We are now past phase 1 of the fall festival circuit, which we chatted about on the latest podcast, and are now in the NYFF phase 2, so it’s as good a time as any to update predictions. But first some analysis: 1. Remember how I said this was an awesome year for Black movies?
I decided that since I’d skipped a week, I’d hit you with a whammy and since it’s Black History Month, why not explore the works of the greatest Black playwright, August Wilson? Wilson has to be the greatest untapped resource of the arts community and his Century Cycle plays are just sitting there waiting for
If anything was worthy of a YAAAAAAAAAAS it would be the newly released cover of Vanity Fair. I normally LIVE for Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue, being an awards and fashion obssesive, but this year’s cover is even more awesome. Look. At. This. Awesomeness. Like there are 6 black people on the cover. SIX! And two
The MET Gala is fashion’s biggest night celebrating the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s costume exhibit. It’s also the place where anybody who’s anybody attends and shows out fashion wise. This year’s exhibit, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk’s visual symbols. With that theme in mind, let’s check out who dressed the best!