Before indie sleaze, there was porno chic. And if Apple TV+’s recent “City on Fire” brought back to life the fashions and music of the early oughts’ indie sleaze heyday, then Starz’s “Minx” absolutely owns porno chic, down to the last unbuttoned button.
Set during the ‘70s as indefatigable feminist Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) reluctantly teams up with porn publisher Doug Renetti to transform her The Matriarchy Awakens magazine pitch into Minx, a porn magazine for women filled with both feminist theory and schwanzes, the show initially premiered on HBO Max before moving to Starz as a result of the streamer’s content purge. Never mind the new home, though, Ellen Rapaport’s silly, sexy, and serious comedy remains as solidly built as before even as the characters experience radical growth in its sophomore season.
Much of it is spurred by the arrival in the season premiere of Elizabeth Perkins’ caftan and turban-clad Constance,...
Set during the ‘70s as indefatigable feminist Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) reluctantly teams up with porn publisher Doug Renetti to transform her The Matriarchy Awakens magazine pitch into Minx, a porn magazine for women filled with both feminist theory and schwanzes, the show initially premiered on HBO Max before moving to Starz as a result of the streamer’s content purge. Never mind the new home, though, Ellen Rapaport’s silly, sexy, and serious comedy remains as solidly built as before even as the characters experience radical growth in its sophomore season.
Much of it is spurred by the arrival in the season premiere of Elizabeth Perkins’ caftan and turban-clad Constance,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Spoilers for "Yellowjackets" follow.
Like "Lost" before it, "Yellowjackets" has cultivated a fandom that thrives on piecing together the show's mysteries. The keystone mysteries go back to the Pilot — who is the girl killed in the series' opening scene by falling into a spiked pit? In turn, who are the masked girls who butcher her? The only identity we know for sure is the one with the carpet-like mask who serves the meat to the others — she unmasks herself at the end of the Pilot and turns out to be Misty (Samantha Hanratty).
Even the show's cast has been theorizing right alongside their fans. This means the show's creators work extra hard to keep the surprise alive — and not just the writers either. During season 1, costume designer Marie Schley spoke with GoldDerby about her process and inspirations. Interestingly, Schley notes that the story was written around costume requirements: "For storytelling purposes,...
Like "Lost" before it, "Yellowjackets" has cultivated a fandom that thrives on piecing together the show's mysteries. The keystone mysteries go back to the Pilot — who is the girl killed in the series' opening scene by falling into a spiked pit? In turn, who are the masked girls who butcher her? The only identity we know for sure is the one with the carpet-like mask who serves the meat to the others — she unmasks herself at the end of the Pilot and turns out to be Misty (Samantha Hanratty).
Even the show's cast has been theorizing right alongside their fans. This means the show's creators work extra hard to keep the surprise alive — and not just the writers either. During season 1, costume designer Marie Schley spoke with GoldDerby about her process and inspirations. Interestingly, Schley notes that the story was written around costume requirements: "For storytelling purposes,...
- 5/13/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
The second season of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” begins as winter finally envelops the Canadian Rockies and visits greater misery upon Wiskayok High’s girls soccer team. For the hit survival thriller’s costume department, though, it comes bearing a shot at an Emmy.
“Yellowjackets,” seventh in our combined Drama Series odds and clawing its way toward the top five, follows the aforementioned regional champions after the plane carrying them to nationals crashes in the wilderness, as well as their dysfunctional adult lives back in society two and a half decades later. The verdant setting to which they’d acclimated in Season 1 has become a gnarled, frostbitten Neverland. Amy Parris (“Stranger Things”), taking over for Emmy-winning costume designer Marie Schley (“Transparent”), rises to the creative challenge with striking designs that approximate what wardrobes for retro genre hits like “The Goonies” and “The Breakfast Club” would look like in an A24-produced folk horror.
“Yellowjackets,” seventh in our combined Drama Series odds and clawing its way toward the top five, follows the aforementioned regional champions after the plane carrying them to nationals crashes in the wilderness, as well as their dysfunctional adult lives back in society two and a half decades later. The verdant setting to which they’d acclimated in Season 1 has become a gnarled, frostbitten Neverland. Amy Parris (“Stranger Things”), taking over for Emmy-winning costume designer Marie Schley (“Transparent”), rises to the creative challenge with striking designs that approximate what wardrobes for retro genre hits like “The Goonies” and “The Breakfast Club” would look like in an A24-produced folk horror.
