From the studio that brought you The Bourne Identity and the genre defying blockbuster film maker, Simon Kinberg comes The 355, a fast-paced thriller that brings audiences international with a group of formidable female spies.
“Art Basel is the leading global platform connecting collectors, galleries, and artists,” according to the official website’s about section. “Art Basel’s Initiatives strive to create unique artist-led experiences and strengthen local art scenes.”
If you ask around though anyone will tell you it pretty much feels like it’s LA and New York crowds coming together with the tropical backdrop that is Miami. A chance to mix and mingle, attend fabulous parties, discover emerging artists, and do so all in the name of art.
Of course, The Knockturnal was on the scene in paradise city where we got to stop by the Zadig & Voltaire + Cultured event. Taking place at Zadig & Voltaire’s Miami Design District location, the celebration honored the brand’s philanthropic partnership with the L.A. Dance Project. Andrew Warren, RHOSLC’s Brooks Marks, and Gaia Matisse (great-great granddaughter of late artist Henri Matisse) hosted the event.
Special guests in attendance included Montana Tucker, Devon Windsor, Austin Mahone, Blake Gray and Michelle Salas among several others. Sips were had courtesy of ultra-luxe tequila brand Cincoro Tequila and their Miami inspired cocktail menu.
While, it’s no surprise fashion has infiltrated the Art Basel scene, the film landscape has also made it’s way into the event/ basel party circuit with an exclusive pop-up put together by Universal Pictures and Stella Artois. The private rooftop party took place at the notorious Soho Beach Club Miami to celebrate the release of the upcoming film The 355.
DJ Amrit hands down understood the assignment and gave the crowd some latin music mixes to bop to. It’s Miami after all! Specialty cocktails were flowing (obvi) and the most delicious appetizers were passed around. Cannot confirm or deny but suspicion that night was they were from Cecconi’s downstairs. Do I need to say more? You already know the hors d’oeuvre‘s were automatically a hit. My personal favorite were the truffle honey whipped ricotta crostinis. *Insert gasping emoji.* That’s how good they were.
In attendance model Charlotte McKinney, influencer Charly Jordan, and dancer Montana Tucker amongst more lovely guests. No sightings of Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, or any of the stars of the film, but that’s okay because we can watch them on the big screen once the film hits theaters January 7th.
After an exciting, beautiful, art filled two weeks, Film at Lincoln Center concluded its 59th annual New York Film Festival (NYFF) on Friday night. Their final event was a showing of Pedro Almodóvar’s new film, “Parallel Mothers.”
Starring Penélope Cruz, the film tells the story of Cruz’s character Janis, a middle aged photographer, and the adolescent Ana, a young woman desperately trying to work through the many traumas of her life. The two women meet for the first time in a hospital room, both about to give birth to what will be their first children. Two women, from such different worlds, each suffering from their own rough patches in their lives, with wildly different feelings on the world they are about to embark on.
Meeting again at different points in their lives, the twists and turns in Janis and Ana’s stories are far from over. With so many small paradoxes leading up to one massive twist, this film is truly visionary and will have any viewer on the very edge of their seat the whole time, you never truly know what’s coming next. I couldn’t imagine a better film to end the festival on this year. We talked to the cast and the director of this brilliant film on the last night of NYFF’s pink carpet! Check out the full conversation above!
At the Film at Lincoln Center this autumn, check out the best of American and International cinema with the 59th NYFF!
The Knockturnal was on the red carpet for the New York Film Festival premiere of “Wasp Network.”
With his newest film ‘Wasp Network,’ Olivier Assayas makes a film that defies comprehension and wastes a promising cast on a shoddy script.
Everyone is a suspect!
The official trailer for Penélope Cruz’s newest Spanish-language film is out now!
What’s the best way to test out a mattress? I mean, you’re going to hopefully spend a third of your life on it and you’re gonna need it for rest and whatnot.
Well obviously you test it out at the mattress store in only the best way possible—by doing what you would do at home on it there in the store.
That’s what Sacha Baron Cohen and Rebel Wilson do in the trailer for The Brothers Grimsby, a new comedy film that was written by Cohen as well as Phil Johnson and Peter Baynham. Directed by Louis Leterrier, it stars Cohen, Wilson, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher, Annabelle Wallis, Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane. It is a comedy spy action film.
Strong plays Agent Sebastian Grimsby, the brother of Norman “Nobby” Grimsby (Cohen), who is the world’s greatest spy, and the two must team up together in an hilarious tale to save the world from extinction.
The film will be released on March 4, 2016 by Columbia Pictures (after moving from Paramount Pictures). You can watch the hilarious trailer below full of gun shots, explosions, men in black, cool virtual reality glasses, and of course, some good old love making in the mattress store while the employee watches.
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson reprise their roles in what could be the first funny sequel in a long, long time