she is Lady Dior.
Lady Dior has a small blue Perspex box in front of her. She reaches out her slender and well-manicured fingers to touch the box. Kazzzam!!!
Lady Dior awakes on a beach in Miami. The camera pans out, accompanied only by the sounds of the waves crashing against the shore. We see in the distance that Lady Dior is...
Fashion Dilemma
What will David Lynch's Dior advert look like?
Picture the scene: A woman sits in a darkened room, her pale face illuminated by the light of a streetlamp shining through the slats of a venetian blind. She is strikingly beautiful. She is crying, but she's still beautiful - not red-faced and swollen-eyed like normal people. This is because she is Lady Dior.
Lady Dior has a small blue Perspex box in front of her. She reaches out her slender and well-manicured fingers to touch the box. Kazzzam!!!
Lady Dior awakes on a beach in Miami. The camera pans out, accompanied only by the sounds of the waves crashing against the shore. We see in the distance that Lady Dior is...
- 12/10/2009
- by Rachel Holmes
- The Guardian - Film News
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