Female Filmmakers in Focus: Dea Kulumbegashvili on April | Interviews
Acclaimed Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili makes films that transport the viewer both to the rural region, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains, where she was raised, but also to another realm of experience, made possible through the language of cinema. Like many of her contemporaries, Kulumbegashvili’s films are marked
Short Films in Focus: Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers | Short Films in Focus
It’s time to take a break from the kinds of social injustice movies covered in this column for the past few months and, instead, shift to more pleasant fodder, like a lovely grandmother with a salt and pepper collection. Meredith Moore’s “Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers” is the kind
Cartier’s V&A Exhibition Puts the Jewelry Brand’s Legacy in Focus
In the final gallery of the new Cartier exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, there’s a brilliant display of 18 tiaras, including a never-before-shown opal model commissioned by the Marchioness of Hartington and an Art Deco diamond and platinum halo worn by Begum Aga Khan III. One particular piece,
Vogue World: Hollywood Shifts Focus to Film Industry Fire Relief
As Vogue’s fourth annual Vogue World fashion show is set to touch down in Los Angeles in October, relief for the LA fires in the film industry will be the new area of emphasis for the event that was planned before the disaster. “At a time when cities are too
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Fleur Fortuné on “The Assessment” | Interviews
Set in a future world where no one ages, there are no animals and precious few plants, Fleur Fortuné’s dystopian sci-fi drama “The Assessment” follows isolated scientists Mia (Elizabeth Olsen) and Aaryan (Himesh Patel) as they endure an arduous, week-long, and ultimately absurd government-mandated test, led by the wildly unpredictable
ErgoTune Joobie office chair review: supreme comfort and ergonomics to let you focus on work (or play)
There are plenty of companies making excellent office chairs, but many of the top ones cost an arm and a leg. One company, however, that offers excellent value for money for an office chair, is Singapore-based Marvable – the makers of the ErgoTune Supreme, my pick of the best office
Female Filmmakers In Focus: Zeinabu irene Davis on “Compensation” | Interviews
The title of Zeinabu irene Davis’s landmark independent film “Compensation” comes from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1906 poem of the same name. The film follows the parallel love stories of two lovers—a deaf woman (Michelle A. Banks) and a hearing man (John Earl Jelks)—in both turn-of-the-century and modern-day Chicago. As the
