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Director Hiroshi Teshigahara was a pivotal figure of the Japanese new wave

"The film ... manages to take on new meaning in our current culture where people are willing to give up their individuality by having plastic surgery in order to obtain what they consider “perfect” looks or to hide the unstoppable signs of age."

Kimberly Lindbergs

Winter's Bone is set in a rural community in the Ozark Mountains where the local industry is crystal meth

Based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, "Winter's Bone" was the film that nabbed that coveted Grand Jury Prize for Drama at Sundance 2010. It has its MOMA premiere on June 9th and TI assures you "Winter's Bone" has the grit and the grain that makes for the very best of American cinema. Full press release after the jump.

Elisa Sednaoui PH Diane von Furstenberg for V Magazine

I remember being in the bar of the hotel El Embajador in Santo Domingo with Miss Sednaoui and her mentioning that she had just finished this movie. Well one sizziling V Mag layout later...it all makes sense now. Beautiful exploration of feminine sensuality by Madame DVF as a photographer too. Multiplicity of talent is the everything this decade

"Days of Heaven is the movie that the Village Voice famously called “the most gorgeously photographed film ever made.”
Oh My God. Beauty that leaves you without speech. And I cannot improve upon the Criterion write-up.

Installation view of Carol Bove's brilliant 3rd solo show Image courtesy Kimmerich

"Bove engages in a promiscuous relationship with taste" ...

Les dames du Bois de Boulogne: French poster

One of my favorite characters is Helene in Robert Bresson's 1945 film Les dames du Bois de Boulogne which is my favorite French film.

Audrey Tatou comme Coco Chanel.

In all this hither and tither on Air France...a surprise bonus. They're screening "Coco Avant Chanel"

Get it Maria Carla!

Have you seen the naughty finale of that Peter Saville/Show Studio "Soft Furnishings" project?

Outfits that match the painting in the backdrop: directional

Once upon a time (circa 1977) NYC was a a seething hotbed of DIY post-punk cool.