- 4/30/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Emmy-winning costume designer Marie Schley was responsible for finding looks for two very different eras for the new Showtime drama “Yellowjackets.” With the series flashing back and forth between the 1990s and the 2020s, Schley got to play around with current fashion as well as what is now considered period attire. The ’90s were a rebellious time, and it was key to reflect that in the teen girls who populate that decade’s storyline. But as Schley points out, teen girls expressed themselves in differing ways. “It’s like riot girls and that kind of idea of girl power is blossoming at that moment in time,” says Schley in an exclusive new webchat for Gold Derby. “But, nevertheless, as you see in our cast, there’s lots of different types of girls.” Watch the video interview above.
SEEGood news, ‘Yellowjackets’: Emmys love mystery dramas about plane crashes — just ask...
SEEGood news, ‘Yellowjackets’: Emmys love mystery dramas about plane crashes — just ask...
- 5/11/2022
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
The 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards kicked off Tuesday at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, honoring the best in film, television and short-form costume design.
Hosted by This Is Us star Mandy Moore, the night was a star-studded fête, with Meryl Steep, who was honored with the prestigious Distinguished Collaborator Award, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Pierce Brosnan and James Corden all in attendance. Additional honorees included Lacoste Spotlight Award recipient Lily Collins, Career Achievement Award recipient Jeffrey Kurland, and Lois DeArmond, who received the Distinguished Service Award. Emmy Award-winning costume designer Ret Turner, who died at age 87 last May, was posthumously inducted into the Guild's Hall of Fame.
And while we certainly enjoyed seeing the aforementioned stars on the red carpet at the soiree, all eyes were on the night's nominated costume designers, who created the beloved looks we saw in Oscar-nominated films like La La Land, Jackie and [link...
Hosted by This Is Us star Mandy Moore, the night was a star-studded fête, with Meryl Steep, who was honored with the prestigious Distinguished Collaborator Award, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Pierce Brosnan and James Corden all in attendance. Additional honorees included Lacoste Spotlight Award recipient Lily Collins, Career Achievement Award recipient Jeffrey Kurland, and Lois DeArmond, who received the Distinguished Service Award. Emmy Award-winning costume designer Ret Turner, who died at age 87 last May, was posthumously inducted into the Guild's Hall of Fame.
And while we certainly enjoyed seeing the aforementioned stars on the red carpet at the soiree, all eyes were on the night's nominated costume designers, who created the beloved looks we saw in Oscar-nominated films like La La Land, Jackie and [link...
- 2/22/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
“Hidden Figures,” “Jackie” and “La La Land” emerged as major award contenders at the Costume Designers Guild Awards, to be held on February 21 in Beverly Hills.
The feature film category is split into three sections: contemporary, period and fantasy, with Deborah Cook nominated for the stop-motion animation movie “Kubo and the Two Strings” in the fantasy category. The first animated movie to earn a Cdg nomination, “Kubo” is nominated for the puppet costumes made for the movie.
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The other films nominated in the category are “Doctor Strange,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Costume designer Colleen Atwood earned nominations for both “Fantastic Beasts” and “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”
The contemporary category nominations went to “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,...
The feature film category is split into three sections: contemporary, period and fantasy, with Deborah Cook nominated for the stop-motion animation movie “Kubo and the Two Strings” in the fantasy category. The first animated movie to earn a Cdg nomination, “Kubo” is nominated for the puppet costumes made for the movie.
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The other films nominated in the category are “Doctor Strange,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Costume designer Colleen Atwood earned nominations for both “Fantastic Beasts” and “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”
The contemporary category nominations went to “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,...
- 1/12/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
For the first time, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be split into two parts this weekend, demonstrating the growing importance of the below-the-line TV crafts. Even so, don’t expect too many surprises, with “Game of Thrones” dominating for its bravura “Battle of the Bastards” sequence in several categories and “The People v. O.J. Simpson” doing the same for its zeitgeist-grabbing historical relevance.
However, two of the toughest races will be for production and costume design. Howard Cummings, last year’s Emmy-winning production designer for “The Knick,” goes up against sentimental favorite Donal Woods for the final season of “Downton Abbey,” while last year’s costume design winners Marie Schley (“Transparent”) and Lou Eyrich (“American Horror Story: Hotel”) square off this time in the contemporary category: a further transgender exploration vs. Lady Gaga as the Countess.
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However, two of the toughest races will be for production and costume design. Howard Cummings, last year’s Emmy-winning production designer for “The Knick,” goes up against sentimental favorite Donal Woods for the final season of “Downton Abbey,” while last year’s costume design winners Marie Schley (“Transparent”) and Lou Eyrich (“American Horror Story: Hotel”) square off this time in the contemporary category: a further transgender exploration vs. Lady Gaga as the Countess.
