Jenny Beavan: How I got Cruella de Vil dressed to kill The Oscar-winning costume designer on working on the biggest project of her career
Thu, May 27, 2021, 05:00
When, in 2016, Jenny Beavan received her 10th Academy Award nomination – which was swiftly converted into her second Oscar win – the media might reasonably have marvelled at how the costume designer, a Merchant Ivory veteran, had proved just as adept at fashioning the post-apocalyptic fetish clobber of Mad Max: Fury Road as she had with rustling up Austen-era empire lines.
Instead, Beavan found herself at the centre of one of the great non-stories of the 21st century.
This story is part of a group of stories called 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. In honor of the enduring classics, we re exploring every aspect of Peter Jackson s trilogy, from JRR Tolkien s source material to the best scenes and moments, along with the continued influence of Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King on modern pop culture.
The Return of the King’s triumphant Oscar tally and Best Picture win from 2003 dominates that conversation. The Peter Jackson film is the ceremony’s biggest clean sweep, winning in all 11 of its nominated categories, tying
Dead Pigs, 2018(Film still)
As Cathy Yan’s first feature film is released on MUBI, the director speaks to Kat Haylett about making and meaning of the movie
February 10, 2021
In the spring of 2013, over 16,000 dead pigs were found floating in the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Quickly, this became a national – and then global – news story due to the bizarre nature of the incident – which was attributed to the growing reluctance of farmers to cover the rising cost of burying livestock. A few years later, this strange event served as the basis for director Cathy Yan’s first feature film,
Dead Pigs (released on MUBI on 12 February). It sets the tone for a story that has many surreal and darkly humorous elements, which Yan thinks “feel real to life – that we always find humour even in the darkest moments.”