#canne and butch

[bashcrandicoot]

Drew me standing in front of my OC like this picture of Colin Mochrie

[heyitscreeofficial]

my outfit for Cannes

[lesb0]

I made a dating faq to copy paste and skip the 10 million boring texts last night LOL

Q: what is your type?

A: butch, and I date mascs too, hence why I find you really attractive 😍 what's your type?

Q: why are you dating

A: to meet more lesbians and learn the city and have fun getting to know each other. but I do want to eventually get married so I want to date with some level of intentionality 😉 what are you hoping to find on the app?

Q: hey beautiful can I take you out?

A: yes, I would love to go out! 🥰 I'm free Saturday night at TIME. Here's my address/number

Q: what is art history/who is Michelangelo/Do you work in a museum/who is your favorite artist

A: I teach college and tutor/I work privately as an academic and writer with many individuals and institutions/ I work with different entities every day in different capacities/ Michelangelo was a depressed gay genius /I don't have one favorite, but you can ask my favorites of any art era

Q: do you like music

A: yeah I go crazy for old people music

<- these are my daily theme songs

Q: do you like movies

Yeah I love them, but I haven't had time to watch the major cannes releases, the Coppola and cronenberg sounded good. yorgos is a creep but I like his movies. What are your go-to fav movies?

[kriegertops]

You were name dropped on L chat! 🤣🤣 I swear, those trAsh fans are like angry, uncouth, triggered, butch trolls. All they care about is that Ash is getting some and dresses in suits. They just sit on that hellscape all day and respond right away and scream “Ali fan” to any comment they don’t like. It’s like arguing with a Maga person- they just absolutely won’t hear anything negative about their fave. There could be a date stamped video of AH and SB making out last June in Cannes and all they’d scream is, ‘The marriage was over for months’. The weirdest parasocial fandom out there.

Omg are you telling me I’m famous !!!! I’m flattered 😂

The Ashlyn fandom is literally insane, it’s like talking to a wall because none of them have functioning brain cells.

They drool over Ashlyn doing the bare minimum wearing a suit….. also calling herself daddy is cringe cause right now she’s the furthest thing from daddy💀💀💀💀 they think that whatever she’s doing now makes up for cheating, destroying her family and acting like a fucking freak

They literally call Ali a liar all the time yet believe their cult leader Ashlyn all the time. It’s all so hilarious

[cmackenziehuntfilmfestivals2023]

Sundance film festival - a brief presentaion

History of Sundance Film Festival

Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterling Van Wagenen, head of Robert Redford's company Wildwood Enterprises, Inc, and John Earle of the Utah Film Commission. The 1978 festival featured films such as Deliverance, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight Cowboy, Mean Streets, and Sweet Smell of Success.

It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah, and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections. Many films premiering at Sundance have gone on to be nominated and win Oscars such as Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Growth of the festival

Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, the Sundance Institute took over the festival in 1985 and changed its name to the United States Film Festival. It wasn’t renamed the Sundance Film Festival until 1991. “Sundance” was the name of Redford’s character in the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Over the years, the festival has evolved from a low-key venue for low-budget, independent producers from outside the Hollywood system, to a media spectacle for Hollywood celebrity actors, paparazzi, and luxury lounges put up by corporations unrelated to Sundance. In recent years, festival organisers have attempted to limit these activities, commencing in 2007 with their ongoing Focus On Film campaign. Smaller festivals such as; Slamdance, Nodance, Slumdance, It-dance, X-Dance, Lapdance, Tromadance and The Park City Film Music Festival, cropped up around Sundance in the Park City area, though all except Slamdance are no longer around.

What type of films do they show?

The Sundance Film Festival brings together the most original storytellers and the most adventurous audiences. Since 1985, hundreds of films premiered at the Festival have received critical acclaim and reached global audiences hungry for new ideas and voices. The festival’s  annual program includes dramatic and documentary features, short films, and episodic content. They also host daily filmmaker conversations, panel discussions, and other events. There had been astronomical growth experienced by the festival during the 1990s and 2000s that created a need to expand the number of films screened and introduce more effective ways of grouping them together for easy digestion by the audience. Over the years, the festival has experimented with a range of different sidebars and today, no less than 12 separate sections make up the Sundance Film Festival program.

