Wrenaissance Art

Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky is due out in December (US), and offers a twist on backstage ballet dramas. Natalie Portman plays a ballerina selected to dance the Odette/Odile role in Swan Lake, but must fight the competition of a fellow dancer played by Mila Kunis. A touch of All About Eve, a sprinkle of [...]

Finally got around to watching the movie, Helvetica, that I bought from iTunes quite a while ago. While about a third of the film tells the history of Helvetica and its development, most of the documentary is about contemporary type and graphic designers’ opinion of, and relationship with, the font Helvetica. It was a very [...]