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Why this tale of a Japanese toilet attendant could save your Christmas

If your family is getting to you this Christmas, allow renowned German director Wim Wenders’s zen Japanese toilet drama whisk you away to a better place.

The Independent UK

Agnès Varda, Luca Guadagnino and Wim Wenders: why Aesop’s love affair with cinema is more than skin-deep

Aesop’s new 2024 Christmas campaign celebrates its long love affair with cinema. Laura Havlin speaks with the brand’s head of global store design Marianne Lardilleux to discover why film is inherent to its DNA

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Chanel heads to Hangzhou, China for a poetic Métiers d’Art 2025 show

This evening in China (3 December 2024), Chanel travelled to Hangzhou’s much-mythologised West Lake, a Unesco World Heritage site, for a show that highlighted the extraordinary craft of the house’s artisans

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3 filmmakers that changed the way I approach photography

There is more to learn from cinema than orange and teal color grading, here are three filmmakers who have changed how I think about my photography

Digital Camera World

Feel like a movie? The top 50 films of all time according to Marcio Kogan

Marcio Kogan's top 50 films of all time; the architect taps into his passion for the moving image and shares with us his recommendations

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5 best new to Hulu movies that are 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes

"The Duke", "Perfect Days" and more acclaimed movies that are now streaming on Hulu.

Tom’s Guide

The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

From Jedi to kaiju, here's what to watch this weekend

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The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend

From Vault 33 to time travel romance, here's what to watch this weekend

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Tokyo offers toilet tours amid flush of excitement over Wim Wenders’s Oscar hopeful

Shibuya district is offering tours of its architect-designed public facilities that feature in Perfect Days

The Guardian - UK

Inside the minds of Yohji Yamamoto, Jeanne Friot, Stéphane Rolland and Julien Fournié

What exactly goes on in designers’ heads? Wim Wenders claims that Yohji Yamamoto has the power to heal people without the need for a therapist’s chair. Meanwhile Jeanne Friot delves into her own lesbian love story. Stéphane Rolland invites students from two Paris fashions schools on stage, as his collection…

France 24

Make coffee. Shower. Clean the loo. In an age of choice, rituals are the key to happiness

Wim Wenders’ film Perfect Days is on to something with its depiction of main character Hirayama’s calm, habitual life

The Guardian - UK

Perfect Days review – Wim Wenders’s zen Japanese drama is his best feature film in years

The German director makes a strong case for simple living with this achingly lovely tale starring Kōji Yakusho as a Tokyo public toilet cleaner who finds quiet joy in the world around him

The Guardian - UK

Martin Scorsese Honored With Berlin Film Festival's Golden Bear

Martin Scorsese honored with the Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival, reflecting on his career and hinting at future collaborations.

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Wim Wenders' film catalog rights deal secured by Salaud Morisset

Wim Wenders grants Salaud Morisset rights to distribute his iconic film catalog worldwide, aiming to introduce his timeless works to new generations.

International Business Times

Oscar-nominated 'Perfect Days' Is 'Not About Toilets', Wenders Says

The movie's taciturn main character is a cleaner who ensures that a set of toilets in downtown Tokyo, designed by famous architects, are kept spotless.

The Guardian - UK

‘If God is in everything, that includes toilets’: Kōji Yakusho on cleaning high-art loos in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days

The star of Tampopo, Babel and The Eel reveals how it felt to share the screen with 17 stunning Tokyo lavatories in this joyously strange, Oscar-tipped film about a cleaner

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: the best films about artists

From Wim Wenders’ recent Anselm Kiefer documentary to Kirk Douglas’s tortured Van Gogh and Derek Jarman’s erotic ode to Caravaggio, cinema loves a brush with genius

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Year in review: top 10 beauty and grooming features of 2023, selected by Wallpaper’s Hannah Tindle

Our top 10 beauty and grooming features of 2023 span from Prada’s make-up debut to Japanese hair styling and the secrets of Björk’s nail artist

The Guardian - UK

Anselm review – Wim Wenders’s immersive documentary is a treat for art lovers

Presented in both 2D and 3D, this absorbing film allows viewers to experience the epic work of German artist Anselm Kiefer

Wallpaper

Byredo holiday collection nods to Wim Wenders and Georgia O’Keefe

Byredo’s creative image director Lucia Pica speaks to Wallpaper* in an exclusive interview, revealing her off-kilter design process

Evening Standard

The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in December

From a superbly creepy British debut to the return of Godzilla and farewell to a Japanese legend, here are the 21 best films to see this month

France 24

Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer: 'Attitudes towards Indigenous people have gone backwards'

Australian director Rolf de Heer chats to Lisa Nesselson and Dheepthika Laurent about his first feature film in a decade, "The Survival of Kindness", which was shot in the Australian outback. Also: German director Wim Wenders' Japanese-language film "Perfect Days" shines a spotlight on a toilet cleaner and Disney's latest…

Digital Camera World

Paris, Texas director Wim Wenders shows unseen photographic work in Paris, France

Howard Greenberg Gallery announces the representation of director and photographer Wim Wenders as Paris Photo

France 24

Scorsese reunites DiCaprio & De Niro in historical drama 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Based on David Grann's best-selling book investigating a wave of suspicious deaths among Oklahoma's Osage Nation, Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson says it's both sweeping and intimate, with actress Lily Gladstone subtly…

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