Key historical films

Sex, Lies, and Videotape launched the modern independent film movement here in 1989 … Directed by Steven Soderbergh the film made at a budget of just $1.2 million, Sex, Lies, and Videotape captured the Audience Award for Dramatic Film at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Palm d’Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. The film eventually grossed $24.7 million. The film, which starred Andie MacDowell, James Spader, Laura San Giacomo and Peter Gallagher, launched the career of Soderbergh, who as a struggling filmmaker had served as a volunteer driver for festivalgoers at Sundance the year before. Today, Sex, Lies, and Videotape is considered one of the most influential movies in independent film history. In 2006, the film was added to the United States Library of Congress’ National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

Reservoir Dogs caused quite a stir at Sundance in 1992 … Quentin Tarantino’s debut effort, Reservoir Dogs, premiered at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival and became the event’s most talked about film. The offbeat crime thriller starred Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Tim Roth, Lawrence Tierney and Tarantino himself as “Mr. Brown.” Empire magazine has named Reservoir Dogs the “Greatest Independent Film of All Time.”

[serjaimelannister]

i am back, thank you for all the lovely vibes sent (including messages i still need to reply to !) 💖🥲 also i forgot to include extremely important photos in the original post, by which i mean these cats i found in the same alleyway where i took the bike pic who i've decided are in love (femme and motorcycle butch gfs <3)

ALSO ALSO i found david lynch's handprint in cannes, nothing but respect for MY president truly ✨

(speaking of the few men i award rights i did the van gogh walk in st. remy and got EmotionalTM about it as i always do with vincent things 🥲)

bonus fun in the sun photo bc usually i hate the way i look in bikinis but my instaho sister insisted on taking a ton of beach pics and i actually kind of like some (+ am obsessed with these new sunnies) but don't know where else to put them so. behold my scantily clothed self

still alive btw in france and the queue ran out <3 love and miss u friends in my phone

[commajade]

jaejae went from just being a producer making youtube videos for her job at sbs to baeksang variety award nominee and main mc at the gaon chart music awards. and now she is walking the cannes red carpet cuz she was chosen to interview the casts of broker and decision to leave for cannes... and she shows up in the most ridiculous outfit ever i love an irreverent flamboyant butch living her best life.

like look at this on tang wei's actual insta account she only has 2 posts about cannes and one of them is jaejae 😭😭

and shows up to her interview like this

[yeetlegay]

Hey! Any wlw recs? Fics movies shows anything

ANON WHERE TO BEGIN

Some personal favorites off the top of my head:

Movies:

Carol (2015) - Cate Blanchett, period (1950s), absolutely stunning and iconic lesbian cinema

The Handmaiden (2016) - reimagining of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, set in Japanese-occupied Korea during the 1930s, brilliant and imaginative and lush

Imagine Me and You (2005) - Lena Headey (Cersei from GoT) being a hot florist, love at first sight, cheesy romcom deliciousness, big warning for cheating tho it’s handled very well imo

Rafiki (2018) - coming of age love story, beautiful and ends on a good note but there’s a LOT of homophobia and some violence so be careful, was the first Kenyan film screened at Cannes which is amazing

Vita and Virginia (2018) - based on the real life romance between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, the 1920s fashion + delicious sexual tension 🤌🏻🤌🏻 cw for depiction of depression and suicidal ideation

Tv shows:

First Kill (2022) - SUPPORT THIS SHOW, vampire and vampire hunter fall in love, set in one of my fave cities (Savannah), very camp Romeo & Juliet high school romance just with more blood and fangs

Fingersmith (2005) - British miniseries based on the same novel as The Handmaiden but much closer to the source material, Victorian lesbians ft the most magnificently crafted plot and sexual tension galore, holy shit watch it

Killing Eve - okay this one is a little controversial bc of the ending (which I pretend doesn’t exist) but holy fuck if you like VegasPete, Villanelle and Eve are their even more murderous and batshit crazy cousins. Cat and mouse games between a psychopath assassin and a British intelligence officer (altho she’s actually American but whatever) that I was sure would be queerbaiting, but nope they’re in love. Consider looking up how it ends tho if you need HEAs in your stories

Gap the Series - not out yet but when it is, WATCH IT. Currently in production I think, probably out later this year. It’s Thai and will be available on YouTube with subtitles. Office romance, so many lesbians I’ve lost count and like one (1) man total in the cast.

Gentleman Jack - just dropped season 2 unffff. Period British show based on the life of lesbian Anne Lister, who is one half of the first known gay marriage in England. She’s so fucking hot and butch if you’re not in love with her the second she jumps off that carriage in episode 1…and her love story with shy, repressed wallflower Ann Walker is tender and sexy and complex. Cw for depiction of anxiety and suicide attempt in season 1 (lmk if you’d like the exact ep and time stamp)

Portrait of a Marriage (1990) - a little hard to find but worth the hunt. Based on the romance between novelist Vita Sackville-West (yes, who also had an affair with Virginia Woolf) and her socialite lover Violet. I cannot believe more people don’t talk about this miniseries bc holy shit. Vita and Violet are so fucking in love and their chemistry and love scenes had me gripping the edge of my seat despite the abysmal quality of the version I watched on Dailymotion. Cw for a shitload of cheating, some toxic vibes, and an ending that while mostly historically accurate was still a bummer.

