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How Can I Channel My Inner 1930s Movie Star?

Between the #MeToo movement, which cast many assumptions about traditional definitions of glamour and seduction in a new light, and the pandemic, during which the meaning of “loungewear” evolved from lingerie-for-before-bed into something more akin to athleisure, old notions of loungewear have largely been reassessed. With the result that the category has moved toward stretch and comfort and away from those old Hollywood representations of glamour.

But that doesn’t mean there isn’t something still alluring about the idea of lounging around at home in silk and satin. Or that it can’t be empowering. Those women of the silver screen did, after all, often talk circles around their male co-stars, and Nora Charles was a crack detective.

As Cora Harrington, also known as the blogger “The Lingerie Addict” and author of “In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear and Love Lingerie,” said when I emailed her, “There’s a lavishness and a sensuality in this type of lingerie. Long trains, flowing sleeves, delicate lace, romantic satins, gauzy mesh — these are the sorts of things that only work in the bedroom or private area of the modern-day individual. There’s an allowance for drama and indulgence, and I think many of us want that, even if we’re told we shouldn’t.”
But where to find it?

To discover an answer, I went to Liz Goldwyn, a writer, filmmaker, burlesque expert and founder of TheSexEd.com. “I regularly trawl Etsy looking for vintage 1940s loungewear,” she said. “It is the most ecoconscious way to achieve this vintage glam look, and modern cleaning is a miracle.”

Ms. Harrington agreed, noting, “There are always deals and treasures to be found there, many of which contain fabrics and details that are no longer financially feasible to reproduce.”

If you don’t want to take a chance with vintage, however, and you are working on a budget, Ms. Goldwyn recommended Bettie Page Lingerie, especially the “showgirl wrap tie PJ top and bottom,” and feather robes.
Ms. Harrington suggested looking at KaFemme, from Ukraine, which, she said, “like a lot of Eastern European lingerie, is wonderfully lavish and over-the-top.” Check out this lace and gold gown and peignoir set.

At the higher end of the scale (after all, a select few of these pieces might go a long way, and it’s not as if they go out of style; they’ve already been around for almost a century), or just for inspiration, Ms. Harrington said her “ultimate peignoir/dressing gown experience” was Boudoir by D’Lish, which was “founded by the noted burlesque performer Catherine D’Lish.” And Ms. Goldwyn directed me to this Lunya washable silk high rise pant set, “a modern, minimalist take on old Hollywood loungewear,” as well as Morgan Lane pajamas, for a Barbara Stanwyck or Jean Harlow vibe.

Nov 15 '21
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The Walking Dead continues its march toward its series finale, but it will be far from the end of the universe as a whole. We know that after season 11 and spin-off The World Beyond wraps, the universe will continue with a Daryl and Carol spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead trekking on and anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead spooling up.

And yet through all this, one question remains. Where is Rick Grimes, and where are the movies that were promised starring him that were announced three years ago at this point?
Yes, it really has been that long, and even accounting for COVID-based delays, the timeline on these continues to be unclear, and we only have the barest hints about Grimes’ status and the state of these movies.

But past that, things don’t exactly seem to be ultra-clear regarding the film. Here’s what producer Gale Anne Hurd said in back in August 2021 about the delay:
“When the series itself has such a large scope, you have to make sure that the scope of the film matches the demands of a theatrical audience,” Hurd recently told Variety, “but also continues with the nuanced characters that people come to expect from the TV series. That’s why [it’s taking a long time].”

Nov 15 '21
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The Walking Dead continues its march toward its series finale, but it will be far from the end of the universe as a whole. We know that after season 11 and spin-off The World Beyond wraps, the universe will continue with a Daryl and Carol spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead trekking on and anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead spooling up.

And yet through all this, one question remains. Where is Rick Grimes, and where are the movies that were promised starring him that were announced three years ago at this point?
Yes, it really has been that long, and even accounting for COVID-based delays, the timeline on these continues to be unclear, and we only have the barest hints about Grimes’ status and the state of these movies.

