Following on from their world preview showings at the 75th edition of the Festival de Cannes 2022, the Official Selection films embarked on a tour around the globe, going from strength to strength in cinemas and awards ceremonies. While we wait to find out what the 76th edition has in store for us, we take a look back over the remarkable journeys undertaken by the films first revealed to us last year on the Croisette. (This article is regularly updated). A snapshot of the most awarded films To date, the 2022 Official Selection boasts a grand total of 497 prizes and awards, and…
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The Town I loved so well” | For Autumn/Winter 2023, Paul Costelloe has taken his inspiration from James Joyce’s Ulysses. This novel, along with the Poolbeg Chimneys, are iconic structures of Dublin, past and present. The collection is very much a modern rendering of the period, using the most beautiful fabrics of Ireland, and Italy where James Joyce lived for many years. Woven cloth of silver by William Clarke of Derry, is presented in narrative prints festooned with scenes from Ulysses, and long tailored coats, skirts and highly structured fitted jackets from Magees in Donegal, and Emblem Weavers in Wexford.Twisted…
New York Fashion Week 2023 has just concluded. One of the trends that we saw was the focus on the purple color, which suggests that it will be in fashion another year. The fashion designer Katniss Griffiths dedicated her collection Decadence in different shades of purple. The collection was inspired by empowered women from 50s. She said: “I wanted to create classy outfits and represent elegant women”. Katniss brought many worldwide models to New York for her show. She finished her show accompanied by two international models and Beaty Queens: Rowee Lucero, Miss Globe Philippines, and Hera Kruja, Miss Global…
Today, Somerset House unveils Jitish Kallat’s Whorled (Here After Here After Here), a new courtyard commission by Somerset House and the Mumbai-based artist’s first major public commission in the UK. This striking outdoor installation, over 30 metres in diameter, comprises two intersecting spirals that echo the signage of UK roads and connect the famed neoclassical courtyard of Somerset House to locations across the planet and distant universe. Whorled (Here After Here After Here) is conceived as a seismic ripple or a galactic whorl, aligned to the Earth’s cardinal north-south directions and spiralling outwards from the centre of the Somerset House…
ANDRO, chosen by PRS Foundations new platform POWER UP to boost the profiles of artists of colour in the UK music industry, returns with the infectious new single ‘Physical’, the second single to be taken from the hotly anticipated upcoming new three track EP Conflict. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdDaMqjR6yQ&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AndroOfficial LISTEN HERE Co-written with Hannah Yadi (FLO, Josie Man, Friendly Fires, Beren Olivia and many more) and co-produced with Courage (aka Joe Carson known for his work with Lava La Rue, Niko B, Foxes, Tayo Sound and more), ‘Physical’ is ANDRO at his most impactful, dripping with a 80s pop warmth whilst packing emotional…
LGBTQ+ broadcasters across the UK will join forces at 1100 this Friday, 17th February to lead a 1 minute to remember the life of trans teenager Brianna Ghey. Sixteen year old Brianna was found with stab wounds in Linear Park, Culcheth, Cheshire on Saturday 11th February and sadly died at the scene, two people have been since charged with murder. This terrible event has had a huge impact on the community, with a series of vigils across UK cities to commemorate her life and stand against hate and violence towards trans people. Stations including Gaydio, Hits Radio Pride, Pride Radio,…
LNB Jewellery Dubai based couture bijoux brand. Each item is handmade with precious metals and semi-precious gemstones. The collections have eye clean semi-precious gems and rhodium or gold 18 carat plating, and sometimes nano coating, which allows to achieve of non-standard colour solutions. Precious plating, unique natural gems, modern design that fits into the context of world high fashion – all this is successfully combined at LNB Jewellery. The first LNB Jewellery collection was successfully showed as part of New York Fashion Week. Today the brand is a regular participant of Paris and New York Fashion Weeks LNB Jewellery is…
To celebrate the release of the quirky black comedy THE MIDDLE MAN – released 10th March in UK cinemas Norwegian writer/director Bent Hamer’s eccentric comedy drama is set in a small town plagued by accidents and economic woes, where one man has the unenviable job of breaking bad news to its citizens. Featuring a superb performance by Pål Sverre Hagen (Kon-Tiki’s) as the titular character with the thankless job, the supporting cast includes Aksel Hennie (The Trip), Nicolas Bro (Riders of Justice), Rossif Sutherland (Possessor), and Don McKellar (eXistenZ), with a terrific role for Due South’s Paul Gross, here playing the…
Brendan Fraser is receiving praise and awards for his performance in this film where he plays an extremely obese and dying college professor. It’s a performance, and a film, that completely looks and feels manufactured. Adapted for the big screen from a 2012 play by Samuel D. Hunter (the film looks like a play), ‘The Whale’, directed by Darren Aronosky, is directed with too much precision that it becomes both sloppy and misguided and completely fails in its message. Housebound Charlie (Fraser – wearing a fat suit) conducts his college courses on zoom so his obese and grotesque body (600 pounds) is…
DAMIAN LEWIS is to play his only current London gig at the truly beautiful and intimate Grade II* listed HOXTON HALL on Friday 3 March 2023 at 7.30pm. DAMIAN (Band Of Brothers, Homeland) is expected to play tracks from his debut album, teaming up with a band of friends, who also happen to be top London musicians! HOXTON HALL opens its doors to a brilliantly exciting and hugely diverse schedule of shows – and there truly is no other venue in London more magical, with its stunning wrought iron galleries and fireplaces in the auditorium. HOXTON HALL is one of only four original musical halls remaining in the UK. HOXTON HALL is acoustically…