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- 9/9/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“The Times They Are a Changin'” pretty well sums up this year’s Emmy craft contenders for production and costume design. The series all deal with social, political and cultural upheaval, which provided creative opportunities in designing and dressing characters on the cusp of change.
Production Design
In the race for production design (fantasy or contemporary), Amazon’s adaptation of Philip K.Dick’s “The Man in the High Castle” is building buzz for its retro-future vision, in which the Nazis and Japanese won World War II.
For production designer Drew Boughton, that meant three distinct looks for New York City (run by the Nazis), San Francisco (occupied by the Japanese) and Canon City, Colorado (the neutral zone). New York offered an austere, concrete, gray vibe reminiscent of the Eastern block, San Francisco went more wood and aqua blue and Canon City was rural, like a Western.
“What are the...
Production Design
In the race for production design (fantasy or contemporary), Amazon’s adaptation of Philip K.Dick’s “The Man in the High Castle” is building buzz for its retro-future vision, in which the Nazis and Japanese won World War II.
For production designer Drew Boughton, that meant three distinct looks for New York City (run by the Nazis), San Francisco (occupied by the Japanese) and Canon City, Colorado (the neutral zone). New York offered an austere, concrete, gray vibe reminiscent of the Eastern block, San Francisco went more wood and aqua blue and Canon City was rural, like a Western.
“What are the...
- 8/12/2016
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Costume Designers Guild has announced nominations for its 18th annual Cdg Awards! "Mad Max: Fury Road" will duke it out with "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "Cinderella," "Ex Machina," and "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" for the Fantasy Film category. I think "Cinderella" should win, don't you?
We'll find out the winners on February 23rd!
Here's the full list of nominees of the 18th annual Cdg Awards:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Beasts of No Nation . Jenny Eagan
Joy . Michael Wilkinson
Kingsman: The Secret Service . Arianne Phillips
The Martian . Janty Yates
Youth . Carlo Poggioli
Excellence in Period Film
Brooklyn . Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol . Sandy Powell
Crimson Peak . Kate Hawley
The Danish Girl . Paco Delgado
Trumbo . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Cinderella . Sandy Powell
Ex Machina . Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 . Kurt and Bart
Mad Max: Fury Road . Jenny Beavan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Michael Kaplan...
We'll find out the winners on February 23rd!
Here's the full list of nominees of the 18th annual Cdg Awards:
Excellence in Contemporary Film
Beasts of No Nation . Jenny Eagan
Joy . Michael Wilkinson
Kingsman: The Secret Service . Arianne Phillips
The Martian . Janty Yates
Youth . Carlo Poggioli
Excellence in Period Film
Brooklyn . Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol . Sandy Powell
Crimson Peak . Kate Hawley
The Danish Girl . Paco Delgado
Trumbo . Daniel Orlandi
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Cinderella . Sandy Powell
Ex Machina . Sammy Sheldon Differ
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 . Kurt and Bart
Mad Max: Fury Road . Jenny Beavan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Michael Kaplan...
- 1/7/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
After creating some of TV's most memorable supporting characters (including Arrested Development's double-trouble twins George and Oscar Bluth), 70-year-old Jeffrey Tambor digs his heels (literally) into the role of his career: a transgender head of household who transitions from Mort to Maura on Amazon's groundbreaking, critically lauded series Transparent. Tambor chatted with EW about the makings of "Moppa." EW: Congrats on the show. I burned through it in a single afternoon. Jeffrey Tambor: You're all done? Wow. Someone tweeted that they were on their second time around. When I was a kid, we got up, we walked a...
- 10/13/2014
- by Jason Clark
- EW - Inside TV
Jeffrey Tambor has been to the comedy mountaintop twice with "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Arrested Development," and has had a long and productive career that's seen him working pretty much non-stop since 1979. So he knows from professional fulfillment. But he's never had a role as challenging, or as potentially rewarding, as his current job on "Transparent," the new Amazon dramedy that will premiere on Friday morning. (Amazon will make all 10 episodes of the first season available at once.) As Maura Pfefferman, a transgender woman known to her family and the world at large as Mort, Tambor has to play another gender — even in scenes set in the past where we get glimpses of Maura peeking out from under Mort's clothes — and do the kind of small, precise dramatic work that he's rarely been called upon to do in his career, let alone as the lead of a show. It's...
- 9/22/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
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