Halston

I do not have a Netflix account (yet), but find myself glued to documentaries whenever I am able to take advantage of a friends. Most recently, glued (or should I say draped?) onto Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston.

It's the story of American Fashion Designer Roy Halston Frowick and how he revolutionized the industry during his quick rise to fame in the nineteen seventies and eighties. It seems to be that every film centered around the disco era shines with decadent excess and ends in dark despair - consequences from the excess in fashion, drugs and sex. Halston's life was no exception.

Film : The Wizard of Oz

 
Somewhere over the rainbow and in a land full of munchkins, flying monkeys and a gorgeous emerald city. The Wizard of Oz is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's two-million dollar adaption of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
 

Film: A Single Man

A Single Man is the directorial debut of Tom Ford. Based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood and starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore (who is amazing in it) and Nicholas Hoult as the main characters.

Film: The Jungle Book

 

In honor of all things Wild this month, it was a challenge to find some inspirational films. But the first thing that came to mind was The Jungle Book! Let's see what we can learn about this animated classic.

Film: Broken Embraces

A Romantic Thriller? Who knew the two could exist together? It's the perfect description for Broken Embraces and just another gift through film from Pedro Almodovar.

Film: Love, Marilyn

A week ago I had the pleasure of catching up with some DVR and was blown away by the HBO documentary Love, Marilyn.

Film: W.E.

W.E. tells the story of two fragile but determined women seperated by more than six decades. The film is one part biographical and one part fiction.

Wallis Simpson (played by Andrea Riseborough) was an American divorcee who found herself falling in love for King Edward VII. The feeling was mutual as David (King Edward VII, played by James D'Arcy) gave up the thrones of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Commonwealth to be with her. In present day, Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish) struggles with a failing marriage while consumed with this true story of what she percieves to be the ultimate love story during the Sotheby's auction of their estate.

Film: The Way We Were

One of my favorite movies (ever) is The Way We Were. A true to life story of the ups and downs of Romance and an exploration on how to love another person without compromising your values.

Released in 1973 and directed by Sydney Pollack, The Way We Were is the story of Katie Morosky (Barbara Streisand) and Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford) who initally meet at college in the 1930s. Their differences are immense. To quote Sex and the City, the world is made up of the "Simple Girls" and the "K-K-Katie's". Katie is a political rebel and extremely vocal activist. While Hubbell is a carefree "Wasp" with no real political stance.