We haven’t done a list of news-makers for many years—so it’s high time we looked again at who made the headlines over the last 12 months. We also give our pick on a face to watch […]
December 28, 2023/22.06
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Corradi Cinema Lounge at 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia concludes
September 14, 2020/9.57
Iosip Mihail German film Und morgen die ganze Welt (And Tomorrow the Entire World) was first up at the Corradi Cinema Lounge on day 10 of the 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia at the Ausonia Hungaria hotel. The film, which premièred the day before, is another topical tale, this time about a group […]
Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia update, days 7 and 8
September 10, 2020/12.10
The Corradi Cinema Lounge at the 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia, the Venice Film Festival, welcomed Samuele Carrino and Salvatore Esposito from Spaccapietre, as well as its directors Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio, for day seven. The story focuses on the hiring of illegal labourers in Italy. Actress Anna Foglietta also appeared […]
Eleonora Gaggero, Violante Placido, Nina Verdelli and Baby K appear on day 6 at Venezia
September 7, 2020/0.55
Iosip Mihail The sixth day of the 77ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia, the Venice Film Festival, proved far busier, with very topical works being premièred. The Corradi Cinema Lounge at the Ausonia Hungaria hotel hosted Violante Placido and Alessio Boni, who feature in Diego Botta’s Revenge Room, a very relevant tale about revenge […]
Baz Luhrmann’s The Secret Life of Flowers film for Erdem × H&M released
October 25, 2017/3.05
Two men in Erdem × H&M clothes, with a noticeable floral pattern, head to the countryside in a Mercedes-Benz R107, to ‘Redham Gardens, where it is always spring’—and so begins another artistic journey by filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, for H&M. The film, dubbed The Secret Life of Flowers, starring Tom Rhys Harries, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, […]
IWC Schaffhausen hosts 2015 Beijing International Film Festival dinner; Peter Chan honoured
April 21, 2015/3.49
Emmanuel Wong In Lucire 30’s ‘Red alert’ by Geneviève Hole, we noted how brands continued to focus their attentions eastward, and the trend continues with IWC Schaffhausen sponsoring its third Beijing International Film Festival. The fifth edition of the festival sees IWC return as an official sponsor and partner, spying an opportunity to promote […]
Out now: Chanel releases new No. 5 campaign with Gisèle Bündchen, directed by Baz Luhrmann
October 15, 2014/4.59
After teasers this week, Chanel has now premièred its new No. 5 campaign, The One That I Want, starring supermodel Gisèle Bündchen, and written and directed by Baz Luhrmann. Academy Award winner Catherine Martin oversaw the production design. Luhrmann directed the 2004 campaign for Chanel No. 5 with Nicole Kidman. In the last […]
Baz Luhrmann explains Gisèle Bündchen’s Chanel No. 5 casting as more images released
October 14, 2014/9.58
Hugh Stewart Chanel has teased with more imagery for its upcoming No. 5 campaign with Gisèle Bündchen, written and directed by The Great Gatsby (2013) director Baz Luhrmann, with production design by Academy Award winner Catherine Martin. The new images show the supermodel in two more outfits in addition to her surfing one shown […]
Nespresso launches Wellington boutique with the help of the PM, Taika Waititi, and Team New Zealand
November 18, 2013/13.23
Mark Tantrum Nespresso and Wellington seem to be natural bedfellows: Wellingtonians pride themselves on a decent cup, while Nespresso aims to bring the café experience into the home with its high-pressure machines as well as its gourmet coffees. And while Wellingtonians love supporting their local brands, Nespresso’s new upscale boutique on Lambton Quay, which opened […]
At Cannes: Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou, Isabeli Fontana, Zhang Ziyi, Eugenia Silva, Karlie Kloss
May 26, 2013/2.38
Ian Gavan/Wireimage/Getty Images There were plenty of celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival première of The Immigrant on Friday, a movie by James Gray, set on Ellis Island in the 1920s. Commentators called the film, entered in competition at the Festival de Cannes, the most divisive because of its sentimentality. Gray had also co-written […]