Fics:

Obv I will shamelessly plug my Kinnporsche f/f smut bc I love her and also am desperate for more f/f fic in the ao3 tag so I’m not over here by myself anymore lol

I don’t know what fandoms you’re in but if you’ve watched Word of Honor or read 2ha, holy shit is there some good f/f fic in those tags. Sort by kudos and godspeed friend

Books:

You didn’t ask about books lol but here are some faves of mine anyway

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake - hot tatted bi protagonist, very gender, falls in love with cute single mom in her hometown when she comes back for her stepsister’s wedding

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston - Kate and Leopold but gay and good, butch lesbian from the 1970s gets stuck in time on the subway, grumpy bisexual falls in love with her, makes me reconsider my stance on subway sex bc holy shit.

Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson - okay this one is sapphic but in a polyamorous context so if you want, like, zero men then skip this rec. Inspired by the lore around Dracula’s brides, very gothic and queer, Constanta (narrator) is the first bride who’s in love with Dracula but also her fellow brides Magdalena and Alexei. Cw for depictions of emotional abuse and gaslighting, Dracula is a manipulative piece of shit (who would’ve guessed lol)

Hope this helps anon!

[mamapriest]

REMEMBERING THE STUNNING WORK OF EDITH HEAD 💕💕

SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC COSTUME DESIGNERS IN HISTORY

PART TWO

BY SOPHIE SHAW

MARCH 26, 2019

SABRINA, 1954

Head created another stunning wardrobe for Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina. While Head was lead costume designer, overseeing the outfitting of all characters, and winning another Oscar for her work on the film, she also collaborated with Hubert de Givenchy to create Hepburn's costumes for Sabrina.

WHITE CHRISTMAS, 1954

Full of festive costumes, Head helped create the vision of this holiday-time classic.

TO CATCH A THIEF, 1955

With Cannes as the backdrop, Head provided the perfect Riviera-ready wardrobe for Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in this Hitchcock mystery, including Kelly's memorable powder blue dress.

FUNNY FACE, 1957

Perhaps one of the most iconic fashion films, Funny Face is full of picture-perfect moments thanks to the brilliant costuming by Head. For the film, many of Audrey Hepburn's outfits were designed by or in collaboration with Givenchy to give it that high-fashion touch, including the ballet-inspired wedding dress she wears here.

VERTIGO, 1958

Head helped set the tone for this Hitchcock thriller, outfitting Kim Novak, James Stewart, and the rest of the cast in sharp 1950s fashion.

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, 1961

It's no secret that Audrey Hepburn's iconic little black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's was designed by Givenchy, but Head filled the role as costume supervisor for the film, making sure that the entire cast looked their best.

THE BIRDS, 1963

Head was responsible for Tippi Hedren's costumes in the Hitchcock horror movie. The director told Head that Hedren's color palette should be in the green or blue family, resulting in Head designing the green suit that Hedren wears here.

THE GREAT RACE, 1965

The classic comedy with the legendary pie fight scene stars Natalie Wood in a number of memorable costumes designed by Head.

SWEET CHARITY, 1969

Head was nominated for an Academy Award for her costumes in the musical Sweet Charity, for almost everything was made specifically for the production.

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, 1969

Head transformed Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross into 18th century outlaws in the award-winning film spanning from the Wild West to Bolivia.

Source: crfashionbook.com

💕💕💕

[bm2ab]

Arrivals & Departures 26 January 1925 – 26 September 2008 Celebrate Paul Leonard Newman Day!

Paul Leonard Newman (26 January 1925 – 26 September 2008) was an American actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He won and was nominated for numerous awards, winning an Oscar for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many others. Newman's other roles include the title characters in The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966) Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The Sting (1973), Slap Shot (1977), and The Verdict (1982). He voiced Doc Hudson in the first installment of Disney-Pixar's Cars as his final acting performance, with voice recordings being used in Cars 3 (2017).

Newman won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open-wheel IndyCar racing. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of November 2018, these donations have totaled over US$535 million. He was a co-founder of Safe Water Network, a nonprofit that develops sustainable drinking water solutions for those in need.

