Miss White & I watched Hors de Prix last night. The first thing that struck me were the opening titles, a lovely illustrative styled animation, reminding me of the old Saul Bass work though uniquely delightful. The film itself... I must say it was hugely enjoyable, charming French romcom with fantastic performances from Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh. For me it felt like a throwback to films such as the classic Breakfast at Tiffany's, with Audrey Tautou playing a character that shares many similarites to Audrey Hepburns' Holly Golightly.

Disney sent out these extravagant press releases for the up and coming Alice In Wonderland movie. The idea, similar to a russian doll, the press release is a cardboard box containing a large hard-backed, gilt-edged book, inside that was another book just like it only smaller, inside that, another book... yes you guessed it, just like it only smaller and so on until you get to a cavity containing a USB stick disguised as a metal key, with a tag tied to it with the words 'Read Me' written on it. The key contained images from Tim Burton’s forthcoming film and a trailer. (images courtesy of Esquire magazine).

I would highly recommend the movie 'Timecrimes'. I love time travel movies, I love the way you are required to get your head around the events happening, how they started and how they end, or if there was ever a start or an end in the first place, a real paradox mind-f**k. The film 'Primer' is my favourite in this genre, and once watched, google the timeline... it will blow your mind, however, 'Timecrimes' is well worth a look.

'Timecrimes' (or Los Cronocrímenes in spanish) starts off with a man called Hectarmoving to a new house with his wife. One evening, while he's looking through his binoculars, he sees a naked girl in the woods. He decides to go there just to find that same girl laying on a rock... I won't give anymore away but check out the trailer and get yourself a copy.

www.timecrimesmovie.com

It was back in May 2009 when I last gave my selection of music recommendations... There hasn't been too much around that I've really got into but here's some of my favourites albums that's been played in the Brown & White Studio over the last 6 months.

Vampire Weekend - Contra
The XX - XX
Noah & The Whale - The First Days of Spring
We Fell to Earth - We Fell to Earth
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz
Girls - Album
Japandroids - Post-Nothing

March 2010 is the release date for the Sony Bravia NX Series HD Panel TV... It's possibly the sexiest TV I have seen and I may be tempted, it is my birthday in March afterall ;)

I love the new collectable vinyl from Coarse HKG, reminds me a lot of Donnie Darko.
You can get more info here.

We went to see Breakestra last night at the Norwich Arts Centre... the bad points about the gig is Mixmaster Wolf wasn't there on the night, I had to stop dancing an hour and half into it (yep it was that long) because I was dying to use the toilet, and my right ear drum feels very damaged today... the good point was it's easily the best gig I have ever been to... period! This has now raised the standards of gigs so high I'm concerned I will be disappointed with anything else, if you get the chance to see them, don't hesitate, get a ticket!

You can check out a few photos I shot on the night here,unfortunately I couldn't get any other angles ;)

I love this magazine type and layout by Ill Studio.

I found this post on Ministry of Type,I love the artwork.

Futura 2000 recently opened up his latest exposition in association with France’s FIAC 2009.The showcase at the Mezzanine Special School of Architecture features a series of works over the last 28 years from 1980-2008, all showcased on behalf of private collector Patrick Lerouge with this serving as a preview to a large-scale show in 2011. The exhibition offered an interesting look over an extensive period of time from one of the visual art world’s most respected writers.

Post found on Hypebeast.