Antony Jones; Dominique Charriau; Venturelli At the première of Les filles du soleil (Girls of the Sun) on day five of the Cannes Film Festival, 82 women, including Cate Blanchett and Kristen Stewart, who serve on this year’s jury, staged a silent protest to highlight the under-representation of female filmmakers. The women walked slowly […]
Araya A. Hargate, Deepika Padukone, Praya Lundberg, Kangana Ranaut attend Festival de Cannes’ day 4
Vittorio Zunino Celotto; Emma McIntyre; Mike Marsland Plenty of celebrities attended the 71st Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) première of the Chinese film 江湖儿女 (Ash Is the Purest White), directed by Jia Zhangke (賈樟柯), including Thai actress Araya A. Hargate (a.k.a. Chompoo), in a feathered jumpsuit by Ashi Studio’s spring 2018 couture collection, and […]
Deepika Padukone, Lupita Nyong’o, Iris Mittenaere, Irina Shayk wow at Festival de Cannes’ day 3
Gisela Schober On day three of the 71st Festival de Cannes, the L’Oréal Paris ambassadors were out in force: Deepika Padukone, Amber Heard, Aja Naomi King, Thylane Blondeau, and Grażyna Torbicka attended the première of Plaire, aimer et courier vite (Sorry Angel). Padukone walked the red carpet in a stunning white Zuhair Murad number, […]
Spotted at the Festival de Cannes première of Yomeddine, a comedy from first-time Egyptian director Abu Bakr Shawky, were Irina Shayk (in Twinset), Julianne Moore (in Yves Saint Laurent, with jewellery by Chopard), Li Yuchun (李宇春) (in an unusual striped wraparound number), and Louise Bourgoin (in Giambattista Valli Couture), the latter trio representing L’Oréal Paris […]
Festival de Cannes day 1: Romee Strijd, Isabelle Adjani and Li Yuchun hit the red carpet
Gisela Schober; Stephane Cardinale/Corbis; Flavien Prioreau The 71st Cannes Film Festival has kicked off, with the opening ceremony and the première of Asghar Farhadi’s Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows), starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. Spotted on the red carpet on day one was Dutch model and Victoria’s Secret Angel Romee Strijd, resplendent in […]
Jim Chapman previews 2018 Cannes Film Festival
English writer, model and YouTube vlogger Jim Chapman fronts a preview of the Festival de Cannes—the Cannes Film Festival—which Lucire will once again cover, beginning next week. Cate Blanchett presides over the jury of the 71st festival. Others on the jury are Chang Chen, Ava Duvernay, Robert Guédiguian, Khadja Nin, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet successfully brings The Piano to life on stage
Stephen A’Court Changing performance mediums is never an easy task: it’s why some fans of books bemoan film adaptations, and why the thought of certain films as Broadway musicals is so hard to entertain—but what about an Academy Award- and Palme d’Or-winning film as a ballet? The Piano is an inspired source material, and […]
When corporate brands and personal brands trade places: Kate Moss was there before Kendall Jenner
Above: Brand Kate Moss was probably seen by more people when the model collaborated with Topshop. In 1999, the late Wally Olins, the famous brand consultant, sent me his book, Trading Identities: Why Countries and Companies are Taking on Each Other’s Roles, a fine read published by the Foreign Policy Centre that argued that countries […]
The fallout continues over Harvey Weinstein’s decades-long sexual harassment
The fallout from The New York Times’ exposé into sexual harassment and sexual assault claims against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein continues. The story broke in the broadsheet on October 5 in a story by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, with quotations from actress Ashley Judd, while The New Yorker ran an even more detailed […]
Gareth Cattermole; Anthony Ghnassia; Daniele Venturelli The AmFAR Gala is traditionally the biggest do during the Festival de Cannes, and this year was no exception. The events had kicked off on Wednesday with a party for Persol, the Torino-founded eyewear brand, which celebrated its centenary. In partnership with AmFAR, the event took place on […]