In 1988, Newman founded the SeriousFun Children's Network, a global family of summer camps and programs for children with serious illness which has served 290,076 children since its inception. He was the husband of Oscar winning actress Joanne Woodward

[cinemar3volution]

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

Lingua originale: Inglese

Paese di produzione: Stati Uniti d’America, 1994

Durata: 154 minuti 

Genere: gangster, grottesco, commedia, thriler

Regia: Quentin Tarantino

Cast: Uma Thurman come Mia Wallace

         John Travolta come Vincent Vega

         Samuel L. Jackson come Jules Winnfield

          Bruce Willis come Butch Coolidge

          Tim Roth come Ringo “Zucchino”

          Quentin Tarantino come Jimmie Dimmick 

Doppiatori Italiani: Loredana Nicosia come Mia Wallace

                              Claudio Sorrentino come Vincent Vega

                              Luca Ward come Jules Winnfield 

                              Mario Cordova come Butch Coolidge

                               Massimo Lodolo come Ringo “Zucchino”

                              Luciano Roffi come Jimmie Dimmick

Candidature: 7 Academy Awards, 1 Festval di Cannes, 6 Golden Globes 

Premi: 1 Academy Awards come migliore sceneggiatura originale, Palma d’oro al miglior film, 1 Golden Globe alla miglior sceneggiatura di Tarantino.

Secondo capolavoro del regista uscito solo a due anni di distanza rispetto al primo, Le Iene (Reservoir Dogs), anche le vicende di Pulp Fiction non rispettano l’ordine cronologico degli avvenimenti e, sebbene non ci sia una vera e propria trama, il film si concentra su tre diverse storie violente che poi risulteranno collegate tra di loro.

Il tutto inizia in una caffetteria di Los Angeles dove troviamo una coppia di amanti rapinatori, Yolanda e Ringo intenti a derubare la caffetteria stessa.

La terza scena racconta dell'appuntamento tra Vincent e Mia, moglie di Marsellus, che ha chiesto al suo uomo di portare fuori la ragazza. Prima dell'incontro, Vincent acquista dell'eroina, poi porta a cena Mia nel locale anni '50 Jack Rabbit Slim's, dove i due si lanciano in una gara di ballo. Tornati a casa, la serata prende una piega inaspettata quando Mia trova la droga di Vincent e va in overdose; a quel punto inizia la folle corsa di Vincent per tentare di salvarla. Il continuo delle vicende prende poi delle pieghe inaspettate che porteranno ad innumerevoli colpi di scena.

La seconda scena invece è ambientata a bordo di una macchina, dove i due scagnozzi Jules e Vincent al servizio del boss malavitoso Marsellus Wallace sono in viaggio verso l'appartamento dei ragazzi che hanno rubato una valigetta di proprietà del loro capo, con l'intenzione di recuperarla e punire i ladri. Quando tornano al locale di Wallace, lo trovano in compagnia del pugile Butch, che sta ricevendo istruzioni per andare al tappeto di proposito durante il prossimo incontro.

[1] Mia Wallace pochi minuti prima dell’overdose

[2] Vincente e Jules che dopo alcuni colpi di scena si recano a casa di Jimmie Dimmick

[3] Ringo e Yolanda “Conigletta” (Amanda Plummer) nella caffetteria prima della rapina

[4] Jules, Vincente e Jimmie intenti a sbarazzarsi di un cadavere quando vengono scoperti dalla moglie dell’ultimo

[5] Butch e la fidanzata Fabienne (Maria de Medeiros)

[bashcrandicoot]

Two new ocs yay one is a werewolf and the other is his boyfriend and you can definitely trust me with them

[butchsteele-blog]

Premiere of Brothers, Cannes Film Festival (2018). Matthew Ryder (@matthew-ryder​) & Butch Steele.

[callmeanxietygirl]

