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Reviews by
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Williams
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Chernobyl Diaries (R for violence,
bloody images and pervasive profanity)
Grisly horror flick about a half-dozen
tourists who venture to the ghost town cre-
ated by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
meltdown where they end-up on the run
from a race of radioactive mutants. Starring
Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Dimitri Diatchenko,
Olivia Dudley and Jesse McCarthy.
Men in Black III (PG-13 for violence
and suggestive content) Will Smith and
Tommy Lee Jones reprise their roles as
Agents J and K in a sci-fi sequel which
finds the former traveling through a time
Bernard.
portal back to 1969 where he has just 24
hours to save both his partner and the plan-
et from an alien assassin (Jemaine Clement)
bent on world domination. Support cast
includes Josh Brolin, Tim Burton, Alice
Eve, Emma Thompson and Bill Hader, with
cameos by Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
INDEPENDENT
FILMS
&
Moonrise Kingdom (PG-13 for smoking
and sexuality) Wes Anderson directed this
romance drama, set in the Sixties on an
island off the coast of New England, revolv-
ing around a sheriff’s (Bruce Willis) search
party for a pair of runaway young lovers
(Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman). A-list
ensemble cast includes Bill Murray, Frances
McDormand, Edward Norton, Tilda Swin-
ton and Harvey Keitel.
FOREIGN
Cowgirls N’ Angels (PG for mature
themes and mild epithets) Uplifting road
flick about a rebellious tomboy (Bailee
Madison) looking for her long-lost father
who finds herself instead adopted by a team
of female rodeo trick riders. Cast includes
James Cromwell, Alicia Witt and Frankie
Faison.
The Intouchables (Unrated) Inspirational
buddy dramedy about the improbable bond
which blossoms between a wealthy quadri-
plegic (Francois Cluzet) and the Senegalese
street criminal (Omar Sy) he hires as his
live-in caretaker. With Anne Le Ny, Audrey
Fleurot and Clotilde Mollet. (In French with
Men in Black III
OC87 (Unrated) Autobiographical docu-
mentary, written by, directed by and starring
Bud Clayman, chronicling his lifelong bat-
tle with depression, Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder and Asperger’s Syndrome.
Mighty Fine (R for profanity and brief
nudity) Diminished dreams dramedy, set in
the Seventies, about a Brooklyn business-
man’s
(Chazz
Palminteri)
bitter
disappointment after moving his family
(Andie MacDowell, Jodelle Ferland and
Rainey Qualley) and factory to New
Orleans. With Paul Ben-Victor, Richard
Kohnke, Arthur J. Nascarella and Kent Jude
Oslo, August 31st (Unrated) Day-in-the-
life drama about a recovering drug addict
(Anders Danielsen Lie) who checks out of
residential rehab only to roam the rough
streets of the city again after being discour-
aged by a disastrous job interview. With
Hans Olav Brenner and Ingrid Olava. (In
Norwegian with subtitles)
subtitles)
Fashion
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any cliches, he says.
Jennifer Lawrence’s gown
for the Oscars was a tomato-
red, scoop-neck tank dress
without a ruffle or bead on
it. “She really rocked that
jersey dress,” the designer
says with a smile. “But it’s
not really about the dress at
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all, it’s about the confi-
dence,
strength
and
sensuality that she wore
with it.”
He adds: “I like it chic,
understated. I like to leave a
lot of room for a woman,
room for her to explore who
she wants to be.”
For the Macy’s dresses,
all of which will be priced
$135-$180, hundreds of
dollars less than Calvin
Klein Collection pieces, he
was inspired by photo-
graphs of the Brazilian
Sculpture Museum in Sao
Paulo at sunset. “There was
a lot of cement and rough-
ness, but also finesse and
luxury.”
He often draws from oth-
ers’ images, sometimes
photos, sometimes movies -
he loves movies! - or
maybe the architecture of a
building, although never to
the point of being obvious
or literal. “I don’t take tear
sheets from a magazine or
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specific movie pictures. I’m
much more likely to notice
and remember how some-
thing was shot or how it was
made,” he explains.
Martine Reardon, chief
marketing
officer
of
Macy’s, says she knew
Costa was right to spear-
head the project. “Francisco
Costa is a visionary talent
known for elegant and min-
imalist designs that are
coveted around the world.
His Brazilian heritage made
him a natural choice for this
special collaboration.”
One of the designer’s
favorite looks for Macy’s is
a wrap dress that oozes the
ease of a towel delicately
wrapped around the body
and pinned at the bust.
Yet nothing in his designs
is taken for granted, not
even something that seems
simple. He considers the
placement of a button, how
low the armhole hangs, the
exact color.
He does this at home, too:
“I just painted my house in
the country. I tried 18 kinds
of white until I found that
just-the-right shade.”
(He went with Pratt &
Lambert Silver Lining.)
Neutrals almost always
dominate the palette he uses
in his collections but there
are subtle differences in a
particular season’s version
of taupe or gray or black. He
also likes the heat he’ll get
from strategic use of a pop
of yellow or pink.
“I love working with
Francisco,” says Lara Stone,
the spokesmodel of the
Calvin Klein Collection.
“He’s a perfectionist and
knows exactly how to make
a woman look her best. I
always feel strong, sexy and
confident in his designs.”
Working with top models
and movie stars, and even
working the red carpet him-
self has posed some of his
greatest challenges in his
Calvin Klein tenure. His
training is in a craft not the
media, after all. Costa
attended fashion college
courses in Rio, at the Fash-
ion Institute of Technology
when he moved to New
York in 1985, and then
worked for Oscar de la
Renta.
The business side has
come pretty naturally, too,
Costa says, especially as he
learns more about the
changing luxury market-
place and the similarities
and differences of cus-
tomers who live all over the
world. He loves to visit
stores - and numbers don’t
scare him.
He’s not sure he’ll ever
feel comfortable about the
celebrity aspect of the busi-
ness.
“I’m product-oriented. I
know every seam, every
detail. But I’ve also become
a bit of a spokesman to the
public, and I never thought
that would be part of it, and
I never thought about it
before I had to do it,” Costa
says. “But I also understand
that more exposure means
more dresses and more
press. I just want the most
talented, beautiful girls
wearing the clothes and
communicating how good
she feels - in your language
- to all the other women.”
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