Those lucky enough to have discovered Yorgos Lanthimos right as he was establishing himself as a world-cinema weirdo — we’d carbon-date the initial who-the-fuck-is-this-guy?! moment as mid-2009, when his breakthrough film Dogtooth was worming its way through the festival circuit — remember what a shock it was to encounter the …
Read More »Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Go Pedal to the Metal in 'Kinds of Kindness' Teaser
There’s a whole lot of slapping, dancing, freaking out, and reckless driving in the new teaser for Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming movie Kinds of Kindness, which is set to hit select theaters on June 21. The new clip for the film doesn’t offer, well, anything in the way of plot, but …
Read More »'Drive-Away Dolls': Ethan Coen's Queer Buddy Comedy Is a Car-Wreck
A road trip. A mix-up. A fast-talking hero, prone to tossing off bewilderingly verbose sentences. Some criminals who run the gamut from eccentric to psychotic to painfully inept. (Sometimes, they’re all three at once.) Dangerously sudden violence. Dangerously dark humor. Dangerously outrageous hairdos. The feeling that you’re watching a vintage …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Lends New Music to Chanel Short Film 'The Button'
Kendrick Lamar lends new music to a short film heralding Chanel’s Spring-Summer 2024 Haute Couture show next week. The Button, a collaboration between the fashion giants and the rapper and Dave Free’s “service company” pgLang, stars actresses Margaret Qualley and Anna Mouglalis along with supermodel Naomi Campbell. Free wrote and …
Read More »Margaret Qualley Made a 'Love Letter' to Jack Antonoff With Bleachers' Romantic 'Tiny Moves' Video
When she was growing up, Margaret Qualley — the actress known best for Maid and, most recently, Poor Things — was the type of kid who would break into little dances to entertain her family during TV commercial breaks. Now that she’s grown up, she still does it — just …
Read More »Jack Antonoff Takes a Night Drive Through Weird Jersey in Bleachers' 'Alma Mater' Video
Bleachers have paired their new single “Alma Mater” — the latest single off their upcoming self-titled LP — with a new video. The Alex Lockett-directed video finds Jack Antonoff taking an evening drive through his native New Jersey, encountering the creatures of the night, including a saxophone-playing construction worker and …
Read More »'Poor Things': What If Emma Stone Was Frankenstein But Feminist and Horny?
“I ought to be thy Adam,” says the Creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. “But I am rather a fallen angel.” It’s the basis for every mad scientist story: You try to create man and end up with a monster. Fuck around with playing God and see what happens. Poor Things …
Read More »Margaret Qualley Leads a Lesbian, Action-Packed Road Trip in Ethan Coen's 'Drive-Away Dolls' Trailer
Margaret Qualley and the Drive-Away Dolls has an excellent ring to it. On Friday, Focus Features released the official trailer for the Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke-written film that follows Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan playing a pair of queer women as some not-so-smart criminals (including Matt Damon) chase them. The …
Read More »No, Lana Del Rey Certainly Did Not Leak Jack Antonoff's Wedding Date in 'Margaret'
If you’re a Jack Antonoff obsessive, besotted with details around his upcoming nuptials to Emmy-nominated actress Margaret Qualley, you’ll need to find another wedding to crash in December. Since the release of Lana Del Rey‘s latest album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Antonoff stans (Stantonoffs?) …
Read More »'Stars at Noon': Watch Steamy New Trailer for A24's Erotic Thriller
Following its premiere at Cannes and ahead of its theatrical and streaming release in October, A24 has shared the new trailer for Stars at Noon, the erotic thriller co-starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn (a.k.a Taylor Swift’s boyfriend). The film, directed by Claire Denis and based on the novel by …
Read More »