The 2021 Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday after a whirlwind two weeks spent under the looming presence of COVID-19, and the festival was -by most accounts- a success. After last year's cancellation, many were watching with bated breath as Cannes became the first in-person festival since the pandemic hit back in 2020, and though…
On October 22nd, twenty-five of the world's top contemporary artists were brought together for the first event of the Elephants Forever project- the biggest elephant fundraiser in the world this year. The project’s aim is to empower the work of Elephant Family and Space for Giants, two non-profit charities who raise funds that are critical in preserving natural habitats…
Masters of Hollywood – from directors to actors – anticipate awards season each and every year, hoping that their work throughout the past 12 months will gain them a coveted nomination. Whether you think of the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Awards, or the prestigious Oscars when you think of the most exciting night for…
“Love usually leads to trouble." Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix and Paul Thomas Anderson have teamed up once again for the 2014 release of Inherent Vice, the latter’s directorial follow up to 2012’s The Master, a film loosely based on scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon, whose works include:…
Take yourself back to a time when no one had heard of Wes Anderson, long before The Darjeeling Limited and The Royal Tenenboums, to a time just before the release of comedy-drama Bottle Rocket in 1996. Cinema was pretty much a cavalcade of predictable Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts flicks, cinematic eccentricity had all but…
