Iconic New York stylist, costumier, and fashion designer Patricia Field has been breaking fashion rules for over 50 years. Directed by Michael Selditch, Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field, celebrates her life’s work. One of New York’s original downtown club kids, Field opened her first fashion store in 1966. The store, in various locations, … Continue reading
How to Save a Dead Friend is Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s compelling documentary about young love for a lost generation in Putin’s grim Russia. Filmed by herself and her partner Kimi over a twelve-year period, we follow the couple as they deal with the severe challenges affecting them and their network of friends which include suicide, … Continue reading
Invisible Beauty profiles the fabulous life of legendary black activist, model and model agent, Bethann Hardison. Premiering at 2023’s Sundance Film Festival this excellent documentary is a masterclass in how to be an activist and effect change. Written and directed by Hardison and Frederic Tcheng, and produced by Lisa Cortes, Invisible Beauty contains generous … Continue reading
1977-1982 was arguably the most fertile period in British music history. I was at school then and almost everyone was into at least one of a complete soundclash of music genres – including punk, new wave, disco, soul, funk, heavy rock, mod, two-tone, early rap, hip hop, electronica, and the new romantic bands. … Continue reading
All The Beauty and The Bloodshed is a brilliant, award-winning, documentary following the life of photographer Nan Goldin. We are taken from her childhood through to her current activism in bringing down the Sackler Family, the pharmaceutical dynasty largely responsible for the opioid epidemic’s huge death toll. 500,000 dead so far in the US … Continue reading
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