Costume News Archive - 31-Aug-2007
The lesson in Asif Kapadia's "Far North" is that when an independent and obviously resourceful woman from the tundra says that a shaman told her she would bring harm to anyone foolish enough to get close to her, it's wise to listen.
Paul Haggis has not only avoided the dreaded sophomore slump, but the director and co-writer of the Oscar-winning "Crash" has returned with another bona fide contender.
Some earls just wanna have fun. Fresh from the success of this year?s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Earl of March is bringing down the curtain on this summer?s social whirl by turning the former racetrack at his West Sussex family seat into a celebration of motoring from a bygone era.
Sadler Arts Academy PTA, teachers and staff will celebrate the Oklahoma Land Run at 9:30 a.m. today at the school, 800 Altamont St. Participants will dress in costume for the occasion. After lunch, the PTA will have a country grocery store set up for the students to purchase snacks.
Lead is not only in the toy box, but also the jewelry box. A new report shows lead costume jewelry is more common here in the Capital Region than most realize. Our Erin Billups has more on what advocacy groups and a local pathologist are doing to fight a dangerous trend.
Kenneth Branagh's new version of Anthony Shaffer's crime caper "Sleuth" looks smashing, and it features several great new lines by screenwriter Harold Pinter. But despite top-flight acting from Michael Caine and Jude Law, it loses its grip in the third act and lets the air out of what might have been a memorable film.
Crime rates might be dropping nationwide, but you wouldn't know from the latest wave of vigilante-themed films. Beating the Jodie Foster thriller "The Brave One" by two weeks, James Wan's "Death Sentence" demonstrates that first is not necessarily best.
A number of town councils have decided that pants worn low enough to expose underwear pose a threat to the public.
In last year's loopy "Gutenberg! The Musical!" Jeremy Shamos slipped into character by slipping on baseball caps marked with names of his alter egos. In "100 Saints You Should Know," Shamos again takes inspiration from his costume.
The first look of Ashutosh Gowarikar's magnum-opus, the Hrithik- Aishwarya starrer, JODHAA AKBAR, has been released by UTV. There is no doubt that Hrithik and Aishwarya's costume and get up looks grand and the movie magnificent.
