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Vogue
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
A Fragrance That Smells as Rich and Complex as a Max Richter Composition Sounds
Yulia Mahr: Sitting outside this process as Max was working on this perfume, I found it very beautiful that he included so many elements that were a really important part of, not only of his day-to-day life like the pencil smells, but also his whole profession and his childhood. What I love about the scent is that you can smell all that when you come to it. You can really pick up the notes of all these bits of his life coming together. Max, were you kind of sensorially aware of them even before the fragrance came along—like when you would open up a piano? MR: I think, yes, they're all sort of important parts of my world in a way. You open up a piano and you get that kind of cedar. You're in a room with an orchestra, you can smell the rosin [for treating bows]. It's a very sort of 360-degree experience. And I guess the other thing that goes into it is our location. Our studio is in the woods, so there are a lot of earthy things like vetiver in there. It's an attempt to try and make a composite object, which kind of expresses where I am at now and where we are together in our studio. And why do this now? MR: I think the stars aligned. It's an idea that I've been carrying around for a long time. I know Adrian and they'd used some of my music previously on another of their projects, and there was a feeling that it would be good to connect. We had lunch together and we talked about everything but the fragrance, and we got on really well. It really was a beautiful series of moments. Of all the possible fragrance collaborators, you ended up with Comme des Garçons, which is known as being more conceptual. MR: Both Yulia and I have loved their stuff forever. I wear Black Pepper, Amazing Green, and Comme des Garçons 2. It was a no brainer, really. They're such a sort of creative, visionary outfit. They have this sort of independent spirited, very artistically ambitious output. And then working with Christian and Guillaume, what was the dialogue back and forth? MR: It was very simple. I just gave him a load of suggestions to start from, and he made a range of options. And then we just sort of focused in and took away things which weren't quite there, which kept the iterative processes pretty quick. It was three or four iterations, I think.
Geek Tyrant
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Teaser Trailer For Osgood Perkins' Horror Film KEEPER Starrring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland — GeekTyrant
Neon has released the first teaser for Keeper , marking the third horror project from director Osgood Perkins following Longlegs and The Monkey . The filmmaker has been on a roll lately, and this next outing looks just as unsettling. The film stars Tatiana Maslany ( Orphan Black ) and Rossif Sutherland ( Possessor ) as a couple celebrating their anniversary in a remote cabin. Things take a dark turn when Malcolm (Sutherland) suddenly heads back to the city, leaving Liz (Maslany) isolated. Alone in the woods, she comes face-to-face with an unspeakable evil lurking in the shadows of the cabin's sinister past. It looks like it's going to be psychological, and possibly supernatural, descent into terror. The script comes from Nick Lepard, and with Perkins' growing reputation for crafting deeply atmospheric horror, this first look suggests another chilling experience that dives headfirst into isolation and dread. Would you check out Keeper based on this teaser?
The Review Geek
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Untamed (2025) – Episode 6 Recap, Review & Ending Explained
All Trails Lead Here Episode 6 of Untamed Season 1 starts with Shane hunting an injured Kyle throughout the woods. Kyle tries to treat his wounds as he keeps going. Back at his house, Naya drops by to check on him. She keeps calling him but gets the voicemail every time. Does Shane kill Kyle? Their little hunting game goes on for hours. Kyle keeps moving, but by nightfall, he has lost too much blood. Shane corners him and is about to kill him. Luckily, Naya shows up just in time to save Kyle and kill Shane. Kyle is rushed to the hospital, where he is treated and makes a quick recovery. He thanks Naya for saving his life, and she thanks him for teaching her about the woods. By the looks of it, Naya is planning to hang around permanently. What happened to Sean Sanderson? After getting back home, Jill comes clean to Scott about what happened to Sean. As we suspected, Sean was the pervert who killed Caleb. Thanks to Shane's motion cameras in the park, Kyle and Jill found out what Sean did. Kyle wanted to collect more evidence and bring Sean in. Unfortunately, Jill didn't want to endure the long legal procedure for justice. She went behind Kyle's back and paid Shane to blackmail, lure, and kill Sean. After confessing to Scott, Jill visits Kyle at the hospital and promises she will be okay. She begs him to promise the same, but he can't. He still sees and talks to Caleb and doesn't want to let go. After his discharge, Kyle agrees to sign whatever papers Esther needs to prove her wrongful death liability case. What happens to Lucy's case? Even after Shane's death, Kyle continues to blame himself for her death. He tries to seek answers to what life she led before her death. He allows the chief to give Lucy a native burial. With no job at the park anymore, Kyle leaves for Nevada to follow a lead. Souter tries to discourage him from pursuing the case, but Kyle insists. In Nevada, he finds out that Lucy lived with the Gibbs family. The family took advantage of many kids by hiding behind a religious mask. Kyle learns that Lucy/ Grace went through a lot in that foster home. She always believed her cop father would come to save her. When he didn't, Lucy ran away and returned to the woods. Hearing this, Kyle puts the pieces together and calls Souter. They meet by the lake, and Souter comes clean about his sins. Lucy was his daughter, but he kidnapped and left her with the Gibbs family. He thought Lucy would be safer there than with her stepfather, Roger. After Lucy returned, she started blackmailing Souter. Ultimately, he killed her to 'protect' his family and marriage. Kyle refuses to help Souter cover up the crimes. To escape his punishment, Souter kills himself. How does Untamed end? Kyle finally says goodbye to Caleb and chooses to leave. He leaves his horse and Caleb's toys to Naya. The chief is proud to see Kyle finally try to move on. The Episode Review What a shocking twist! All this time, Souter knew Lucy was his child and said nothing. He watched the medical examiner perform the post-mortem on the daughter he killed and didn't even bat an eye! What made it worse was that he was too much of a coward to face the consequences of his actions. How dare he try to justify his actions? Where was his love and loyalty to his family when he cheated and sired Lucy? The pain that Lucy went through could have been entirely avoided if he had chosen to own his mistakes and do the right thing. The more I think about it, the more infuriating it is. With the case closed, Kyle can finally get some closure. He has been haunted by what happened to Caleb for many years. While we don't agree with Jill's action, we understand. Sean actively sought out a child and then killed him. Any parent would have gone temporarily insane after seeing what Caleb went through at Sean's hands. Ain't it ironic that Jill killed to avenge her child while Souter killed his child to hide his shame! Overall, Untamed is a gripping mystery show. It is a worthwhile slow burn with amazing cinematography. The acting is top-notch, and viewers quickly get immersed in the characters' pain and struggles. If you are looking for a show to binge-watch this weekend, Untamed is a good choice.
