The line between animation and live action is brilliantly blurred in “Blue Eye Samurai,” the 2D/3D hybrid animated action series set during Edo-period Japan. It’s “Mulan” meets “Game of Thrones,” in which Mizu (voiced by Maya Erskine) — a mixed-race, lone-wolf warrior — lives in disguise seeking revenge on the four white men who made her a “creature of shame”.
“Blue Eye Samurai” represents a bold, cinematic leap in TV adult animation that’s driven by the period-authentic scope and spectacle. All eight episodes are treated as a different genre, and the graphic violence and sex are enhanced by the stylistic poetry of the animated form (the characters are inspired by Bunraku puppets and the visual style by ukiyo-e woodblock prints). Crucially, though, its exploration of race and gender through the dark lens of anti-hero Mizu is refreshing and relatable.
The series was created by the married team of Amber Noizumi...
“Blue Eye Samurai” represents a bold, cinematic leap in TV adult animation that’s driven by the period-authentic scope and spectacle. All eight episodes are treated as a different genre, and the graphic violence and sex are enhanced by the stylistic poetry of the animated form (the characters are inspired by Bunraku puppets and the visual style by ukiyo-e woodblock prints). Crucially, though, its exploration of race and gender through the dark lens of anti-hero Mizu is refreshing and relatable.
The series was created by the married team of Amber Noizumi...
- 11/4/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Bleecker Street has picked up U.S. rights to hit musical production Waitress: The Musical, from composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson, following its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June. The distributor is teaming with Fathom Events for a December 7 nationwide release of the show, which was captured live onstage in 2021 during its long Broadway run.
Based on Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 indie feature, Waitress: The Musical stars Bareilles as Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert piemaker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim a long-forgotten part of herself. Through the support of her fellow waitresses and an unexpected romance, Jenna begins to find the courage to take a long-abandoned dream off the shelf.
The film was directed by Brett Sullivan, while Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus directs for the...
Based on Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 indie feature, Waitress: The Musical stars Bareilles as Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert piemaker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim a long-forgotten part of herself. Through the support of her fellow waitresses and an unexpected romance, Jenna begins to find the courage to take a long-abandoned dream off the shelf.
The film was directed by Brett Sullivan, while Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus directs for the...
- 9/6/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
However you felt about "Obi-Wan Kenobi" as a whole, you've got to hand it to the series for giving us one of the more complicated antagonists in all of "Star Wars" -- Moses Ingram's Reva Sevander, a member of Darth Vader's personal Force-wielding Jedi-hunting hit squad known as the Inquisitors.
From the moment we met her, there was something different about Reva ... and not just because she's a Black woman who served as a member of a group whose ranks otherwise appear to be uniformly composed of individuals with extremely pallid complexions. She was feisty and hungry to prove herself in a way the other Inquisitors weren't. In time, it came to light this was but a mask for a deep well of pain and anger. Reva, we learned, was really a former Youngling who survived Anakin Skywalker's assault on the Jedi Temple on Coruscant during Order...
From the moment we met her, there was something different about Reva ... and not just because she's a Black woman who served as a member of a group whose ranks otherwise appear to be uniformly composed of individuals with extremely pallid complexions. She was feisty and hungry to prove herself in a way the other Inquisitors weren't. In time, it came to light this was but a mask for a deep well of pain and anger. Reva, we learned, was really a former Youngling who survived Anakin Skywalker's assault on the Jedi Temple on Coruscant during Order...
- 8/27/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The optics of Obi-Wan Kenobi's plan for hiding Luke Skywalker after the rise of the Galactic Empire and his father's turn to the dark side have always been ... let's just say sketchy. To be fair, "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" went a long way in justifying Obi-Wan taking Luke to live with his aunt and uncle on Tatooine, as it revealed the boy's old man, Anakin/Darth Vader, had no idea he was even alive. That and Obi-Wan knew Vader would have little reason to revisit his backwater home planet, a place that holds lots of bad memories for him.
Still, was changing his name to "Ben Kenobi" really the best idea Obi-Wan could come up with? Perhaps "Kenobi" is a much more common surname in the "Star Wars" galaxy than we know. Or perhaps I'm just overestimating how much interest a middle-aged hermit who goes...
Still, was changing his name to "Ben Kenobi" really the best idea Obi-Wan could come up with? Perhaps "Kenobi" is a much more common surname in the "Star Wars" galaxy than we know. Or perhaps I'm just overestimating how much interest a middle-aged hermit who goes...
- 8/22/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
When "Obi-Wan Kenobi" debuted on Disney+ early last summer, the return of Ewan McGregor as a middle-aged Ben came with a lot of expectations. McGregor's performance in the prequels showing Obi-Wan's transition from Padawan to Jedi Master was universally well-received, and seeing the beloved actor return in a more grizzled, world-weary form was met with a great deal of excitement. Initially, the series was set to focus on the secret stewardship between Obi-Wan and young Luke until that idea was re-tooled after it was deemed to be too similar to "The Mandalorian."
Instead, Obi-Wan is lured off of Tatooine to rescue Leia (a plucky Vivian Lyra Blair) and return her to her home world on Alderaan. Blair emerged as an immediate standout on "Obi-Wan Kenobi" that already had plenty of similarities and connections to Carrie Fisher's classic take on the character. The spark of rebellion was clearly already there,...
Instead, Obi-Wan is lured off of Tatooine to rescue Leia (a plucky Vivian Lyra Blair) and return her to her home world on Alderaan. Blair emerged as an immediate standout on "Obi-Wan Kenobi" that already had plenty of similarities and connections to Carrie Fisher's classic take on the character. The spark of rebellion was clearly already there,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Lucasfilm's "Obi-Wan Kenobi" series was largely forgotten as soon as it aired, and not without reason. Although the show was a nostalgia feast for fans of the prequels and it also gave us a fantastic Leia story (one of the best in the entire franchise), it felt disappointingly derivative. For one, its climactic final battle between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader was lifted straight from "Star Wars Rebels," and the story of the Third Sister was rather similar to the plot of "Jedi: Fallen Order."
Still, seeing Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan again, this time carrying the weight of "Revenge of the Sith" on his shoulders, was special for fans. Also special: Hayden Christensen's return to the franchise. His reunion with Obi-Wan remains quite emotional, and seeing Vader in a post-prequels and post-"The Clone Wars" era, with the context of all those stories, lent his appearance an extra poignancy.
Still, seeing Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan again, this time carrying the weight of "Revenge of the Sith" on his shoulders, was special for fans. Also special: Hayden Christensen's return to the franchise. His reunion with Obi-Wan remains quite emotional, and seeing Vader in a post-prequels and post-"The Clone Wars" era, with the context of all those stories, lent his appearance an extra poignancy.
- 8/17/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
None of the 13 precursor prizes announced winners before Oscar nominations were revealed on February 8. However, all but one of them — the Casting Society of America — revealed their roster of contenders before the start of Oscar nominations balloting on January 27. The CSA, which chimed in on February 1, will be the only guild to hold its ceremony after final Oscar voting ends on March 22; the Artios Awards are the next day.
