Fests and events, 5/11.

"London's second Fashion in Film Festival kicks off, with the theme 'If Looks Could Kill: Cinema's Images of Fashion, Crime and Violence.' To mark the event, we asked four top designers to choose the films whose fashions have inspired their own creations." Rhiannon Harries in the Independent. Related: "Who are your most fatal femmes?" asks Lauren Cochrane in the Guardian.

"The Reeler dropped by BAM Friday for the opening night of its retrospective celebrating cinematographer Ed Lachman, who was on hand to introduce his and co-director Larry Clark's controversial, rarely screened 2002 directing debut Ken Park."

Matt Riviera previews ten more films slated to screen at the Sydney Film Festival. June 4 through 22.

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Posted by dwhudson at May 11, 2008 7:20 AM