Style Icon: Anna May Wong

April 30, 2010

Via Wikipedia: Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 2, 1961) was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star. Her long and varied career spanned both silent and sound film, television, stage, and radio. Born near the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles ...Read More

Cinema Style: Frances

November 25, 2009

Watch the rise and fall of 1930′s Hollywood actress Frances Farmer in 1982′s Frances. Jessica Lange, in an Oscar nominated role, portrays the non-conformist as she acts her way out of her hometown, struggles with a controlling mother, falls in and out of love, and faces the reality of the mental health industry…and quite stylishly I might add.

posted by: Tricia Rock

Go See: Coco Before Chanel

October 21, 2009

Studio Synopsis:
“Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle Coco Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. The film portrays the formative years of Chanel’s life, the years Chanel spent discovering and inventing herself.”

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posted by: Tricia Rock

Cinema Style: The Last Emperor

November 11, 2008

Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1987 film The Last Emperor is regarded as a visual masterpiece. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, the film swept all categories including Best Picture and Best Director, Best Cinematography for Vittorio Straro, and Best Costume Design for James Acheson. The Last Emperor follows the true life story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last ruler of the Chinese Ching Dynasty, from his takeover of power in 1908 at age three till his death in 1967. Told through a series of flashbacks, Pu Yi is shown in his childhood restricted to the Forbidden City, living a “westernized” lifestyle in Tientsin, Japan after being stripped of power, ruling the puppet state of Manchukuo with the support of the Japanese, imprisoned as a war criminal by the People’s Republic of China, and eventually in the last stage of his life as a gardener in a Maoist society. For Bertolucci, The Last Emperor came after six years spent in a self-imposed exile from filmmaking and represents one of his greatest artistic achievements.