Before Oscar voting kicked off on March 17, we heard from eight guilds. The makeup artists and hairstylists weighed in on Feb. 19 while the actors were heard from on Feb. 27. Two guilds — art directors and film editors — held ceremonies on March 5. The visual effects wizards handed out prizes on March 8, the costume designers on March 9, the directors on March 12 and the sound editors on March 13.
The producers and sound mixers met on March 19 while the cinematographers and writers did so on March...
Before Oscar voting kicked off on March 17, we heard from eight guilds. The makeup artists and hairstylists weighed in on Feb. 19 while the actors were heard from on Feb. 27. Two guilds — art directors and film editors — held ceremonies on March 5. The visual effects wizards handed out prizes on March 8, the costume designers on March 9, the directors on March 12 and the sound editors on March 13.
The producers and sound mixers met on March 19 while the cinematographers and writers did so on March...
- 3/21/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“Cruella” got a big boost in its Oscar bid for Best Costume Design with a win on March 9 at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. It prevailed in the period design race over three of its Oscar rivals — “Cyrano,” “Nightmare Alley” and “West Side Story” — plus “House of Gucci.”
Its closest Oscar competition could be “Dune,” which won the fantasy/sci-fi prize at the CDG Awards on Wednesday. The other CDG winner was the contemporary film “Coming 2 America.”
In its 23-year history, the CDG has previewed only 11 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design; eight of these have been period pictures and three have been sci-fi or fantasy flicks. Of the last five Costume Designers Guild Awards winners two have gone on to repeat at the Academy Awards: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in 2021 and “Black Panther” in 2019.
In 2018, “The Shape of Water” won with the guild while “Phantom Thread” prevailed at the Oscars.
Its closest Oscar competition could be “Dune,” which won the fantasy/sci-fi prize at the CDG Awards on Wednesday. The other CDG winner was the contemporary film “Coming 2 America.”
In its 23-year history, the CDG has previewed only 11 of the Oscar winners for Best Costume Design; eight of these have been period pictures and three have been sci-fi or fantasy flicks. Of the last five Costume Designers Guild Awards winners two have gone on to repeat at the Academy Awards: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in 2021 and “Black Panther” in 2019.
In 2018, “The Shape of Water” won with the guild while “Phantom Thread” prevailed at the Oscars.
- 3/10/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“Cruella” (Disney),” “Dune” (Warner Bros.), and “Coming 2 America” (Amazon Prime) were the big film winners Wednesday night at the 24th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards. “Cruella” designer and two-time Oscar winner Jenny Beavan won for period; Denis Villeneuve’s epic “Dune” took sci-fi honors for costume designers Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan; and Oscar winner Ruth Carter (“Black Panther”) earned the contemporary prize for “Coming 2 America.”
Held at the The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, the annual awards celebrated the best in film, TV, and short-form costume design in eight categories that spanned fantasy, contemporary, and period works. Show hosts were actors Andrew Rannells (“The Prom”) and Casey Wilson (“The Shrink Next Door”).
Wednesday’s wins clearly puts “Cruella” in the Oscar driver’s seat after beating the other three period Oscar nominees — “Cyrano,” “Nightmare Alley,” and “West Side Story.” That leaves “Dune” as the other Oscar contender,...
Held at the The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, the annual awards celebrated the best in film, TV, and short-form costume design in eight categories that spanned fantasy, contemporary, and period works. Show hosts were actors Andrew Rannells (“The Prom”) and Casey Wilson (“The Shrink Next Door”).
Wednesday’s wins clearly puts “Cruella” in the Oscar driver’s seat after beating the other three period Oscar nominees — “Cyrano,” “Nightmare Alley,” and “West Side Story.” That leaves “Dune” as the other Oscar contender,...
- 3/10/2022
- by Bill Desowitz and Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
With the announcement on Feb. 1 of the contenders for the Artios Awards, which are bestowed by the Casting Society of America, we’ve now heard from all 13 guilds. The CSA was the only group to hold off till the end of Oscar nominations voting. The actors, art directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, film editors, makeup artists & hairstylists, producers, sound editors, sound mixers, visual effects wizards and writers all weighed in on or before the start of balloting on Jan. 27.
“Dune” had racked up a perfect score by reaping nominations with each of the first dozen guilds but was snubbed by the CSA.”West Side Story” is next with 10, missing out for film editing and lensing. The stylish “No Time to Die” has eight.
Of the other leading Academy Awards contenders for Best Picture, only “Licorice Pizza” went four for four with the big guilds. Both “Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog...
“Dune” had racked up a perfect score by reaping nominations with each of the first dozen guilds but was snubbed by the CSA.”West Side Story” is next with 10, missing out for film editing and lensing. The stylish “No Time to Die” has eight.
Of the other leading Academy Awards contenders for Best Picture, only “Licorice Pizza” went four for four with the big guilds. Both “Belfast” and “The Power of the Dog...
- 2/1/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Four of our five predicted nominees for Best Costume Design at the 2022 Oscars reaped bids on January 26 for the Costume Designers Guild Awards.
“Cruella,” “House of Gucci” and “West Side Story” contend here in the period picture category against “Cyrano” and “Nightmare Alley,” which rank sixth and seventh in our Oscar odds.
Another likely Oscar contender, “Dune,” vies here in the sci-fi/fantasy race against “The Green Knight,” “The Matrix Resurrections,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “The Suicide Squad.”
Our fifth predicted Oscar nominee, “Spencer,” can take heart that the guild often overlook films that go on to contend at the Academy Awards. Indeed the 2020 Oscar winner for Best Costume Design, “Little Women,” was snubbed by the CDG as were two of the other nominees, “The Irishman” and “Joker.” The guild honored one of the other academy nominees, “Jojo Rabbit.”
In its 23-year history,...
“Cruella,” “House of Gucci” and “West Side Story” contend here in the period picture category against “Cyrano” and “Nightmare Alley,” which rank sixth and seventh in our Oscar odds.
Another likely Oscar contender, “Dune,” vies here in the sci-fi/fantasy race against “The Green Knight,” “The Matrix Resurrections,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “The Suicide Squad.”
Our fifth predicted Oscar nominee, “Spencer,” can take heart that the guild often overlook films that go on to contend at the Academy Awards. Indeed the 2020 Oscar winner for Best Costume Design, “Little Women,” was snubbed by the CDG as were two of the other nominees, “The Irishman” and “Joker.” The guild honored one of the other academy nominees, “Jojo Rabbit.”
In its 23-year history,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Costume Designers Guild has announced nominations for the 24th Costume Designers Guild Awards, with “Dune,” “West Side Story,” “Cruella,” “House of Gucci” and “Nightmare Alley” among those landing nominations.
The designers behind “Dune,” “The Green Knight,” “The Matrix Resurrections,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “The Suicide Squad” will vie for the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film nod.
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who made Oscar history with her “Black Panther” win in 2019, received a nod for her work on “Coming 2 America.”
Other designers to receive guild nominations were Jenny Beavan for “Cruella,” Janty Yates for “House of Gucci,” “Nightmare Alley’s” Luis Sequeira and Paul Tazewell for “West Side Story.” While overlooked for her work on “Spencer,” Jacqueline Durran was nominated along with Massimo Cantini Parrini for “Cyrano.”
