Diana Vreeland : The Eye Has To Travel
Diana Vreeland was the Queen Bee of Fashion: a Demi-God of Style who reigned supremely from her different ‘thrones’ of power for five decades and single-handedly changed the way women dressed. You may think that a brash statement but it is totally befitting of this larger-than-life style maverick whose influence at the helm of both Harpers … Continue reading
Dope
Poor Malcolm seems like he should have been born in a different place and a different skin. He and his two best friends Jib and Diggy live in Bottoms the worst part of Los Angeles’s Inglewood where most of the population are either poor African/American or Latino. They however are fixated on BMX biking, classic … Continue reading
Elaine Stritch : Shoot Me
In the year approaching her 87th Birthday Broadway Legend Elaine Stritch allowed first time Director Chiemi Karasawa to follow her around and film her warts and all resulting in this compelling new documentary. A brave move for someone battling with diabetes and failing health who is determined to keep performing even though it seems such … Continue reading
Faces Places
The 88 year old Belgian auteur Agnes Varda maybe losing her sight but it is very clear from her awe-inspiring new film FACES PLACES that she hasn’t lost any of her legendary vision. For once she has teamed up with another photographer called JR who is a French hipster visual artist who has established an … Continue reading
Finding Vivian Maier
A young graduate working on a history project bought a suitcase full of photographic negatives in a Chicago auction hoping that one or two of them may be useful in his research. However, what John Maloof discovered that day in 2007 was a treasure trove of what is undoubtedly one of the finest collections … Continue reading