New York Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Cloud' Review: Buyer's Remorse
Just as Yoshii (Masaki Suda), sitting on the bus with his girlfriend, is beginning to dream about a better future early on in 'Cloud,' the camera gradually inches over, and the outline of a dark figure suddenly hovers over him. Things go deathly quiet and Yoshii turns, but the figure has dashed off the bus. It's the kind of breathtaking moment you'd expect from the writer and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa whose breakout masterpiece, 'Cure' (1997), showcased his virtuosic control of tension and atmosphere. That consummate formal ability has one ready to follow the eclectic Japanese auteur wherever this taut suspense might take us, even if, in this latest work, it might end up in some disjointed directions. Here, Kurosawa's story of what might initially appear to be sinister morphs boldly and almost irreverently into a tale of slapstick vengeance that carries with it whiffs of Michael Haneke's 'Funny Games' and Quentin Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs.' Underneath all that is perhaps something sinister still, though not from an expected place. As an online reseller who poaches just about any product he can find to sell at a higher price, Yoshii has recently had a windfall, selling a batch of medical devices. He quits his factory day job and moves to a house in the woods with his girlfriend, hoping to expand his business. Yet, eerie instances have him looking over his shoulder, and his dubious reselling practices begin to attract enemies. The gears switch hard in the film's second half, as Yoshii's karmic retribution comes knocking. But the gunslinging that ensues is not slick nor even particularly gruesome. This is the story of desperate men, pummeled by failure and itching for violent catharsis; although mostly what they get is clumsy death. That incongruence, in the movie's eyes, embodies the distinction and friction between the digital world and the real one. Online, everyone represents either cash to be made (at seemingly every turn of real and present danger, Yoshii is still just thinking of his rinky-dink hustle) or a scapegoat for one's anger. But in the physical world, those visions of revenge play out differently. Often, at decisive moments, these characters take on the persona of a villain, shouting out their machinations like they would on an online forum, only for reality to bluntly knock them over the head. It's a surprisingly funny film in that way, but also disturbing. For all of his genre-bending on display, Kurosawa is interested in something more real and more dark about humanity's capacity for greed and bitterness, and the quiet ways that the internet can further mutate those diseases in us. But that subtext gets muddled in the director's primary desire to construct playful surprises, even if some of which, particularly by the end, can be wonderfully, terrifyingly strange. Ultimately, 'Cloud' is constructing a highway to hell for Yoshii in which the demons are not phantom, but us. CloudNot rated. In Japanese, with subtitles. Running time: 2 hours 4 minutes. In theaters.
The Guardian
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Purity Ring: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
I try to spend as little time on the internet as possible. I didn't get a cell phone until I was 19. I stayed mostly away from screens and spent a lot of time in the woods, on the water and in my head. As far as I've seen, those were and always will be better places to find ourselves. I ended up skipping some of the internet's best years – they're long gone, along with the dream of what the internet could have been. In all the hours I spend doomscrolling I can say I haven't gained much but the following makes some of that time feel worth it. There's something about a good joke or a meme – similar to a song maybe, where it sticks in our minds for years and we can draw from it for a certain feeling, to self-regulate or laugh out loud when we need to. Or maybe it's like our sense of smell or taste in the way we can recall it vividly no matter how much time has passed. I feel that way about many of the videos I'll include here. Here are a few from the present, a couple from the past and an overall appreciation for the people who succeed in making the internet feel like less of a wasteland. I hope you can find some joy here today. This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. [Robyn voice] But you just met somebody new … This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Me at every party. I just can't help myself! I'm so grateful for all of you!!!! This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. I'm going to ask ChatGPT to ask if this video is real. Joking. But seriously, the secretary of education really is cashing out! This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. This is literally me. If/when you see our live show and you're wondering what it's like behind the scenes, this is it. This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Ziwe's funeral service never fails. This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. Look, I just get really excited after drinking my morning coffee, let me exist. This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. This isn't just a hot take, it's a way of life, my mantra and mission statement. I am a croissant. This article includes content provided by TikTok. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. If you have a boyfriend, pat them on the head and say, 'Good job, Billy.' This is from so long ago but I still hear this voice in my head every time I see a rainbow (or three). Purity Ring's self-titled album will be released on 26 September. Listen to their single Place of My Own now