But past that, things don’t exactly seem to be ultra-clear regarding the film. Here’s what producer Gale Anne Hurd said in back in August 2021 about the delay:
“When the series itself has such a large scope, you have to make sure that the scope of the film matches the demands of a theatrical audience,” Hurd recently told Variety, “but also continues with the nuanced characters that people come to expect from the TV series. That’s why [it’s taking a long time].”

Nov 15 '21
0 comments

The Walking Dead continues its march toward its series finale, but it will be far from the end of the universe as a whole. We know that after season 11 and spin-off The World Beyond wraps, the universe will continue with a Daryl and Carol spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead trekking on and anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead spooling up.

And yet through all this, one question remains. Where is Rick Grimes, and where are the movies that were promised starring him that were announced three years ago at this point?
Yes, it really has been that long, and even accounting for COVID-based delays, the timeline on these continues to be unclear, and we only have the barest hints about Grimes’ status and the state of these movies.

But past that, things don’t exactly seem to be ultra-clear regarding the film. Here’s what producer Gale Anne Hurd said in back in August 2021 about the delay:
“When the series itself has such a large scope, you have to make sure that the scope of the film matches the demands of a theatrical audience,” Hurd recently told Variety, “but also continues with the nuanced characters that people come to expect from the TV series. That’s why [it’s taking a long time].”

Nov 15 '21
0 comments

The Walking Dead continues its march toward its series finale, but it will be far from the end of the universe as a whole. We know that after season 11 and spin-off The World Beyond wraps, the universe will continue with a Daryl and Carol spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead trekking on and anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead spooling up.

And yet through all this, one question remains. Where is Rick Grimes, and where are the movies that were promised starring him that were announced three years ago at this point?
Yes, it really has been that long, and even accounting for COVID-based delays, the timeline on these continues to be unclear, and we only have the barest hints about Grimes’ status and the state of these movies.

But past that, things don’t exactly seem to be ultra-clear regarding the film. Here’s what producer Gale Anne Hurd said in back in August 2021 about the delay:
“When the series itself has such a large scope, you have to make sure that the scope of the film matches the demands of a theatrical audience,” Hurd recently told Variety, “but also continues with the nuanced characters that people come to expect from the TV series. That’s why [it’s taking a long time].”

Nov 15 '21
0 comments

The Walking Dead continues its march toward its series finale, but it will be far from the end of the universe as a whole. We know that after season 11 and spin-off The World Beyond wraps, the universe will continue with a Daryl and Carol spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead trekking on and anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead spooling up.

And yet through all this, one question remains. Where is Rick Grimes, and where are the movies that were promised starring him that were announced three years ago at this point?
Yes, it really has been that long, and even accounting for COVID-based delays, the timeline on these continues to be unclear, and we only have the barest hints about Grimes’ status and the state of these movies.

But past that, things don’t exactly seem to be ultra-clear regarding the film. Here’s what producer Gale Anne Hurd said in back in August 2021 about the delay:
“When the series itself has such a large scope, you have to make sure that the scope of the film matches the demands of a theatrical audience,” Hurd recently told Variety, “but also continues with the nuanced characters that people come to expect from the TV series. That’s why [it’s taking a long time].”

Nov 15 '21
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Already missing Halloween? Stay at home for this year’s virtual New York City Horror Film Festival (Dec. 2–9) or for this month’s streaming picks, which include mutants in love and mushrooms out for blood.
Who would have thought my pulse would race watching a guy work on his home computer during the pandemic? That’s what happened during this taut conspiracy thriller written and directed by Christian Nilsson. (Don’t confuse it with the other new horror film called “Dashcam.”)

It’s Halloween night, and Jake (an intense Eric Tabach) is a video editor working out of his New York City apartment on a local TV news story about a fatal traffic stop that involved a police officer and a former state attorney general. When Jake gets an email from the state’s press office marked “Confidential,” he opens it to find dashcam evidence suggesting that what happened on the road that night might have been an assassination.

The spooked-out Jake, who dreams of being a reporter, leaves his apartment to look for a clue he thinks is hidden in Washington Square Park. But what’s with the car idling outside his apartment?