“Throughout the pandemic, we’ve been reminded how important costume design is,...
The designers behind “Dune,” “The Green Knight,” “The Matrix Resurrections,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “The Suicide Squad” will vie for the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film nod.
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter, who made Oscar history with her “Black Panther” win in 2019, received a nod for her work on “Coming 2 America.”
Other designers to receive guild nominations were Jenny Beavan for “Cruella,” Janty Yates for “House of Gucci,” “Nightmare Alley’s” Luis Sequeira and Paul Tazewell for “West Side Story.” While overlooked for her work on “Spencer,” Jacqueline Durran was nominated along with Massimo Cantini Parrini for “Cyrano.”
“Throughout the pandemic, we’ve been reminded how important costume design is,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Costume Designers Guild on Wednesday revealed nominees for its 24th annual CDG Awards, recognizing excellence in the craft across eight film, TV and short-form categories. The guild also said its winners will be announced at an in-person ceremony March 9 at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
Voters in the guild, IATSE Local 892 select nominees in three film categories: Period, Contemporary and Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Among the notable nominees this morning include costume designers from fashion-forward titles like MGM/Uar’s House of Gucci (Janty Yates), Disney’s Cruella (Jenny Beavan) and A24’s wild ride Zola (Derica Cole Washington). Other nominees included Black Panther Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter, this time for Amazon’s Coming 2 America.
Superhero titles were prominent on today’s noms list, with mentions for Marvel movies Spider-Man: No Way Home and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and DC’s The Suicide Squad.
Voters in the guild, IATSE Local 892 select nominees in three film categories: Period, Contemporary and Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Among the notable nominees this morning include costume designers from fashion-forward titles like MGM/Uar’s House of Gucci (Janty Yates), Disney’s Cruella (Jenny Beavan) and A24’s wild ride Zola (Derica Cole Washington). Other nominees included Black Panther Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter, this time for Amazon’s Coming 2 America.
Superhero titles were prominent on today’s noms list, with mentions for Marvel movies Spider-Man: No Way Home and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and DC’s The Suicide Squad.
- 1/26/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The nominations for the Costume Designers Guild Awards will be released on Wednesday, recognizing the achievements of the artisans that created some of the most memorable outfits and clothing designs of the year. Following the 10-month eligibility window, the community of over 1,200 members separates the film categories into three groups — contemporary, period and sci-fi/fantasy.
The distinctions between contemporary and period tend to get blurred, especially with modern subjects like Princess Diana in “Spencer” and Venus and Serena Williams in “King Richard” among the selections. However, per the CDG rules, “any entry with at least 51% of all costumes existing in a historical era greater than 25 years [on or before December 31, 1995] from the current entry year will be considered a period entry.”
That puts Jacqueline Durran (“Spencer”) and Sharen Davis (“King Richard”) into the period film field, where it’s indisputably the most competitive. Three of the five nominees from CDG typically translate to an...
The distinctions between contemporary and period tend to get blurred, especially with modern subjects like Princess Diana in “Spencer” and Venus and Serena Williams in “King Richard” among the selections. However, per the CDG rules, “any entry with at least 51% of all costumes existing in a historical era greater than 25 years [on or before December 31, 1995] from the current entry year will be considered a period entry.”
That puts Jacqueline Durran (“Spencer”) and Sharen Davis (“King Richard”) into the period film field, where it’s indisputably the most competitive. Three of the five nominees from CDG typically translate to an...
- 1/25/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“If we don’t do this, there will be nothing left to save!”
The Top-grossing Hollywood Film Of The Pandemic Era At The International Box Office Is Yours To OWN. Bring Bond Home For The Holidays And Experience Never-before-seen Bonus Content. OWN It On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray And DVD Collector’S Editions December 21, 2021 From Eon Productions, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) & Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Daniel Craig delivers the “best Bond we’ve ever had” (IGN) and a “stunning and surprising finale” (Empire) in No Time To Die, the extraordinary 25th installment of the James Bond series, available to own for the first time on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD Collector’s Editions on December 21, 2021 from Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Generating more than $700 million worldwide and Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, fans can now bring home No Time...
The Top-grossing Hollywood Film Of The Pandemic Era At The International Box Office Is Yours To OWN. Bring Bond Home For The Holidays And Experience Never-before-seen Bonus Content. OWN It On 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray And DVD Collector’S Editions December 21, 2021 From Eon Productions, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) & Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Daniel Craig delivers the “best Bond we’ve ever had” (IGN) and a “stunning and surprising finale” (Empire) in No Time To Die, the extraordinary 25th installment of the James Bond series, available to own for the first time on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD Collector’s Editions on December 21, 2021 from Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Generating more than $700 million worldwide and Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, fans can now bring home No Time...
- 12/16/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"No Time to Die," which is finally in theaters this weekend, serves as Daniel Craig's goodbye to the role of James Bond. He will undoubtedly be missed by a great many fans around the world. Luckily, the filmmakers behind the fifth and final installment for Craig's run as 007 knew they needed to send him off in style. In particular, costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb did her part to make Craig's final on-screen look stand out.
Our own Jack Giroux recently interviewed Larlarb for the release of "No Time to Die." During the conversation, the discussion turned to vintage clothing, and Larlarb explained how they,...
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Our own Jack Giroux recently interviewed Larlarb for the release of "No Time to Die." During the conversation, the discussion turned to vintage clothing, and Larlarb explained how they,...
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- 10/8/2021
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
James Bond may find himself in fantastical situations, but when it comes to style, costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb always wanted what felt real for the character. Larlab is known for her collaborations with filmmaker Danny Boyle, including the 2012 opening ceremony of the London Olympics. She was hired for "No Time to Die" when the director was originally attached to the sequel. After his departure, the producers were adamant on keeping her onboard, teaming her with new director Cary Fukunaga.
Ultimately, Larlab struck a balance between the classic and modern Bond aesthetic.
It's all about character,...
The post No Time to Die Costume Designer Shares How You Dress the Most Stylish Spy in Movie History [Interview] appeared first on /Film.
Ultimately, Larlab struck a balance between the classic and modern Bond aesthetic.
It's all about character,...
The post No Time to Die Costume Designer Shares How You Dress the Most Stylish Spy in Movie History [Interview] appeared first on /Film.
- 10/8/2021
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
The 16th-century Dutch theologian Desiderius Erasmus famously proclaimed “Clothes make the man.” This is categorically true of James Bond, Ian Fleming’s swashbuckling secret agent, whose costumes through the years — from the Savile Row suits worn by Sean Connery in “Dr. No” and “Diamonds Are Forever” to Pierce Brosnan’s dapper duds courtesy of Italian couture label Brioni in “Tomorrow Never Dies” and “The World Is Not Enough” — have come to personify the British spy as much as his proclivity for glamorous women, Aston Martins and death-defying shoot-outs.
Fleming, in fact, altered the face of spy attire forever. Before the British author put Bond in a navy blue single-breasted suit with a four-in-hand knotted tie, spies were walking around in long trench coats and wide-brimmed hats. So 007 is nothing short of a style icon.
