The Academy Awards happen this weekend and so it’s time once again to celebrate my favorite design elements in last year’s movies. Of those films nominated for Best Production Design I’m pulling for Hail Caesar! and its giddy rendition of ‘50s LA. But I suspect the Technicolor toss-up will go to La La Land. If [...]
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Design at the Movies – Chaise Lounge Awards 2017
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Best Movie Sets of 2014
This weekend is the Oscars and rumor has it that actress and design enthusiast Julianne Moore is helping to decorate the official Green Room. I’m looking forward to seeing what she comes up with. I’m also excited about taking one more glimpse at the art direction and sets from the past year’s movies. Whether it [...]
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Best Design in the Movies of 2013
There are just a few more days left to see some of last year’s fabulous set designs on the big screen. If possible, check out “American Hustle” or “Her” in a theater and rent “The Great Gatsby” before the Oscars are handed out on Sunday night. These three movies topped my list (and the Academy’s) [...]
Making a Scene
So then there’s the day your daughter’s work and name makes it into the New York Times and you marvel at life’s unexpected blessings.
Friday Things Considered: The Gatsby Edition
The summer movie season began officially for me last weekend when we took in The Great Gatsby at The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland. Built in 1926, just a year after Gatsby was first published, the Grand Lake boasts marvelous Art Deco interiors and some awfully sweet concessionaires. The story fell flat for me but the [...]
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Oscars 2013 – The Morning After
I love going to the movies. Possibly because I grew up in small-town Idaho and didn’t really see that many movies in an actual theater. I remember traveling an hour to see Julie Andrews sing do-re-mi in The Sound of Music at a movie theater in Idaho Falls. I fell in love with Timothy Dalton [...]