Nilsson has cited Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” as an inspiration, and it shows. “Dashcam” is at its creepiest when just audio and video clips, and Jake’s surgical adjustments to them, steer the paranoia-driven story. Over 82 unnerving minutes, Nilsson squeezes big suspense out of seemingly throwaway moments, as when Jake just sits and listens to audio tracks. The muted underscoring that sounds like it’s coming from the next apartment adds a sinister sonic edge.

The 2019 documentary “Horror Noire” was a past-due, eye-opening look at Black Americans and their place in, and relationships to, horror movies. Using the same title, this anthology highlights Black actors, filmmakers and six macabre tales that include blood suckers, a possessed house and, as one character puts it, “Satan his damn self.”

There are two standouts. “Get Out” meets “Midsommar” in Kimani Ray Smith’s very funny horror comedy “Sundown.” Erica Ash and Tone Bell star as a couple whose political canvassing in rural West Virginia gets interrupted one night by local racist vampires.

The other is Julien Christian Lutz’s “Brand of Evil.” It’s a Faustian story about Nekani, a young gay artist (Brandon Mychal Smith) who starts getting well-paying commissions from a mystery patron. When Nekani learns his client’s designs are hate symbols, he struggles to reconcile the sinister assignments with the big money they come with. No matter: His fate has been sealed, with soul-sucking consequences.

Nov 15 '21
0 comments

Already missing Halloween? Stay at home for this year’s virtual New York City Horror Film Festival (Dec. 2–9) or for this month’s streaming picks, which include mutants in love and mushrooms out for blood.
Who would have thought my pulse would race watching a guy work on his home computer during the pandemic? That’s what happened during this taut conspiracy thriller written and directed by Christian Nilsson. (Don’t confuse it with the other new horror film called “Dashcam.”)

It’s Halloween night, and Jake (an intense Eric Tabach) is a video editor working out of his New York City apartment on a local TV news story about a fatal traffic stop that involved a police officer and a former state attorney general. When Jake gets an email from the state’s press office marked “Confidential,” he opens it to find dashcam evidence suggesting that what happened on the road that night might have been an assassination.

The spooked-out Jake, who dreams of being a reporter, leaves his apartment to look for a clue he thinks is hidden in Washington Square Park. But what’s with the car idling outside his apartment?

Nilsson has cited Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” as an inspiration, and it shows. “Dashcam” is at its creepiest when just audio and video clips, and Jake’s surgical adjustments to them, steer the paranoia-driven story. Over 82 unnerving minutes, Nilsson squeezes big suspense out of seemingly throwaway moments, as when Jake just sits and listens to audio tracks. The muted underscoring that sounds like it’s coming from the next apartment adds a sinister sonic edge.

The 2019 documentary “Horror Noire” was a past-due, eye-opening look at Black Americans and their place in, and relationships to, horror movies. Using the same title, this anthology highlights Black actors, filmmakers and six macabre tales that include blood suckers, a possessed house and, as one character puts it, “Satan his damn self.”

There are two standouts. “Get Out” meets “Midsommar” in Kimani Ray Smith’s very funny horror comedy “Sundown.” Erica Ash and Tone Bell star as a couple whose political canvassing in rural West Virginia gets interrupted one night by local racist vampires.

The other is Julien Christian Lutz’s “Brand of Evil.” It’s a Faustian story about Nekani, a young gay artist (Brandon Mychal Smith) who starts getting well-paying commissions from a mystery patron. When Nekani learns his client’s designs are hate symbols, he struggles to reconcile the sinister assignments with the big money they come with. No matter: His fate has been sealed, with soul-sucking consequences.

Nov 15 '21
0 comments

Already missing Halloween? Stay at home for this year’s virtual New York City Horror Film Festival (Dec. 2–9) or for this month’s streaming picks, which include mutants in love and mushrooms out for blood.
Who would have thought my pulse would race watching a guy work on his home computer during the pandemic? That’s what happened during this taut conspiracy thriller written and directed by Christian Nilsson. (Don’t confuse it with the other new horror film called “Dashcam.”)