Daniel Craig, who first stepped into the iconic character in the 2006 film “Casino Royale” and whose...
Fleming, in fact, altered the face of spy attire forever. Before the British author put Bond in a navy blue single-breasted suit with a four-in-hand knotted tie, spies were walking around in long trench coats and wide-brimmed hats. So 007 is nothing short of a style icon.
Daniel Craig, who first stepped into the iconic character in the 2006 film “Casino Royale” and whose...
- 10/6/2021
- by Malina Saval
- Variety Film + TV
When a show is steeped in politics and culture, costumes are the swiftest path to communicating what’s at stake. In “The Crown,” the wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) expresses her rite of passage inside and outside the palace; in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” red dresses symbolize menstrual blood and political rage; in “American Gods,” costumes express the battle between the Old and New Gods; in “Feud,” wardrobes underscore the bitter rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon); and in “Hairspray Live!,” the flamboyant costumes help unite Baltimore during the civil rights movement of the ’60s.
“The Crown”
The wedding and coronation dresses offered distinct challenges for costume designer Michele Clapton (three-time Emmy winner for “Game of Thrones”). Authenticity, particularly the iconic silhouette, was important for the wedding dress, as was a comfortable fit for Foy as Elizabeth. “We altered it around the arms...
“The Crown”
The wedding and coronation dresses offered distinct challenges for costume designer Michele Clapton (three-time Emmy winner for “Game of Thrones”). Authenticity, particularly the iconic silhouette, was important for the wedding dress, as was a comfortable fit for Foy as Elizabeth. “We altered it around the arms...
- 6/9/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
In new television series “American Gods,” adapted by showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green from Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel about the epic battle between the Old and New Gods, we have a superhero fantasy for adults. In this Starz drama, the Old are obsessed with faith, the New with branding.
Costume designer Suttirat Larlarb and cinematographer Darran Tiernan felt they needed to ground the Gods in a believable reality before going wild with visual eye candy. That meant using protagonist Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) as an anchor. He’s a former convict with a crisis of faith, who’s recruited to protect con artist Mr. Wednesday/Odin (Ian McShane).
Dressing the Old and New Gods
“I was harboring a low level anxiety about the project because, from the outset, we’re given a host of characters who exist in reality but are supernatural,” said Larlarb. “And they have to exist among living,...
Costume designer Suttirat Larlarb and cinematographer Darran Tiernan felt they needed to ground the Gods in a believable reality before going wild with visual eye candy. That meant using protagonist Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) as an anchor. He’s a former convict with a crisis of faith, who’s recruited to protect con artist Mr. Wednesday/Odin (Ian McShane).
Dressing the Old and New Gods
“I was harboring a low level anxiety about the project because, from the outset, we’re given a host of characters who exist in reality but are supernatural,” said Larlarb. “And they have to exist among living,...
- 6/8/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Who is Annie without her red dress Or Eva with out her balcony It is the charge of the Broadway designer to transport the audience into the world of a show, whether it be Great Depression-era New York City or outside of the Casa Rosada.In our new series, Broadway by Design, BroadwayWorld will be shining a spotlight on the stellar designs of this Broadway season, show by show. Today, we continue the series with Scott Paskand Suttirat Anne Larlarb, who acted as scenic and costume designers for Broadway's fresh, new musical,Waitress.
- 4/24/2016
- by Nicole Rosky
- BroadwayWorld.com
An intimate and revealing portrait of one of the chief architects of the digital age, Steve Jobs is coming to Digital HD on February 2, 2016, and Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand on February 16, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. From Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, Moneyball) and Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours), Steve Jobs is an up-close-and-personal look at the founder of Apple, a remarkable creative genius whose vow to put computers in the hands of ordinary people changed the world.
A “must-see, one-of-a-kind that cannot be ignored” according to Indiewire’s Anne Thompson, Steve Jobs on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD also comes with a revealing “making-of” documentary and feature commentary by the filmmakers.
Witness the founder of Apple like never before. Steve Jobs paints an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at the epicenter of the digital revolution, backstage in the final...
A “must-see, one-of-a-kind that cannot be ignored” according to Indiewire’s Anne Thompson, Steve Jobs on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD also comes with a revealing “making-of” documentary and feature commentary by the filmmakers.
Witness the founder of Apple like never before. Steve Jobs paints an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at the epicenter of the digital revolution, backstage in the final...
- 12/16/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Steve Jobs director Danny Boyle Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
After the opening act with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and a follow-up with star Jeff Daniels, the third act of my Shakespearean conversation on Steve Jobs is with director Danny Boyle on Alan Turing, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Benedict Cumberbatch, a Katharine Hepburn line, costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb (Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Trance) dressing Kate Winslet influenced by Phil Oakey's The Human League girls, Michael Fassbender becoming Jobs, Walter Isaacson's biography and the revenge of the calla lilies. At the New York Film Festival Centerpiece Gala event, Seth Rogen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Perla Haney-Jardine, Fassbender, Winslet, Daniels and Sorkin were brought up on stage at Alice Tully Hall where the director announced that we were seeing the "world premiere of the finished version" of his movie.
Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs
Kate Winslet, as Head of Marketing Joanna Hoffman, gets to wear three wildly unflattering outfits.
After the opening act with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and a follow-up with star Jeff Daniels, the third act of my Shakespearean conversation on Steve Jobs is with director Danny Boyle on Alan Turing, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Benedict Cumberbatch, a Katharine Hepburn line, costume designer Suttirat Anne Larlarb (Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Trance) dressing Kate Winslet influenced by Phil Oakey's The Human League girls, Michael Fassbender becoming Jobs, Walter Isaacson's biography and the revenge of the calla lilies. At the New York Film Festival Centerpiece Gala event, Seth Rogen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Perla Haney-Jardine, Fassbender, Winslet, Daniels and Sorkin were brought up on stage at Alice Tully Hall where the director announced that we were seeing the "world premiere of the finished version" of his movie.
Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs
Kate Winslet, as Head of Marketing Joanna Hoffman, gets to wear three wildly unflattering outfits.
- 12/12/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Danny Boyle, Jeff Daniels and Aaron Sorkin Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Jeff Daniels, in the second act of a three act Shakespearean conversation on Steve Jobs, calls his character John Sculley at the start, "an international marketing rock star." He discussed working with Michael Fassbender, knowing Aaron Sorkin scripts from Newsroom, being a shadow, and loving Woody Allen's The Purple Rose Of Cairo, opposite Mia Farrow.
The opening act was Aaron Sorkin, who adapted Walter Isaacson's biography, Steve Jobs, for the big screen. The third act will be director Danny Boyle on Alan Turing, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Benedict Cumberbatch, costume designer Suttirat Larlarb dressing Kate Winslet, influenced by Phil Oakey's The Human League girls, Fassbender becoming Jobs and the revenge of the calla lilies.
Jeff Daniels as John Sculley: "Aaron wrote with Sculley this Shakespearean fall …"
Jeff Daniels had two films at this year's New York...