GLORIA RUBIO... ( Lady Guinness ) La mujer más elegante del mundo. Esta es la insólita vida de la olvidada 'socialité' mexicana Gloria Rubio: aristócrata alemana, princesa egipcia, amante de embajadores, supuesta espía nazi, esposa de un integrante de la célebre familia cervecera y amiga de Truman Capote. Una de las socialités más importantes del mundo en los años cuarenta y cincuenta del siglo XX fue mexicana. Su nombre: Gloria Rubio Alatorre, mejor conocida por su nombre de casada: Gloria Guinness. No se sabe a ciencia cierta si nació en Guadalajara o en el puerto de Veracruz, pues no se ha localizado documento que lo compruebe, solo se sabe que en agosto pasado habría cumplido 102 años de vida. Gloria Guinness es más reconocida fuera de México por su vida social que aquí, donde sólo un puñado de personas han tratado de reconstruir sus pasos. Al decir del periodista de sociales Pedro Luis de Aguinaga, Gloria Guinness era tapatía, en cambio para el también periodista y tío de la actriz Ana de la Reguera, Mario de la Reguera, era jarocha. Hija de un periodista pro maderista asesinado en la Revolución, cuando ella tenía cuatro años, y de una costurera veracruzana, Gloria nació el 27 agosto de 1912 y alguna vez declaró a la revistaHarper’s Bazaar (de la que fue editora entre 1963 y 1971) que de su madre había heredado el gusto por la moda y el porte. Al respecto, cuenta De la Reguera una anécdota que refuerza su teoría sobre sus orígenes jarochos “por la manera tan desenfadada como se comportaba”: un día, Loel Guinness le pidió que se apurara a vestir porque, de lo contrario, llegarían tarde a una cena que tenían, ella le contestó que no tenía qué ponerse, a lo que él le recriminó que tenía el clóset lleno de ropa. Al llegar a la casa de sus anfitriones y quitarse el abrigo de mink que la cubría, ¡oh sorpresa!, vio que estaba desnuda y, atónito, volvió a colocarle la prenda, no sin antes escuchar que le objetaba: “¡Te dije que no tenía qué ponerme!”. Alta, refinada y elegante, Gloria Guinness fue “la mexicana más extraordinaria que he conocido”, recuerda Elena Garro en su libro Memorias de España 1937 (Siglo XXI, 1992), y quien la conoció durante su exilio en París después de la polémica en que se vio envuelta Garro por el movimiento estudiantil del 68. Guinness se casó cuatro veces: su primer esposo, recuerda Garro, fue un alemán de apellido Scholtens residente en México de quien, agrega De la Reguera, a las primeras de cambio se divorció. Contrajo segundas nupcias el cuatro de octubre de 1935, en Kensington, Londres, con el conde de Fürstenberg-Herdringen, que en el nombre llevaba los de sus antepasados: Franz-Egon Maria Meinhard Engelbert Pius Aloysius Kaspar Ferdinand Dietrich (1896-1975); con él tuvo dos hijos: Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine Luise, quien nació un año después, y Franz-Egon Engelbert Raphael Christophorus Hubertus, nacido en 1939, quienes por su padre recibieron el título de barón y baronesa. Garro recuerda: “Cuando empezó el desastre germano (la Segunda Guerra Mundial) huyó a Portugal para salvar a sus hijos. Solo llevaba sus alhajas. De allí pasó a Madrid, en donde Fakrí, el primo hermano del rey Faruk e hijo del embajador de Egipto en Madrid, se enamoró de ella. Gloria se vino a París”. Elena Garro recuerda que en su departamento de París “iban a visitarla las hermanas del rey Faruk: la princesa Faiza, esposa del sha de Persia, que estaba en París tramitando su divorcio, y la princesa Fawzia, casada con un diplomático egipcio, rubio y buena persona. Las dos eran bellísimas, de piel muy blanca, cabello negro y rostros perfectos. A principios de los años setenta, leí en los periódicos que a Fawzia la había matado su marido y luego él se había pegado un tiro en la cabeza. Vivían en Los Ángeles, acosados por la miseria. Ya estaban viejos y ambos trabajaban de sirvientes, a pesar de que Gloria Rubio, fiel a su amistad, les enviaba dinero. “Las dos hermanas deseaban que Gloria se casara con su primo Fakrí. Era la mejor manera de solucionar su vida. Pero Gloria, que había guardado siempre su nacionalidad mexicana, estaba en un grave dilema: su pasaporte había caducado y el consulado se negaba a renovárselo. Eso significaba para ella la deportación a Alemania, en donde su marido estaba preso, y el abandono de sus niños que se hallaban en un colegio de Suiza. ‘Nuestra Gloria Nacional’, la llamaban en el consulado. Ella estaba aterrada, pero llegó Anselmo Mena, el encantador Anselmo, del grupo Contemporáneos, que era nuestro cónsul en Londres, le extendió su pasaporte mexicano”, rememora Garro en su libro. El nieto del rey Fuad I de Egipto y, por tanto, sobrino de la princesa Fawzia de Egipto (la primera esposa de Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Sha de Irán) y el rey Faruk I de Egipto, el príncipe Ahmad Abu-El-Fotouh Fakhry Bey (1921-1998) fue su tercer esposo; con él se casó en 1942. “Gloria iba bien como princesa egipcia, pues sus rasgos sólo la hacían comparable a Nefertiti”, agrega Garro. Para sus críticos Gloria Guinness era una descarada cazafortunas. Mientras estuvo casada con el príncipe Fakhry, fue amante del embajador del Reino Unido en Francia, Duff Cooper, por esa razón, dice Garro, “Lady Diana Cooper, la mujer más guapa de Inglaterra, detestaba a Gloria Rubio”. Después de que Gloria Guinness huyó de Alemania al inicio de la Segunda Guerra, se instaló una breve temporada “en el Madrid neutral”, como ya lo ha mencionado Garro. Allí conoció a Aline Griffith,aristócrata española nacida en Estados Unidos que más tarde se convertiría en condesa de Romanones. Con el seudónimo de Butch, Griffith fue espía de la OSS, la agencia estadunidense antecedente de la CIA, y a partir de los años ochenta ha escrito algunos libros sobre sus misiones secretas: El espía viste de rojo (1987), El espía fue al baile (1991) y El espía viste de seda (1992). En ellos, Griffith ha revelado que cuando estaba adscrita en Madrid durante los últimos años de la guerra supo