The idea is to die young as late as possible. — Ashley Montagu — Monday May 7th — —
I love listening. It is one of the only spaces where you can be still and moved at the same time. — Nayyirah Waheed — Monday May 7th — —
“What art does — maybe what it does most completely — is tell us, make us feel that what we think we know, we don’t. There are whole worlds around us that we’ve never glimpsed.” Greil Marcus — Monday May 7th — —
We love style in cinema, so here’s another feature from our friends at Still Stile, featuring “The Hunter” (2011). ‘A truly inspiring and intriguing film about a scientist traveling to the Australian outback with the task to capture the extinct Tasmanian Tiger. Note I mention the Tiger… [ Continue reading ]
Another inspiring post by Still Stile: The classic and minimalistic thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville, Le Samouraï (1967) — If there is one film where Jarmusch got his inspiration from for his the Limits of Control it must be this classic from Jean-Pierre Melville. Alain Delon stars as Jeff… [ Continue reading ]
It’s always a pleasure to have someone with a good taste telling you which movies to watch and which to skip. Riekele from Still Stile is one of them, and as you might know we are supporting him and his nice little blog to get some… [ Continue reading ]
“Miklo, orale, carnalito. What’s up, ese?” Damian Chapa impersonates the Miklo character in this movie, one of his first roles and since then on he would became obsessed with Chicano gangster movies, both as actor and director. Too bad he’s just not that good… [ Continue reading ]
Riekele shared one of his favorite movies again: Badlands by Terrence Malick. — ‘Badlands is the first feature-film of one of my favorite directors: Terrence Malick. He wrote some scripts for features before but they were never shot the way he had in mind. With Badlands… [ Continue reading ]
In the Limits of Control Jarmusch brings coolness to a higher level, partially due to the efforts of probably the greatest cinematographer alive right now; Christoper Doyle. His sense for composition, color, focus and depth is incredible. So combine the sense for style, items and details from… [ Continue reading ]
Again, two fabulous movies featured by Still Stile: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999). Ghost Dog director Jim Jarmusch is one of these contemporary directors that know how to portray coolness in a… [ Continue reading ]
‘Up until now the best film I’ve visited in the cinemas this year. It’s the first movie directed by Kôji Yakusho, known as an actor. Yakusho must like style, for the fact that most of the caps I’ve selected from this film subjects his character (young and… [ Continue reading ]
Dalkomhan Insaeng (2005), the best Korean gangster epos there is. Not a lot of styles on menswear in this weeks choice; A Bittersweet Life is all about cinematographic style. Continue reading at Still Stile >… [ Continue reading ]
Our former intern at Tenue de Nîmes, Riekele started a blog dedicated to style in cinema. Movie reviews in details, in style and in stills. The core lies in the beauty of well composed cinema and style elements used to provide the perfect image. Say hello… [ Continue reading ]