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Life! Hectic!

Busy busy! Aside from getting ready for Christmas and then surviving the holiday itself, I’ve been to see The Aviator (GORgeous) and A Series of Unfortunate Events (Meryl Streep’s 1890s gown was beautiful, Violet wears a very gothy 1820s-esque dress for most of the film) — reviews soon. Dying to get to A Very Long Engagement, and not-so-dying-but-it’s-playing-up-the-street to see Phantom of the Opera.

I also went to the Gaskell Ball (a very few photos here).

Got some great costume-related gifts for Christmas, including Costume Close-Up (I’d missed buying that one somehow), three of the Textiles for… Clothing books (yay for Amazon wishlists!), and I Capture the Castle and the Jane Austen collection (all the BBC 1970s-80s adaptations) on DVD. Whew!

I hope everyone had a nice holiday (for those that celebrate) or a nice day at the movies (for those who don’t)!

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Costume in Cinema

Okee dokee! Just added a review of Iron Jawed Angels to my 20th c. costume movies page.

I was doing some web surfing and came across some great photos of The Aviator (which I am DYING to see), plus The Phantom of the Opera (which I’m more inclined to see, given how gorgeous it’s looking — but I still want a mute button).

Finally, it’s not really not so much a review as a report: rented and tried to watch Russian Ark. Made it through the first 20 min., got bored enough to watch the rest on fast forward. As costumes go, you basically get a lot of 1830s, a little bit of mid-18th c., and a little bit of 1900’s pre-Revolution. I admit that I’m the type who needs at least a little bit of plot to get me through, and there was really none — plus even the costumes weren’t exciting enough to hold my interest.