I'm interviewing my incredibly talented pal, costume designer-stylist Arianne Phillips, this Wednesday March 17 at LACMA's Bing Theater, as part of the museum's Costume Council lecture series. We will be discussing the relationship between fashion and costume design for film, along with presenting more than 200 images from her extensive career, including her recent cinematic credits in Tom Ford's directorial debut, A Single Man, and the upcoming Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz vehicle Knight and Day, her dozen years collaborating with Madonna, in addition to her work in fashion, music, editorial and advertising.
September 28, 2009 10:19 AM  (go back to main view)
Must See: Bill Withers Onscreen

From "Ain't No Sunshine to " to "Lean on Me" to "Lovely Day," Bill Withers' honeyed voice and sage lyrics, brought to life with those sinuous, haunting grooves, have always sounded like they did for the first time--fresh, relevant, right. It's music that comes from an individual with soul and intelligence, a storyteller in the great folk tradition, cool because he doesn't try to be.
To the heartbreak of his fans, Withers made his last record in 1985. But the man, now 71 and living a quiet, rich life with his wife Marcia in L.A., hasn't stopped the music. Or being funny and cool as ever. The artist's storytelling and story are playing the big screen in the new documentary, "Still Bill."
Bill Withers today.
We caught the L.A. stop of the film on its current world tour Friday night at the Downtown Independent, a fabulous, new 236-seat theater on Main Street that is going to become one of our favorite places to see indie films. The rooftop afterparty was choc-a-bloc with the chicest bunch of downtown-type creative enthusiasts of all ages, and the backdrop of the surrounding sky-high buildings enhanced the scene all the more.
The 78-minute film is directed by Damani Baker and Alex Vlack, who also executive produced the project, and is an entertaining, edifying look at the life of a man whose music is so part of our cultural fabric in many ways (most recently, his 1972 hit "Use Me" on the HBO series "Hung") but whose life is little known about.
Will let you find out for yourself. But even if you're a casual fan of his music, the film itself is well worth the $12 ticket. It's a well-done doc (as it turns out, Withers also appears in another great doc that came out this summer, "Soul Power," about the concert before the legendary 1974 Muhammad Ali-George Foreman boxing match in Zaire). And it's one worth seeing on a big screen with a great sound system.

"Still Bill" is playing the Downtown Independent through this Thursday night, October 1. Tickets are only $12 online or at the box office. The film is making its way through indie theaters worldwide in coming weeks. Check out the full listing of screenings.
Blog Comments (1):
Posted by watches on March 10, 2010 10:28 PM
he watches are watches for men crafted magnetism infallibility Audemars Piguet besides scene exactness citizen watches guidance procreate and fashion watches rightness. Simplicity has Replica Watches been the rut Fake Chanel Watch of vegetation which breitling watches has imaginary Rolex Jewellery watches whence appealing among breitling watches kin. The symmetry chronograph watch of each command TAG Heuer watches is different again Low Prices watches the pet name exact fake watches has always been wrist Corum watches inborn veil its Omega watch for sale designs. The abundantly cheap Movado watches liked hold down Huge Discounts watches domination the women??s replica watches outlet mob from the Omega watches for sale accommodation of Rolex replica watches review Such is the patek phili
Add a comment
Name
E-mail
snapshot of the moment
This glowing grouping is inside the Cafe ArtScience in Paris (see posting from March 9).
la vie en rose on le town
now reading

Rose
Her manuscript...
and
Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America by Peter Biskind

Andy

Mantuana: A Novel by the authors of Wu Ming
and
This last month's issues of The New Yorker since we were away.

Welcome to the A+R Store
Blanca Apodaca
The [Un]Observed Radio Magazine
LuxiRare
Philip Wood: Cultural Translations
The Barr Code
Sewing Rebellion
TreeHugger
Dwell Magazine
Design Sponge
MocoLoco
Apartment Therapy
Dwell Magazine
Style.com
The Sartorialist
We Love You So
The Foodinista
  1. TOGEL HONGKONG
  2. DATA SGP