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Vanity Fair's 1st Fashion in Film Fest Set For Fall Fashion Week
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- Published on Sunday, 11 September 2011 09:44
- Written by Brad Balfour
Partnered with The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), Vanity Fair Magazine presents the first ever Fashion in Film -- a three-day program of film screenings, panel discussion, and select receptions -- that explores the vital intersection of cinema and style.
These events take place from Friday, September 9 through Sunday, September 11, 2011, in the theater at MAD, as well as the Vanity Fair custom-designed Fashion in Film lounge on the museum’s 7th floor.
With its mix of journalism, photography, in-depth reporting, and benchmark profiles of celebs and cultural figures, Vanity Fair has become as a magazine, an arbiter of modern society. Under Graydon Carter's editorship, the magazine has won numerous awards and assembled an A-list contributors covering not only world affairs but fashion as well.
Barneys New York creative ambassador-at-large and one of the curators of Fashion in Film, Simon Doonan, will introduce the first public screening, Qui Etês-Vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966) on Friday, preceded by an exclusive opening night reception at MAD’s restaurant, Robert.
Vanity Fair worked with Doonan, The Film Society, and MAD to create an eclectic program of cinematic statements that appeal to both cinephiles and style-mavens. Among the films to be screened are:
- X, Y, and Zee
- Hearts and Craft
- Eyes of Laura Mars
- Diva
- Rick, Michelle and Scarlett
- Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
A full schedule is available at http://www.vfagenda.com/1108/sc_fashioninfilm.asp vanityfairagenda.com/fashioninfilm
On Saturday September 10, L’Oréal Paris will showcase Umbrellas of Cherbourg, the cinematic classic from French director Jacques Demy, followed by a reception in the Fashion in Film lounge. The L’Oréal Paris brand encompasses the four major beauty categories -- haircolor, haircare, skincare and cosmetics -- and is a company that combines the latest in technology with the highest in quality for the luxury beauty consumer.
Doonan will moderate a VIP panel, "Spotlight on Fashion Innovation: Creative Inspiration from Cinema," hosted by BMW, on Sunday, September 11, also followed by a reception in the lounge.
Throughout the weekend, museum guests are invited to enjoy Vanity Fair’s Fashion in Film lounge, with custom installations by BMW and L’Oréal Paris, the presenting sponsors of Vanity Fair’s “Fashion in Film” weekend program. Guests can explore the interactive BMW “Spotlight on Innovation” installation and strike a pose in the L’Oréal Paris digital photo booth.
Tickets are available for public purchase by visiting the Museum of Arts and Design located at 2 Columbus Circle, or online at: http://www.madmuseum.org/series/fashion-film
Vanity Fair Magazine presents Fashion in Film
Friday, September 9 - Sunday, September 11, 2011
Museum of Arts and Design
The Jerome and Simona Chazen Building
2 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
212.299.7777
Toronto Film Fest: A Lot to Look Forward to
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- Published on Saturday, 03 September 2011 05:00
- Written by L E Shannon
The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is running September 8 - 18, 
2011 at AMC Yonge-Dundas 24, TIFF Bell Lightbox and The Princess of Wales Theater, as well as other venues, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
TIFF is one of the premiere film festivals in the world, having evolved from its beginning in 1976 as a collection of films from other festivals -- a "festival of festivals". Throughout its history, TIFF has never wavered in its primary objectives: "to lead the world in cultural and creative discovery through the moving image, and to place Canadian achievements in an international context."
TIFF is a charitable cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film.
"We Open in Venice" - the Film Festival
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 August 2011 00:03
- Written by L E Shannon
The 68th Venice International Film Festival is being held August 31 - September 10, 2011 at Palazzo del Cinema, Sala Darsena, PalaBiennale and Sala Perla at the Palazzo del 
Casinò, on the historic Lido in Venice, Italy.
This is the oldest film festival in the world, a natural evolution from an art exhibition in Venice that originated in the late 1800s, and later expanded to encompass film, theater and music.
Presented by La Biennale di Venezia, "The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. The Festival includes retrospectives and homages to major figures as a contribution towards raising awareness of the history of cinema."
49th New York Film Festival Pans for Gold
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- Published on Monday, 29 August 2011 13:32
- Written by Laura Blum
New York Film Festival to screen 27 films on its main slate September 30-October 16, 2011
Only one Manhattan cinema event gets to call itself the New York Film Festival, though the pool of fests with "N," "Y," two "F's" and other qualifying letters has surged like Irene´s East River. As science says, the simplest reduction is most the elegant solution. And NYFF is nothing if not elegant.
Now in its 49th year, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's sometimes esoteric but mostly essential showcase sets its angle wide, moving between crowd ticklers such as Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist and auteurist prizewinners such as Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. Like Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne’s The Kid With A Bike and Joseph Cedar's Footnote, these nuggets were mined at the Cannes Film Festival.
So was Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst. The depression drama was among the Riviera's strongest heat sources this May, where it played alongside Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre, Gerardo Naranjo’s Miss Bala and Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb’s This Is Not A Film. The list continues; New Yorkers can confidently quarry Cannes without the expense of a trans-Atlantic crossing.