Jeff Daniels, in the second act of a three act Shakespearean conversation on Steve Jobs, calls his character John Sculley at the start, "an international marketing rock star." He discussed working with Michael Fassbender, knowing Aaron Sorkin scripts from Newsroom, being a shadow, and loving Woody Allen's The Purple Rose Of Cairo, opposite Mia Farrow.
The opening act was Aaron Sorkin, who adapted Walter Isaacson's biography, Steve Jobs, for the big screen. The third act will be director Danny Boyle on Alan Turing, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Benedict Cumberbatch, costume designer Suttirat Larlarb dressing Kate Winslet, influenced by Phil Oakey's The Human League girls, Fassbender becoming Jobs and the revenge of the calla lilies.
Jeff Daniels as John Sculley: "Aaron wrote with Sculley this Shakespearean fall …"
Jeff Daniels had two films at this year's New York...
- 12/9/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For a big budget movie about a lone astronaut who gets stranded on Mars, the spacesuits in The Martian are surprisingly sober in terms of design. There is an attempt here to make everything seem as plausible as possible, costume design especially. Director Ridley Scott’s regular costumer Janty Yates has created possibly the sexiest spacesuits ever seen on screen, and what’s more they are functional. To paraphrase a line in the film, she had to “science the shit out of them”.
Yates collaborated with Nasa looking specifically at their Z1 and Z2 prototypes to create an Eva (‘Extravehicular Activity’ – any time the crew must go outside) suit and surface or ‘bio’ suit (worn on Mars). The surface suit is similar to the blue under-suits she created for Scott’s near future set Prometheus in 2012, although further grounded in reality. The Prometheus under-suits could, in theory, monitor functioning levels of the human body,...
Yates collaborated with Nasa looking specifically at their Z1 and Z2 prototypes to create an Eva (‘Extravehicular Activity’ – any time the crew must go outside) suit and surface or ‘bio’ suit (worn on Mars). The surface suit is similar to the blue under-suits she created for Scott’s near future set Prometheus in 2012, although further grounded in reality. The Prometheus under-suits could, in theory, monitor functioning levels of the human body,...
- 10/6/2015
- by Lord Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, along with a French accent, stars as Philippe Petit in the latest trailer for TriStar Pictures’ The Walk.
Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), is aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, who overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the master director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story.
With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX® 3D wizardry, The Walk is genuine big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds.
It is also one of...
Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), is aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, who overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan. Robert Zemeckis, the master director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses cutting edge technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story.
With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX® 3D wizardry, The Walk is genuine big-screen cinema, a chance for moviegoers to viscerally experience the feeling of reaching the clouds.
It is also one of...
- 6/4/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here’s your first look at the dreamlike teaser, as well as the striking first poster, for director Robert Zemeckis’s upcoming movie, The Walk. The film is set to hit theaters next fall on October 2, 2015.
Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man – Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan.
Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses advanced technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story.
With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema,...
Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man – Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan.
Robert Zemeckis, the director of such marvels as Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Back to the Future, Polar Express and Flight, again uses advanced technology in the service of an emotional, character-driven story.
With innovative photorealistic techniques and IMAX 3D wizardry, The Walk is true big-screen cinema,...
- 12/9/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Principal photography has wrapped on the inaugural film from Tom Rothman’s TriStar Productions, now officially titled The Walk.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film is a true story based on Philippe Petit’s book “To Reach the Clouds,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young dreamer who dared the impossible: an illegal wire walk between the World Trade Center towers.
Zemeckis wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne. Producers are Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke. The film will be released on October 2, 2015.
Today is the 40th anniversary of the astounding event, now being brought back to vivid life in the third act climax of the film.
Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits,...
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film is a true story based on Philippe Petit’s book “To Reach the Clouds,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young dreamer who dared the impossible: an illegal wire walk between the World Trade Center towers.
Zemeckis wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne. Producers are Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke. The film will be released on October 2, 2015.
Today is the 40th anniversary of the astounding event, now being brought back to vivid life in the third act climax of the film.
Twelve people have walked on the moon, but only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley), and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits,...
- 8/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Reese Witherspoon stars in the feel good film on the fall – The Good Lie. Produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, the movie opens in theaters on October 3rd.
They were known simply as “The Lost Boys.”
Orphaned by the brutal Civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3600 lost boys and girls to America.
In The Good Lie, Philippe Falardeau, (writer and director of the Oscar- nominated Foreign Language film “Monsieur Lazhar”) brings the story of their survival and triumph to life. Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (“Walk the Line”) stars alongside Sudanese actors Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, and newcomer Nyakuoth Weil, many of whom were also children of war.
Mamere and Theo are sons of the Chief in their village in Southern Sudan.
They were known simply as “The Lost Boys.”
Orphaned by the brutal Civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3600 lost boys and girls to America.
In The Good Lie, Philippe Falardeau, (writer and director of the Oscar- nominated Foreign Language film “Monsieur Lazhar”) brings the story of their survival and triumph to life. Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon (“Walk the Line”) stars alongside Sudanese actors Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal, and newcomer Nyakuoth Weil, many of whom were also children of war.
Mamere and Theo are sons of the Chief in their village in Southern Sudan.
- 6/21/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When Of Mice and Men officially opens at the Longacre Theatre in New York on Wednesday, the star-studded drama will mark the Broadway debuts of James Franco, Chris O'Dowd, Leighton Meester and Jim Parrack. Photos: James Franco, Chris O'Dowd Make Their Broadway Debuts in 'Of Mice and Men' But it will also be a Great White Way first for Suttirat Anne Larlarb, the costume designer tasked with dressing those actors for John Steinbeck's stage adaptation of his iconic 1937 novella, directed by Anna D. Shapiro. A frequent collaborator of director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire and Trance on the big screen; Frankenstein
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- 4/11/2014
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A week before the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards rock the entertainment industry, nearly 80 awards were scheduled to be presented at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony Sunday (Sept. 15) at the Nokia Theatre. Fxx will air an edited version of the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony on Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. Et.
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
HBO's "Behind the Candelabra" unsurprisingly took home a number of awards, while Bob Newhart won his first career Emmy for guest-starring on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory."
Here is the full list of winners:
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - 2013: Carrie Preston, as Elsbeth Tascioni on "The Good Wife"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 2013: Dan Bucatinsky, as James Novack on "Scandal"
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013: Melissa Leo, as Laurie on "Louie"
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2013: Bob Newhart, as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton...
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A year ago, the man who penned the script to the opening ceremony wrote euphorically in the Observer about the spirit of the Games. We should not despair, he says, if that spirit has come up against harsh reality
I'm ridiculously proud of being a writer. When strangers ask me what my job is, I say "writer", very much in the manner of Matt Damon saying "Texas Ranger" in True Grit. They then inevitably spoil my moment with: "Written anything I might have read?" And I'm left to mutter: "I'll get my coat", very much in the manner of Mark Williams's socially gauche Brummie in The Fast Show.
This past 12 months, it's been different. For the last year, I've been able to answer with a modest smile: "Actually, I was the writer for the 2012 London Olympic Games opening ceremony." I use the full title just to make it last,...
