Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSThe winners of this year's socially distanced Academy Awards ceremony include Daniel Kaluuya, Youn Yuh Jung, and Chloé Zhao. Find our full list of winners and nominees here.The legendary layout artist Roy Naisbitt has died at 90. Best known for his intricate and interweaving visions, Naisbitt worked on films like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Balto and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Recommended VIEWINGAn extension of This Long Century, Ecstatic Static is a database of films and information from a broad community of artists. The site is currently screening films like Simon Liu's Signal 8, and also has an extensive library featuring new notes on filmmaking by Jodie Mack, Helena Wittmann, and more. Anthology Film Archives has announced a new online festival, presented in partnership with production company Vanda. Entitled Vanda Duarte: Dissident Films by Latin American Women Directors,...
- 4/28/2021
- MUBI
In Robert Zemeckis.s 1988 comedy-noir Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the wildly voluptuous Jessica Rabbit took the femme fatale archetype to a cheeky new dimension. Her look with its crazy curves, pouty lips, and Impossibly low-cut dress screamed sex. But while her smoky voice came courtesy of Kathleen Turner and her slinky saunter came from performance model Betsy Brantley, this redhead.s sizzling style seems to have come from a 1950s It girl who dazzled at Hollywood parties, but never managed to make it big in the movies. Messy Nessy (via Jezebel) drew our attention to The Back, also known as pin-up girl Vikki Dougan. Like many a young and glamorous model, Dougan had dreams of stardom, and Hollywood publicist Milton Weiss thought he knew just how to promote her. Essentially, he decided to show off her assets in a way sure to get tongues wagging. An article in the Oakland...
- 9/25/2013
- cinemablend.com
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