This summer’s runaway horror hit, Longlegs, opens not with a quote from the Bible or anything so mundane. Instead, the livid-red title card reads, “Well you’re slim and you’re weak/You’ve got the teeth of the hydra upon you/You’re dirty, sweet, and you’re my girl” — lyrics from glam-rock band T. …
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Twenty-five years ago today, Todd Haynes’ impressionistic glam-rock fantasy Velvet Goldmine hit movie theaters, offering audiences a glimpse of a short-lived era of rock defined by artists like David Bowie, Marc Bolan, and Roxy Music. Told as a Citizen Kane-like investigation into the disappearance of fictional pop star Brian Slade …
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Marc Bolan‘s iconic glam makeup is examined in an exclusive clip from the upcoming doc Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. “Eyeliner is still a political act in some places,” makeup artist James Vincent says in the clip. “It was playing with gender, it was playing …
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