I'm ridiculously proud of being a writer. When strangers ask me what my job is, I say "writer", very much in the manner of Matt Damon saying "Texas Ranger" in True Grit. They then inevitably spoil my moment with: "Written anything I might have read?" And I'm left to mutter: "I'll get my coat", very much in the manner of Mark Williams's socially gauche Brummie in The Fast Show.
This past 12 months, it's been different. For the last year, I've been able to answer with a modest smile: "Actually, I was the writer for the 2012 London Olympic Games opening ceremony." I use the full title just to make it last,...
- 7/13/2013
- by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Guardian - Film News
Whilst the average cinema-goer is no doubt aware of his name, the typical movie buff is most likely familiar with some of Danny Boyle‘s work. His most successful film is Slumdog Millionaire, but he’s also done various other films in the past, including Trainspotting, Sunshine and 127 Hours. He’s not the most prolific of directors, but when he makes a film it is certainly worthy of attention.
This brings us to the recent Trance trailer. Trance, of course, is the latest film by Danny Boyle. Straight away, there are various themes and similarities that make this instantly recognizable as a ‘Boyle movie’. It can easily be argued that all of Boyle’s films have had a strong human and emotional theme. Whilst the likes of Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting are prime examples, even Sunshine focuses on the human and emotional aspects of a more unusual situation; the same goes for 127 Hours.
This brings us to the recent Trance trailer. Trance, of course, is the latest film by Danny Boyle. Straight away, there are various themes and similarities that make this instantly recognizable as a ‘Boyle movie’. It can easily be argued that all of Boyle’s films have had a strong human and emotional theme. Whilst the likes of Slumdog Millionaire and Trainspotting are prime examples, even Sunshine focuses on the human and emotional aspects of a more unusual situation; the same goes for 127 Hours.
- 4/24/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The secret's out - the Olympic opening ceremony was a pyrotechnic act of confession and as its writer, I was elated by the magic we created
It's the morning after the opening ceremony. For two years I've felt constipated with secrets, but last night was a pyrotechnic act of confession, and I feel elated. At last I don't have to talk about "Betty" any more. Betty was the code name for Thomas Heatherwick's beautiful, delicate Olympic cauldron. She was named after the executive producer's dog. And so we were liable to get strange messages about "going to visit Betty" and "what to do if Betty malfunctions" and even "burning Betty". For the last two years I've been going round bragging about being the writer on Danny Boyle's opening ceremony. The usual response is: "Wow!" followed by: "Errrm, what do you mean?" Which is what I asked Danny when he first asked me.
It's the morning after the opening ceremony. For two years I've felt constipated with secrets, but last night was a pyrotechnic act of confession, and I feel elated. At last I don't have to talk about "Betty" any more. Betty was the code name for Thomas Heatherwick's beautiful, delicate Olympic cauldron. She was named after the executive producer's dog. And so we were liable to get strange messages about "going to visit Betty" and "what to do if Betty malfunctions" and even "burning Betty". For the last two years I've been going round bragging about being the writer on Danny Boyle's opening ceremony. The usual response is: "Wow!" followed by: "Errrm, what do you mean?" Which is what I asked Danny when he first asked me.
- 7/30/2012
- by Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire) returns to the theatre to direct this visionary new production, Frankenstein by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley.
For the first time ever, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of a production. Throughout the run of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Audiences in cinemas will have the chance to see both combinations, with two broadcasts a week apart.
April 2 at 11am: Benedict Cumberbatch (Creature), Jonny Lee Miller (Victor)
April 9 at 11am: Jonny Lee Miller (Creature), Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor)
You Can Catch Both Of These At The Tivoli Theater In St. Louis.
Synopsis:
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein.s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes,...
For the first time ever, National Theatre Live will broadcast two separate performances of a production. Throughout the run of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Audiences in cinemas will have the chance to see both combinations, with two broadcasts a week apart.
April 2 at 11am: Benedict Cumberbatch (Creature), Jonny Lee Miller (Victor)
April 9 at 11am: Jonny Lee Miller (Creature), Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor)
You Can Catch Both Of These At The Tivoli Theater In St. Louis.
Synopsis:
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein.s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes,...
- 3/30/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A composite sketch based on Blue John Canyon, near Moab, Utah. Courtesy Suttirat Larlarb.A detailed survey. “The Bible from which we worked,” says Larlarb. Courtesy Suttirat Larlarb.The canyon, under construction. “The electrical department simulated daylight so the paint would read like sandstone,” says Larlarb. The walls of the set have been pulled apart for construction, but the thin lines on the floor indicate how close they will be. Courtesy Suttirat Larlarb.During scouting trips, the team set up ladders to make traversing the canyon (a bit) easier. Here, gaffer Thomas Neivelt stands in the spot where Aron Ralston was trapped. Courtesy Suttirat Larlarb.Larlarb’s team custom mixed a sandstone-colored base coat, so if the set was nicked, the “skins” would not show through. Courtesy Suttirat Larlarb.The top portion of the vertical canyon, as seen from the second floor of the warehouse. Courtesy Suttirat Larlarb.On the day of the technical scout,...
- 2/11/2011
- Vanity Fair
Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech," Christopher Nolan's "Inception," and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" were the big winners of the Art Directors Guild's 15th annual Excellent in Production Design Awards.
"The King's Speech" took home the Period Film prize, "Inception" received the Fantasy Film trophy, and "Black Swan" danced to the top of Contemporary Film category.
Here's the complete list of winners (bolded) and nominees of the Art Directors Guild's 15th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards (Check out my Awards Avenue for your complete pre-Oscar preparations)
Period Film
True Grit -- Jess Gonchor
The King's Speech -- Eve Stewart
Shutter Island -- Dante Ferretti
Robin Hood -- Arthur Max
Get Low -- Geoffrey Kirkland
Fantasy Film
Alice In Wonderland -- Robert Stromberg
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 -- Stuart Craig
Inception -- Guy Hendrix Dyas
Tron: Legacy -- Darren Gilford
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader...
"The King's Speech" took home the Period Film prize, "Inception" received the Fantasy Film trophy, and "Black Swan" danced to the top of Contemporary Film category.
Here's the complete list of winners (bolded) and nominees of the Art Directors Guild's 15th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards (Check out my Awards Avenue for your complete pre-Oscar preparations)
Period Film
True Grit -- Jess Gonchor
The King's Speech -- Eve Stewart
Shutter Island -- Dante Ferretti
Robin Hood -- Arthur Max
Get Low -- Geoffrey Kirkland
Fantasy Film
Alice In Wonderland -- Robert Stromberg
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 -- Stuart Craig
Inception -- Guy Hendrix Dyas
Tron: Legacy -- Darren Gilford
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader...
- 2/7/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Art Directors Guild has announced nominees for its 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards! Winners will be revealed on Feb. 5.
Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):
Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2010
Period Film
True Grit -- Jess Gonchor
The King's Speech -- Eve Stewart
Shutter Island -- Dante Ferretti
Robin Hood -- Arthur Max
Get Low -- Geoffrey Kirkland
Fantasy Film
Alice In Wonderland -- Robert Stromberg
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 -- Stuart Craig
Inception -- Guy Hendrix Dyas
Tron: Legacy -- Darren Gilford
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader -- Barry Robison
Contemporary Film
Black Swan -- Therese DePrez
The Social Network -- Donald Graham Burt
The Fighter -- Judy Becker
The Town -- Sharon Seymour
127 Hours -- Suttirat Larlarb
Nominees...
Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):
Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2010
Period Film
True Grit -- Jess Gonchor
The King's Speech -- Eve Stewart
Shutter Island -- Dante Ferretti
Robin Hood -- Arthur Max
Get Low -- Geoffrey Kirkland
Fantasy Film
Alice In Wonderland -- Robert Stromberg
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 -- Stuart Craig
Inception -- Guy Hendrix Dyas
Tron: Legacy -- Darren Gilford
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader -- Barry Robison
Contemporary Film
Black Swan -- Therese DePrez
The Social Network -- Donald Graham Burt
The Fighter -- Judy Becker
The Town -- Sharon Seymour
127 Hours -- Suttirat Larlarb
Nominees...
- 1/6/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The power of eye candy at the movies is greatly underestimated. Whole star turns can be elevated with the right costuming choices and entire films can be propped up with meaning, beauty, authenticity or imagination with the right production design decisions and set creation and decoration.
love the dilapidated dioramas of The King's Speech
So congratulations to the nominees. The Adg chooses them in three separate categories.
Period
Jess Gonchor for True Grit
Eve Stewart for The King's Speech
Dante Ferretti for Shutter Island
Arthur Max for Robin Hood
Geoffrey Kirkland for Get Low
Most of these will probably show up on Oscar's list. They don't have separate categories so they tend to favor period work.
Disappointed to see Eugenio Caballero's fine work on the 70s rock biopic The Runaways (pictured left) snubbed here. We knew it wouldn't figure in (see griping at the end of this post for why) but still.
love the dilapidated dioramas of The King's Speech
So congratulations to the nominees. The Adg chooses them in three separate categories.
Period
Jess Gonchor for True Grit
Eve Stewart for The King's Speech
Dante Ferretti for Shutter Island
Arthur Max for Robin Hood
Geoffrey Kirkland for Get Low
Most of these will probably show up on Oscar's list. They don't have separate categories so they tend to favor period work.
Disappointed to see Eugenio Caballero's fine work on the 70s rock biopic The Runaways (pictured left) snubbed here. We knew it wouldn't figure in (see griping at the end of this post for why) but still.
- 1/5/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
hollywoodnews.com: The Art Directors Guild (Adg) today announced nominations in nine categories of Production Design for theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials and music videos competing in the Adg’s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2010. The nominations were announced by Adg Council President Tom Walsh and Awards co-producers Dawn Snyder and Tom Wilkins. Deadline for final voting, which is done online, is February 3. The black-tie ceremony announcing winners will take place Saturday, February 5, 2010 from the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills with Paula Poundstone serving as host for the second consecutive year.
Theme of this year’s awards ceremony is “Designs on Film” as a tribute to Cathy Whitlock’s new HarperCollins book that traces 100 years of Hollywood Art Direction. Walsh will introduce the event,
A Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Academy Award® winning Production Designer Patricia Norris with director David Lynch set to present to her.
Theme of this year’s awards ceremony is “Designs on Film” as a tribute to Cathy Whitlock’s new HarperCollins book that traces 100 years of Hollywood Art Direction. Walsh will introduce the event,
A Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Academy Award® winning Production Designer Patricia Norris with director David Lynch set to present to her.
- 1/5/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland; Production Designer: Robert Stromberg
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures Now we start getting into a few of the more interesting guild nominations rather than those where we pretty much know exactly what films will be nominated. This morning the Art Directors Guild (Adg) announced nominations for the Adg'?s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2010.
The guild breaks out their noms distinguishing films as Period, Fantasy or Contemporary.
Of the nominees all five of my current Oscar predictions for the Art Direction category found their way into the mix, which includes the work done on Alice in Wonderland, Inception, True Grit, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and The King's Speech. However, a couple of my bubble predictions didn't make the Adg's cut, including The Wolfman and Secretariat, but then again, only five films can be nominated in the period category...
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures Now we start getting into a few of the more interesting guild nominations rather than those where we pretty much know exactly what films will be nominated. This morning the Art Directors Guild (Adg) announced nominations for the Adg'?s 15th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards for 2010.
The guild breaks out their noms distinguishing films as Period, Fantasy or Contemporary.
Of the nominees all five of my current Oscar predictions for the Art Direction category found their way into the mix, which includes the work done on Alice in Wonderland, Inception, True Grit, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and The King's Speech. However, a couple of my bubble predictions didn't make the Adg's cut, including The Wolfman and Secretariat, but then again, only five films can be nominated in the period category...
- 1/5/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island Nominees For Excellence In Production Design For A Feature Film In 2010: Period Film True Grit Production Designer: Jess Gonchor The King's Speech Production Designer: Eve Stewart Shutter Island Production Designer: Dante Ferretti Robin Hood Production Designer: Arthur Max Get Low Production Designer: Geoffrey Kirkland Fantasy Film Alice In Wonderland Production Designer: Robert Stromberg Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 Production Designer: Stuart Craig Inception Production Designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas Tron: Legacy Production Designer: Darren Gilford The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader Production Designer: Barry Robison Contemporary Film Black Swan Production Designer: Therese DePrez The Social Network Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt The Fighter Production Designer: Judy Becker The Town Production Desinger: Sharon Seymour 127 Hours Production Designer: Suttirat Larlarb Nominees For Excellence In Production Design In Television For 2010: Single Camera Television Series [...]...
- 1/5/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Danny Boyle's true tale of Aron Ralston, the trapped hiker who cut off his own arm with a penknife, is a world away from Slumdog Millionaire
It's a gloriously sunny spring day in the suburbs of Salt Lake City. Step inside the old furniture warehouse and the bright light gives way to a dark, dusty space. Past a small, windowless room where a man is carefully painting freckles on to a prosthetic arm with a tiny brush. Past piles of orange-red soil, hand-made boulders and a vast vertical canyon so realistic it looks as though it's been airlifted from the deserts of Utah.
Right at the far end, black cloth curtains hang loosely around a rectangular space. A machine pumps dust out relentlessly. A gap in the curtains allows a glimpse of red rock. A disembodied Lancastrian voice booms out: "Right, James, let's go! Action!" The set is utterly silent.
It's a gloriously sunny spring day in the suburbs of Salt Lake City. Step inside the old furniture warehouse and the bright light gives way to a dark, dusty space. Past a small, windowless room where a man is carefully painting freckles on to a prosthetic arm with a tiny brush. Past piles of orange-red soil, hand-made boulders and a vast vertical canyon so realistic it looks as though it's been airlifted from the deserts of Utah.
Right at the far end, black cloth curtains hang loosely around a rectangular space. A machine pumps dust out relentlessly. A gap in the curtains allows a glimpse of red rock. A disembodied Lancastrian voice booms out: "Right, James, let's go! Action!" The set is utterly silent.
- 1/1/2011
- by Amy Raphael
- The Guardian - Film News
Would you like to own some of the classy attire worn by George Clooney as unsurprisingly troubled hitman Jack and Thekla Reuten as mysterious Mathilde in The American? Silly question, of course you would. So read on.
