Neruda, Chile’s official entry for the Academy Award’s Best Foreign Film, is a mesmerizing, beautiful film that is not so much about the real life of Pablo Neruda, but what it means to be “Nerudian.”
Bacalaureat (Graduation in English), which premiered earlier this year at Cannes, is an intriguing movie that subtly blends together many topics: insights on marriage, father-daughter relationships, and Romania.
Aquarius is a Brazilian movie that screened earlier this year at Cannes. Itβs a layered, three part story that the director/writer, Kleber MendonΓ§a Filho divides into three parts: Claraβs Hair, Claraβs Love, and Claraβs Cancer.
Last week the new film ‘Christine’ got its New York debutΒ after screening earlier this year at Sundance.
On September 8, part one of the NYFW extravaganza, we got to talk to the designers behind PH5: Wei Lin and Mijia Zhang.
Maulik Pancholy, of 30 Rock fame, has partnered up with the makers of Rebtel to call out shady telco practices in India and beyond. Rebtel is a new app that brings you an international call plan for only $10/monthβand you can call any number in the world without wifi or data.
On June 25th, Tim Sutton screenedΒ his poignant new film called “Dark Knight” at the closing night of BAMcinemaFest, which is it in its 8th consecutive year.
I have to admit it, dear reader: this reviewer shed a tear during the new Pixar animated feature. Of course, we shouldn’t have expected anything different from the animation studio that famously made grown men weep during the first 10 minutes of a movie (Up), but still, we have to head into any sequel with a bit of apprehension. Finding Dory creates an interesting paradox within itself. Playing with the title, the writers smartly created two storylines: one in which Nemo and his father, Marlin, do indeed have to physically find Doryβand two, we watch Dory as she “finds” herself.
Dory (voiced honestly and gently by Ellen DeGeneres) suffers from short term memory loss. We watch as she inevitably forgets the story of where she comes from and rediscover it along the way. Finding Dory is an emotional ride: heartbreaking, exhilarating, fresh, and hilarious the whole way through. That’s hard to accomplish for any film, but for a sequel to constantly surprise its audience with jokes and characters that feel fresh is a world that that I didn’t want to leave. Pixar trusts the audience in a way that a lesser studio doesn’t, and that’s what’s so admirable about the film: no part of the story had come easy for Dory.
Also worth a shoutout is the incredibly fleshed out supporting cast. There’s Hank the grumpy but lovable septapus (you know, when an octapus loses an arm) and a couple of whales that could have a Will & Grace-style sitcom on their own.
While the usual crop of summer blockbusters continues to churn out lackluster sequels and simple minded action movies, Finding Dory proves that some stories are worth continuing.
The film is now playing!
On June 8, Carlton Jones debuted his Resort 2017 collection at New York fashion week. Jones teamed up with Ammon Carver, the global creative director of L’ANZA Healing Haircare, who created the look for the show. Below, we have an exclusive backstage interview with Carver. He sharesΒ with us his inspiration behind this look and how youΒ can recreate it at home!
The Knockturnal: Can you tell me about the hair look you created for today?
Ammon Carver: Yeah, sure. For me, whenever creating a hair look for a fashion show, itβs always important to talk to the designer first so we try to understand who the woman is that heβs trying to dress. What does she do, what does she look like, what is her vibe. Since weβre here for resort week and Carlton Jones is trying to design a line of resort style clothing, I wanted to blend two trends that are indicative of that kind of woman, whoβs at a resort and easy going. And those two trends are a top knot and also a braid thatβs cool right now. Summer braids are very, very cool, and I wanted to incorporate the two of them together in a way that still felt very resort-like. So youβll see most of the girls will have their hair piled up in a tall pony, half up or all the way up, but then their clasp in the back is created with a braid detail. So from the front, most of them just look like a casual girl wearing their hair in a top knot, doesnβt steal their attention away from the clothing, but the moment they turn around thereβs an element of detail in the back with the braid, so we can hit them with both.
TK: Cool, itβs a party in the back. How would you recommend people recreating this look at home?
AC: Itβs super easy. All you need to do is create a high ponytail, then take a small piece of the ponytail and put it into a braid. Then tease and create a full top knot shape that you would, and then instead of wrapping the hair like you might with a bobby pin or hair pin, just first take the brain from underneath and wrap it around the base of the knot so it kind of peeks out a little bit and twist.
TK: Did you use any special products for this?
AC: The hero for this look is really just making sure that you have a good hairspray thatβs going to be long lasting and also resistant against humidity. The one that I prefer to use for this particular look is called lustrous finishing spray by LβAnza, and why I like it is because it gives me a workable hold. And it never sacrifices the shine so you can layer it on as you need to before you go outside and your hair isnβt going to get dull or matte, as sometimes hairsprays with alcohol in them can make hair look flat.
If you thought top knots were simple think again! #nyfw #resort2017 #carltonjones pic.twitter.com/V3gyYFVdie
— The Knockturnal (@_TheKnockturnal) June 8, 2016
βBeautiful: The Carole King Musicalβ takes us breezily through the life and tribulations of Carole Kingβnever are you truly worried for Carole, or do you get pulled too deeply into the drama of her life, but perhaps itβs just because our protagonist does for the most part live a very charmed, fun life.