[Image via the Museum of the Moving Image]
The title, If Looks Could Kill, has taken on an entire different meaning from May 4th-May 13th, 2012, as the Museum of the Moving Image in New York collaborates with the London-Based Fashion in Film Festival and the London College of Fashion to bring the exhibition, research, and education to the States. The festival, curated by Marketa Uhlirova and Davis Schwartz, with Associate curator, Christel Tsilibaris, explores the compelling links between cinema, television, fashion, crime, and violence. The festival will cover themes of disguise, desire, and corruption of beauty by featuring characters, costumes, styling, gestures, and cinematic genres covering thriller, gangster, film noir, and horror.
Various movie screenings will occur every day, giving you a chance to catch a flick, learn about the research, and listen to guest speakers, including costume designers John Dunn and Lisa Padovani from Boardwalk Empire, assistant costume designer, Lauren Press, from The Sopranos, Shelley Fox, a professor of Fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, Betsey Wissinger, a professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community college, and film scholar, Tom Gunning. Do not miss your chance to check out this phenomenal series of events!
Schedule:
Casino
Screening
Friday, May 4, 7:00 p.m.
The Color of Nothingness, a presentation by Tom Gunning
Screening & Live Event
Saturday, May 5, 2:00 p.m.
Asphalt
Screening
Saturday, May 5, 6:00 p.m.
Desire
Screening
Sunday, May 6, 2:00 p.m.
The Tenth Victim
Screening
Sunday, May 6, 4:30 p.m.
American Gigolo
Screening
Sunday, May 6, 7:00 p.m.
Ms. 45
Screening
Friday, May 11, 7:00 p.m.
Marnie
Screening
Saturday, May 12, 2:00 p.m.
Crime, fashion, and Television
Panel Discussion
Saturday, May 12, 5:00 p.m.
Leave Her to Heaven
Screening
Saturday, May 12, 7:00 p.m.
Mildred Pierce
Screening
Sunday, May 13, 1:00 p.m.
Mildred Pierce
Screening
Sunday, May 13, 4:00 p.m.
For more information, please visit the homepage for the festival at the Museum of the Moving Image.
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– Ambika Makin
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