que “la glamorosa Condesa von Fürstenberg” también era espía pero de las fuerzas del Eje y que tenía una estrecha amistad con importantes nazis como Hermann Göering y el mismo Adolfo Hitler. La verdad es que Madrid no era del todo neutral, pues el general Franco era adepto a las ideas del Führer, y si el esposo de Gloria estaba encarcelado era por oponerse al Tercer Reich. Además, el historiador Rupert Allason ha acusado a la condesa Griffith de inflar las historias que cuenta en sus libros con tal de que éstos se vendan más. La CIA, por su parte, ha evitado desmentir o si quiera comentar algo sobre el caso de la condesa Griffith. Por todo eso, los años de la guerra fueron difíciles para Gloria Guinness. En París, escribe Garro, Gloria “vivía en un palacio enorme, sin criados y sin dinero, vendiendo sus joyas poco a poco. Por las tardes iba a visitarla. Entraba al enorme vestíbulo de losetas de mármol blancas y negras cuya soledad y silencio me impresionaban. De pronto la voz de Gloria me llamaba: ‘Arriba, rubita’. En su lujosa habitación, tendida en la cama, me recibía. Gloria aparecía en las portadas de Vogue como la mujer más elegante del mundo. Manuel González y González, su protector y ministro plenipotenciario de México, se había ido de París y ella se encontraba desamparada. Yo me sentaba en una sillita baja, cerca de la ventana, y desde allí admiraba su belleza, fina e indescifrable como una estatuilla egipcia. Después, llegaba la embajada inglesa a rendirle tributo, con el embajador Duff Cooper a la cabeza. Yo escuchaba la conversación de Gloria en un inglés perfecto, a veces cambiaba al alemán y a veces al francés. No sólo era inteligente al hablar sino en sus movimientos y modales. Pero me sobrecogía su angustia, aunque ella no dijese nada, excepto cuando estábamos solas y entonces inventaba venganzas infantiles contra aquellos que le estaban haciendo daño: ‘¡Tú lo verás, rubita!... ¡Me compraré una casa preciosa, haré fiestas magníficas y no los invitaré nunca! ¡Nunca!’”. Entonces volvió la bonanza. Su cuarto y último esposo fue Loel Guinness (1906-1988). Se casaron el siete de abril de 1951 en Antibes, cerca de Cannes, después que él enviudó de su segunda esposa. Era miembro del Parlamento inglés y pertenecía a una familia de nobles irlandeses en la que hubo políticos, ministros religiosos y banqueros, y aunque la rama de su familia era propietaria de la famosa cerveza que lleva su apellido, él se dedicaba a los bienes raíces. Muy seguramente por esa razón, los Guinness tenían seis casas en diferentes países. Según enumera De la Reguera, las casas eran: un departamento en las Torres Waldorf, entonces las más caras de Manhattan; una casa de campo del siglo XVIII llamada Villa Zanroc en Epalinges cerca de Lausanne (con una bolera en el sótano); un yate de 350 toneladas con el que surcaban el Mediterráneo en el verano; una casa de siete pisos en la Avenida Matignon, en París, decorada por Georges Geffroy; un criadero de caballos en Normandía: Haras de Piencourt, cercano al que tenía el barón Guy de Rothschild; una mansión de Palm Beach, en Lake Worth, Florida, con el lago a un lado y la playa del otro. También tenían casa en Acapulco, cuando el puerto era la meca del jet-set internacional. Gloria misma había decorado esa casa, incluso algunos de los muebles los diseñó y se enorgullecía de que todo fuera mexicano “excepto mi esposo, que es inglés”, decía con peculiar sentido del humor. Uno de los habituales en la casa de Palm Beach era el célebre escritor Truman Capote, quien con su característica lengua viperina recuerda: “Lo que no entiendo es por qué todo el mundo decía que los Kennedy eran tan sexys. Sé mucho de pitos (he visto un montón) y si hubiesen empalmado todos los de los Kennedy habría salido una buena. Solía ver a John cuando estaba con Loel y Gloria Guinness en Palm Beach. Yo ocupaba una pequeña casita para invitados con su playa particular, y a veces él venía para poder nadar desnudo. ¡No tenía nada de nada! Y Bobby lo mismo; no sé cómo tuvo todos esos hijos. En cuanto a Teddy..., olvidémoslo” (citado en Capote, de Gerard Clarke. Ediciones B, 2006). Capote consideraba a Guinness una de sus cisnes, por su cabello negro como la seda, sus cejas bien dibujadas y su largo y esbelto cuello que, como bien lo dijo Garro, esos rasgos solo la hacían comparable con la reina Nefertiti. Capote y Guinnes eran tan amigos que fue una de las invitadas a la exclusiva fiesta “Black and White” que él organizó el 28 de noviembre de 1966 en el hotel Plaza de la Quinta Avenida, frente a Central Park, en Manhattan. Gloria Guinnes fue vestida por los diseñadores más importantes: Dior, Chanel, Saint-Laurent, Valentino y Givenchy, pero sus predilectos siempre fueron los españoles Antonio del Castillo y Cristóbal Balenciaga, que combinaba con exclusivas joyas de Cartier. Con un vestido de Balenciaga apareció en el número de diciembre de 1945 de Vogue, retratada por el famoso fotógrafo Cecil Beaton. Algunos de esos vestidos los donó después al Costume Institute del Museo Metro politano de Nueva York. Gloria Guinness tenía terror a subir de peso, así que sus últimos años prácticamente no comía. Murió de inanición en su casa de Suiza a los 68 años, el nueve de noviembre de 1980. “Antes de que Gloria se convirtiera en Lady Guinness, la gente más importante de la época le rendía amistad, como por ejemplo Winston Churchill. (Octavio) Paz, como buen poeta, estaba deslumbrado con ella y fueron grandes amigos durante muchos años”, apunta Elena Garro. Eleanor Lambert, árbitro de la moda y creadora de la lista de las mejor vestidas, la incluyó en su famosa lista varias veces entre 1959 y 1963 y la calificó como “la mujer más elegante del mundo”. En 1964, junto con la duquesa de Windsor y Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, señala De la Reguera, Gloria Guinness fue de las tres primeras figuras sociales en ingresar al Hall de la Fama, por ser consideradas las mujeres más elegantes de todos los tiempos.

