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April Showers: Blue Jasmine
Monday, April 30, 2018 at 8:15PM ;)
A final April Showers for the month. Here's Ilich on Blue Jasmine (2013).
Blue Jasmine takes on the narrative of Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire and removes it from its intended New Orleans setting to soak it in the San Francisco coastline. It's there that Jasmine (formerly Jeanette, always Cate Blanchett) reluctantly calls her sister's place home after her socialite life in New York City less than gently escorts her out. Water and cleansing are only a couple of the elements used to contrast her former, generously sponsored life in the city—shown in abrupt flashbacks throughout—against her less sophisticated past and current unraveling.
It's a paralyzing shower that sets Blanchett's Jasmine up for her last scene, but both mean little without the context provided before that give us an insight into Jasmine's aspirations and self-destructive habits. The film is as fascinated with its lead's denial as we are with Blanchett's performance...
Beauty Break: Cannes 2018 Jury
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 12:17PM by Nathaniel R
"Avengers Cannes Jury Assemble!" Australia's champion actress Cate Blanchett, as you know, is presiding (and only the 9th actress to have the honor) but who will be joining her on the Croisette? The beautiful people are after the jump...
Cate Blanchett only the 9th Actress to Preside over Cannes!
Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 12:25PM by Nathaniel R
Pedro Almodóvar was always going to be a tough act to follow. So surprise, Cannes went with an actress instead of a director to head its 71st annual event (May 8th through 19th, 2018). We're sure Pedro would approve, being the big Actressexual that he is. Actresses are more common than actors for this honor but the bulk of the Main Competition jury presidents are famous auteurs. Cate the Great will only be the 9th actress to preside (for the tenth such occurence). She's also only the second Australian after director George Miller reigned in 2016.
The only actresses to have previously presided over the main Cannes jury
- Olivia de Havilland (UK) in 1965
- Sophia Loren (Italy) in 1966
- Michele Morgan (France) in 1971
- Ingrid Bergman (Sweden) in 1973
- Jeanne Moreau (France) in 1975 and 1995
- Isabelle Adjani (France) in 1997
- Liv Ullman (Norway) in 2001
- Isabelle Huppert (France) in 2009
This is a smart move on Cannes part given the criticism they often receive about their exclusionary nature. Now if they could only address that problem within their actual lineup. Other A list festivals have definitely made greater strides about including female directors in their competitive lineups. At Cannes they're still often relegated to "Un Certain Regard" or whatnot.
Year in Review: 17 Wigs From 2017
Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 9:00PM Each day a new "year in review" angle. Here's Chris Feil...
Perhaps it's the return of RuPaul's Drag Race next month or the fact that we finally have Greta Gerwig in the Oscar race, but we've got wigs on the brain. While Oscar has nailed down the potentially nominated wiggery for the Makeup and Hairstyling category, it's worth reflecting that this year gave us far more glorious wig moments than can be captured in a single Oscar category.
From Michelle Williams's subtle 70s waves in All the Money in the World, the white trash extravaganza of I, Tonya, to The Greatest Showman's candy confections, the movies had us shouting "WIG!" all year long.
Here are 17 memorable moments in wigs in 2017...