It’s Halloween night, and Jake (an intense Eric Tabach) is a video editor working out of his New York City apartment on a local TV news story about a fatal traffic stop that involved a police officer and a former state attorney general. When Jake gets an email from the state’s press office marked “Confidential,” he opens it to find dashcam evidence suggesting that what happened on the road that night might have been an assassination.

The spooked-out Jake, who dreams of being a reporter, leaves his apartment to look for a clue he thinks is hidden in Washington Square Park. But what’s with the car idling outside his apartment?

Nilsson has cited Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” as an inspiration, and it shows. “Dashcam” is at its creepiest when just audio and video clips, and Jake’s surgical adjustments to them, steer the paranoia-driven story. Over 82 unnerving minutes, Nilsson squeezes big suspense out of seemingly throwaway moments, as when Jake just sits and listens to audio tracks. The muted underscoring that sounds like it’s coming from the next apartment adds a sinister sonic edge.

The 2019 documentary “Horror Noire” was a past-due, eye-opening look at Black Americans and their place in, and relationships to, horror movies. Using the same title, this anthology highlights Black actors, filmmakers and six macabre tales that include blood suckers, a possessed house and, as one character puts it, “Satan his damn self.”

There are two standouts. “Get Out” meets “Midsommar” in Kimani Ray Smith’s very funny horror comedy “Sundown.” Erica Ash and Tone Bell star as a couple whose political canvassing in rural West Virginia gets interrupted one night by local racist vampires.

The other is Julien Christian Lutz’s “Brand of Evil.” It’s a Faustian story about Nekani, a young gay artist (Brandon Mychal Smith) who starts getting well-paying commissions from a mystery patron. When Nekani learns his client’s designs are hate symbols, he struggles to reconcile the sinister assignments with the big money they come with. No matter: His fate has been sealed, with soul-sucking consequences.

Nov 15 '21
0 comments

Already missing Halloween? Stay at home for this year’s virtual New York City Horror Film Festival (Dec. 2–9) or for this month’s streaming picks, which include mutants in love and mushrooms out for blood.
Who would have thought my pulse would race watching a guy work on his home computer during the pandemic? That’s what happened during this taut conspiracy thriller written and directed by Christian Nilsson. (Don’t confuse it with the other new horror film called “Dashcam.”)

It’s Halloween night, and Jake (an intense Eric Tabach) is a video editor working out of his New York City apartment on a local TV news story about a fatal traffic stop that involved a police officer and a former state attorney general. When Jake gets an email from the state’s press office marked “Confidential,” he opens it to find dashcam evidence suggesting that what happened on the road that night might have been an assassination.

The spooked-out Jake, who dreams of being a reporter, leaves his apartment to look for a clue he thinks is hidden in Washington Square Park. But what’s with the car idling outside his apartment?

Nilsson has cited Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” as an inspiration, and it shows. “Dashcam” is at its creepiest when just audio and video clips, and Jake’s surgical adjustments to them, steer the paranoia-driven story. Over 82 unnerving minutes, Nilsson squeezes big suspense out of seemingly throwaway moments, as when Jake just sits and listens to audio tracks. The muted underscoring that sounds like it’s coming from the next apartment adds a sinister sonic edge.

The 2019 documentary “Horror Noire” was a past-due, eye-opening look at Black Americans and their place in, and relationships to, horror movies. Using the same title, this anthology highlights Black actors, filmmakers and six macabre tales that include blood suckers, a possessed house and, as one character puts it, “Satan his damn self.”

There are two standouts. “Get Out” meets “Midsommar” in Kimani Ray Smith’s very funny horror comedy “Sundown.” Erica Ash and Tone Bell star as a couple whose political canvassing in rural West Virginia gets interrupted one night by local racist vampires.

The other is Julien Christian Lutz’s “Brand of Evil.” It’s a Faustian story about Nekani, a young gay artist (Brandon Mychal Smith) who starts getting well-paying commissions from a mystery patron. When Nekani learns his client’s designs are hate symbols, he struggles to reconcile the sinister assignments with the big money they come with. No matter: His fate has been sealed, with soul-sucking consequences.

Nov 15 '21
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