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Why Quentin Tarantino Doesn’t Make Family Pictures

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Quentin Tarantino movies very rarely feature happy families. They barely contain any parental presence at all. One of the most memorable scenes in Pulp Fiction is a flashback. The boxer, Butch, played by Bruce Willis, remembers a pivotal moment from his childhood. The day he met a “special visitor,” named Capt. Koons (Christopher Walken), who interrupted the young boy’s cartoons to fulfill a final, personal mission. The captain had been imprisoned in the same POW camp in Hanoi where Butch’s father died.

In one of cinema’s great monologues, and helped pave the way to Pulp Fiction grossing $213 million at the box office after it won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Yet Tarantino did not buy his father a gold watch. And even if the director gets one when he retires after his next film, he probably won’t give that either to his mother Connie Zastoupil. It’s a promise Tarantino made to himself when he was 12 years old.

During a recent episode of The Moment podcast, Tarantino explained family planning to host Brian Koppelman.

“My mom was bitching at me about [my scholastic non-abilities], and then in the middle of her little tirade, she said, ‘Oh, and by the way, this little writing career,’ with the finger quotes and everything, ‘This little writing career that you’re doing? That shit is over,’” Tarantino said. “I go, ‘Okay lady, when I become a successful writer, you will never see one penny from my success. There will be no house for you. There’s no vacation for you, no Elvis Cadillac for mommy. You get nothing. Because you said that.’”

Tarantino did cop to helping his mother when she got into “a jam with the IRS,” but that was a one-time proposition. The director is now a first-time father himself. He and his wife, Israeli singer Daniella Pick, are parents to 18-month-old Leo, who will reap the dual benefits of Tarantino’s retirement and childrearing wisdom.

“There are consequences for your words as you deal with your children,” Tarantino told Koppelman. “Remember there are consequences for your sarcastic tone about what’s meaningful to them.”

