Sofia Coppola is one of our brightest and most talented directors, genre-hopping throughout her career with each turn offering something new. She has developed a distinct style over the course of her career, something that is keenly shown off in…
Seven Films Influenced by Fashion Designers
With Tom Ford’s second feature film, Nocturnal Animals, out this month, it had me thinking about how many fashion designers make their way into filmmaking. Both industries often collaborate, but usually it’s getting a well-known filmmaker to direct a fashion…
Sofia Coppola Films: 5 Best Performances
Whimsy, delicacy, and the female perspective all tend to imbue Sofia Coppola’s films with a dream-like atmosphere. From The Virgin Suicides to The Bling Ring, Coppola has been creating films that are decidedly her own, while also allowing performances to…
Women in Film Wednesday: Marie Antoinette
People have grossly misunderstood Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette and what it’s really about. It seems as if everyone becomes history buffs after seeing this film, calling foul about the lack of accuracy or reliance on textbook research, believing that Coppola should…
Book Review: ‘Faces of the Dead’ by Suzanne Weyn
As a typical teenager, I hate something that rhymes with mystery. If you guessed the word “history,” you guessed correctly. That being said, aside from graded assignments and APUSH, I still find the events from the past interesting. One of…
Read of the Week: Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
Colette Iselin is excited to go to Paris on a class trip. She’ll get to soak up the beauty and culture, and maybe even learn something about her family’s French roots. But a series of gruesome murders are taking place…