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THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World
THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World

The objective of Luca Guadagnino’s experimental short The Staggering Girl is up for debate, which won’t be a problem for long-time admirers of the auteur’s style or share the same inherent love for high fashion.

HOUSE OF CARDIN: How One Man Became An Empire
HOUSE OF CARDIN: How One Man Became An Empire

House of Cardin is a shiny, candy-colored look inside Cardin’s world, albeit one that is solely laudatory.

QUEER EYE SEASON 4: More Self-Care And More Self-Aware
QUEER EYE SEASON 4: More Self-Care & More Self-Aware

Queer Eye continues to focus on self-care and embracing change, reminding its participants and audiences about the importance of acceptance of oneself and of others.

LARGER THAN LIFE: THE KEVYN AUCOIN STORY: The Man Who Expanded The Definition Of Beauty, One Face At A Time
LARGER THAN LIFE: THE KEVYN AUCOIN STORY: The Man Who Expanded The Definition Of Beauty, One Face At A Time

Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story is an intimate portrait of a man who sought to expand the definition of beauty through every face he touched.

MCQUEEN: Making A Man Out Of An Icon
MCQUEEN: Making A Man Out Of An Icon

McQueen joins the pantheon of documentaries that not only retell a life story, but delve under the skin of the subject to present new layers.

I FEEL PRETTY: Ambitious, But Never Quite Comes Together
I FEEL PRETTY: Ambitious, But Never Quite Comes Together

Although the widespread negative reaction to I Feel Pretty is slightly unfair, the film still feels mechanically engineered to do nothing more substantial than pass the time.

PHANTOM THREAD: Stylish, Sumptuous & Quietly Kinky
PHANTOM THREAD: Stylish, Sumptuous & Quietly Kinky

Upon first viewing, Phantom Thread is utterly irresistible, but the dense themes and examinations of inter-character relationships means that it is the rare Anderson effort that will only be upgraded to masterpiece status once it has fully been processed after multiple viewings.

THE NEON DEMON: Picturesque Carnality
THE NEON DEMON: Picturesque Carnality

There is offense to be taken with the frame and exterior of physical bodies. Beauty, it has been said, is in the eye of the beholder. Yet, one can’t help but feel that, since the rise of feminism and the development of the male-gaze interpretation, almost all appreciation for the aesthetics of a given film has been entirely lost.

Good Morning Karachi
GOOD MORNING KARACHI: The Pakistani Devil Wears Prada

At one point in Good Morning Karachi, a fashion photographer is vocal about the contemporary image of Pakistani femininity and culture he believes his photos represent. He claims that his company is the “women’s revolution the country has been waiting for” and that a simple fashion photoshoot can portray a more forward-thinking society to international citizens who portray Pakistan as a bunch of “fundamentalists”. Yet the views about femininity presented by director Sabiha Sumar in Good Morning Karachi are as confused as those presented by a photographer who believes photos of supermodels represents a realistic feminist ideal and aspiration in society.

Movies Opening In Cinemas On September 23 - The Dressmaker
THE DRESSMAKER: A Delightful Way To Break Taboos

In The Dressmaker, set in 1950’s Australia, Tilly (Kate Winslet) returns to the small rural town she grew up in, to find closure and to take care of her ill mother, Molly (Judy Davis). When Tilly was ten years old, she was sent away after she supposedly killed a boy – although she cannot remember what happened. She spent twenty years travelling around the world, from Melbourne to London, from London to Italy and Spain, and eventually, Paris, France, where she studied at the great Parisian Couture Houses, and became an expert dressmaker.

IRIS: Creativity Knows No Bounds

Unfortunately, in March of this year, we lost the great documentary film-maker Albert Maysles. With his brother David (who died in 1988), they made some quite important and influential documentaries such as Grey Gardens, Salesman and Gimme Shelter. Their style was using direct cinema; following a subject and shooting a ton of footage without any agenda or plotline planned and creating a documentary in post production.