Tarantino didn’t learn any lessons at all from his father. In a recent interview with Marc Maron on his WTF podcast, Quentin said he rather liked his stepfather Curtis Zastoupil. But he doesn’t say the same about his biological father, who abandoned the family when Quentin was young.

“He had 30 fucking years to find me and he never did,” Tarantino told Marin. “But then when I became famous, he crawled out of the woodwork. It was fucking horrible. It was a drag. He tried to reach out to me. I wasn’t interested.”

Quentin is still peeved over a 1995 story his father gave to journalist Jami Bernard, author of Quentin Tarantino: The Man and His Movies.

“She does this whole interview with him, who I’ve never met. And they print it in Premiere magazine,” Tarantino recalled. “It was so fucked up. You can’t even say that he was a bad dad and that, maybe, reflected on Quentin’s life. No. He was not there. It was pretty tasteless.”

The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood writer-director might have found his own Hollywood ending if his estranged father hadn’t jumped the gun. “Had he been cool and didn’t try to horn in and actually had some class, I might even have looked him up,” Tarantino told Marin.

Quentin also hinted at how he might have made himself harder to track down. He says he only chose to keep the last name Tarantino because it sounded cool. “It had nothing to do with the family. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t use the name Tarantino,” he said. “If I had it to do all over again, I would use my middle name as my last name. I would be Quentin Jerome.”

Speculation is rife on what Tarantino’s final film will be. He doesn’t have a family film in his arsenal of genre explorations. He has listed The Bad News Bears as one of his favorite films. Perhaps he will pull a remake out of the deepest part of him for his son to watch.

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This post turned out really long, so here is my suggestions for @geekandmisandry​ ‘s request for “ Anyone know any good lady authors with interesting and complex lead lady characters with rich world building and no heterosexual love triangles? “

It’s not really “reading” per se... but Levar Burton has a podcast where he just reads stories that he likes (called, fittingly enough, Levar Burton Reads). There isn’t really a linking thread between all the stories, other than the fact that he likes them, but they tend to be a pretty diverse group of stories. “The Truth About Owls” is one of my favorites and you might like it too.

Actual physically reading-wise you may enjoy...

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (a diverse group of beauty contestants crash lands on a “deserted” island and many increasingly dangerous shenanigans ensue. There’s a trans girl and some gay girls and I think there is one straight couple but that’s all I can think of and the boys don’t turn up until much, much later)

Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol (it is a YA graphic novel, but I read it in college when I didn’t really have the stamina to read long novels. it’s about a girl who emigrated to America from Russia and her adventures with a ghost she finds in a well.

anything you can find by Shirley Jackson. She wrote The Haunting and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, both considered horror stories, and The Jackpot, which is considered to be like the ultimate short story with a twist ending, but she also wrote a lot of more humorous stuff about being married and raising a boatload of children (I have a copy of “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies” and it is... wild)

The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford. a dybbuk goes after the last descendant of a woman who wronged her two hundred years ago and ends up kind of crushing on her and also she finds out that she now works for a company called Mephistco.

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Sarah Waters has a lot of stories like this, historical stories prominently featuring lesbians with lots of twists and turns. This one is about an orphan who is part of a plot to steal the fortune of a rich woman.

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. a depressed girl from Tokyo decides to kill herself after she’s finished writing the biography of her great-grandmother the centenarian Buddhist nun.

The Good House by Ann Leary. only have vague memories of reading this one but it’s about a woman who is trying to prove to her kids that she isn’t an alcoholic and doing a very terrible job at it on account of the fact that she is in fact an alcoholic.

Leaving Poppy by Kate Cann. it’s like a ghost story but about a girl with a really dysfunctional family and you could make the case that there is nothing paranormal at all, it’s just the family. hard to explain but pretty good. kinda disappointed because I thought for sure there’d be a lesbian romance subplot but still good.

China Dolls by Lisa See. Three women who become friends and dancers in Chinatown grow old together and even though they do eventually grow away from one another nobody is ever artificially bitchy at anybody else.

The Amado Women by Desiree Zamorano. Three Latina sisters who don’t really get along come together and their mother tries to put the family back together.

The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi. A girl in 2007 Kabul becomes a bacha posh, which lets her dress like a boy and be treated like a boy but only until she is old enough to get married. Also tells about her great-aunt who did a similar thing.

Honorable Mentions:

The Barter by Siobhan Adcock. I barely remember reading this one so can’t really give it a whole-hearted recommendation.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barberry. This is the most French thing I’ve ever read. See this.

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg. Both the author and the main character have a complex relationship with gender, so I can’t call the main character a “lady.” It’s been a really, really important book over the years.