Following our brief rundown of the costume design by Suttirat Anne Larlarb in The American Here, we can now inform you that a charity sale is being held in support of the Red Cross International Response Fund where you can actually buy the clothes worn by Clooney and Reuten and also Violante Placido’s character Clara in the movie. Credit cards at the ready then.
This charity is a particularly pertinent cause as monies raised will go towards supplying aid for worldwide disaster relief, such as 2009 L’Aquila earthquake in Abruzzo which actually provides backdrop for much of the film. There are plenty of costumes to tempt your eye including Clooney’s charcoal...
Following our brief rundown of the costume design by Suttirat Anne Larlarb in The American Here, we can now inform you that a charity sale is being held in support of the Red Cross International Response Fund where you can actually buy the clothes worn by Clooney and Reuten and also Violante Placido’s character Clara in the movie. Credit cards at the ready then.
This charity is a particularly pertinent cause as monies raised will go towards supplying aid for worldwide disaster relief, such as 2009 L’Aquila earthquake in Abruzzo which actually provides backdrop for much of the film. There are plenty of costumes to tempt your eye including Clooney’s charcoal...
- 9/1/2010
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
A few random images from The American starring George Clooney, really for no other reason than the costume design by Suttirat Anne Larlarb is so stylishly contemporary and, despite the title, clean and European. It’s going to be a good looking film.
The American (directed by Anton Corbijn) is an upcoming thriller about expert assassin Jack (Clooney) who holes up in Europe after his last disastrous job. He vows his next hit will be his last, but being as this is a feature length movie that was not very likely to happen. And it doesn’t.
George Clooney’s serious hitman Jack, here casual in hip length lightweight jacket and black zip sweater. Very much designer outdoor wear for those who want to look as good as the countryside they are walking in.
This is a beautiful wool dress co-star Thekla Reuten is wearing as Mathilde. The style, seasonal specific with rollneck,...
The American (directed by Anton Corbijn) is an upcoming thriller about expert assassin Jack (Clooney) who holes up in Europe after his last disastrous job. He vows his next hit will be his last, but being as this is a feature length movie that was not very likely to happen. And it doesn’t.
George Clooney’s serious hitman Jack, here casual in hip length lightweight jacket and black zip sweater. Very much designer outdoor wear for those who want to look as good as the countryside they are walking in.
This is a beautiful wool dress co-star Thekla Reuten is wearing as Mathilde. The style, seasonal specific with rollneck,...
- 8/6/2010
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
A press release from Focus Features has announced that shooting has begun in Italy on The American: Anton Corbijn's second film as director (after the brilliant Control), starring George Clooney.It's based on Martin Booth's 2005 novel A Very Private Gentleman: a languid, introspective thriller about an ageing manufacturer of intricate and unusual bespoke weapons, hiding out in the Italian Appenines, posing as a painter of butterflies when his past comes back to haunt him. The screenplay has been adapted by Roland's son Rowan Joffe (co-writer of 28 Weeks Later and the upcoming new version of Brighton Rock). Grant Heslov, who was with Clooney for Goodnight and Good Luck and The Men Who Stare At Goats, is among the producers. Costume and production design is by the Slumdog Millionaire team of Suttirat Larlarb and Mark Digby, and Corbijn's editor and cinematographer from Control, Martin Ruhe and Andrew Hulme, are also on board.
- 9/29/2009
- EmpireOnline
Academy Award winner and jack of all trades actor George Clooney is going back in front of the camera once again starring in Anton Corbijn’s “The American”. Focus Features’ most recent suspecnse thriller begins filming in Italy, which is actually based off of a novel called A Very Private Gentlemen.
Alone among assassins, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Larry (Bruce Altman of this fall’s Peter and Vandy) that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten of Focus’ award-winning In Bruges), is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself,...
Alone among assassins, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Larry (Bruce Altman of this fall’s Peter and Vandy) that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten of Focus’ award-winning In Bruges), is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself,...
- 9/28/2009
- by Melissa Molina
- Atomic Popcorn
It’s won seven BAFTA film awards, four Golden Globes and goes into this Sunday’s Academy Awards another prize heavier as Brit sensation Slumdog Millionaire was honoured for its costume design at the 11th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday night. The film which has charmed audiences around the world and made a star of former Skins actor Dev Patel picked up the excellence in contemporary film award for the hard work of designer Suttirat Larlarb making it the 60th; yes the 60th win for the Danny Boyle adaptation of the Vikas Swarup bestseller.
Slumdog beat off stiff competition in the category from the likes of Iron Man, Mamma Mia!, The Wrestler and the ultra-fashionable Sex and the City, though Satc’s designer Patricia Field didn’t go home empty-handed picking up the award for contemporary TV series with Edwardo Castro for her work on Ugly Betty.
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Slumdog beat off stiff competition in the category from the likes of Iron Man, Mamma Mia!, The Wrestler and the ultra-fashionable Sex and the City, though Satc’s designer Patricia Field didn’t go home empty-handed picking up the award for contemporary TV series with Edwardo Castro for her work on Ugly Betty.
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- 2/19/2009
- Boxwish.com
Yep, clothes matter big time in movie, and they deserve their own awards as well. Here are all the nominees and winners from this year's 11th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards:
Excellence In Contemporary Film:
Iron Man – Laura Jean Shannon & Rebecca Bentjen
Mamma Mia! – Ann Roth
Sex and the City – Patricia Field
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire – Suttirat Larlarb
The Wrestler – Amy Westcott
Excellence In Period Film:
Changeling – Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
Winner: The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
Milk – Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky
Excellence Fantasy Film:
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Isis Mussenden
Winner: The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Sanja M. Hays...
Excellence In Contemporary Film:
Iron Man – Laura Jean Shannon & Rebecca Bentjen
Mamma Mia! – Ann Roth
Sex and the City – Patricia Field
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire – Suttirat Larlarb
The Wrestler – Amy Westcott
Excellence In Period Film:
Changeling – Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
Winner: The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
Milk – Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky
Excellence Fantasy Film:
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Isis Mussenden
Winner: The Dark Knight – Lindy Hemming
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Sanja M. Hays...
- 2/18/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Alright guess. Which movie took the contemporary costume design laurel at the 11th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards?
Give up?
It's not too hard to predict!
It's...you guessed it, "Slumdog Millionaire!"
On the road to Oscar glory, the film took the top prize, presented to Suttirat Larlarb. Congratulations!
For period film category? Michael O'Connor's 18th Century fashion for "The Duchess" triumphed!
And then, "The Dark Knight's" Lindy Hemming took home the award for fantasy film!
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks for those lovely costumes!
Give up?
It's not too hard to predict!
It's...you guessed it, "Slumdog Millionaire!"
On the road to Oscar glory, the film took the top prize, presented to Suttirat Larlarb. Congratulations!
For period film category? Michael O'Connor's 18th Century fashion for "The Duchess" triumphed!
And then, "The Dark Knight's" Lindy Hemming took home the award for fantasy film!
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks for those lovely costumes!
- 2/18/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
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