Do you want to go to the movies? Prepare to stand in line for those pricey Revels, because there are several terrific releases opening theatres this week.
To begin, the feature-length documentary Fashion Reimagined demonstrates how difficult it is to do’sustainable’ well. The statistics may astound you.
Meanwhile, the Oscar-nominated Belgian film Close, which tells the narrative of a strong friendship between two schoolboys and the turmoil it causes, is also released.
Other film releases this week are listed below.
Fashion Reimagined
Did you realise that we buy three times as many garments today as we did in 1980 – yet only wear them for half as long? That we discard three out of every five clothing within a year after purchase? That just 2% of those who create our garments get a livable wage?
Stats like these are as simple to preach as it is for clothes retailers to slap the word “sustainable” on their labels. Yet, this eye-opening documentary demonstrates how difficult it is to do’sustainable’ well.
Amy Powney, Vogue’s finest young designer of the year, set the precedent by using her £100,000 award money to produce a sustainable collection.
Powney, who was raised off-grid by activist parents, began as an oddity in the business but has now become an inspiration, pioneering the responsible fashion movement.
12A. Out Friday
Close
Awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival, this Oscar-nominated Belgian drama starring Eden Dambrine sees the close friendship between two teenage boys disrupted after schoolmates start commenting on their intimacy.
12A. Out Friday in cinemas
Project Wolf Hunting
This psychotic South Korean slaughter is a type of Con Air on the sea, with a bunch of violent convicts attempting to jailbreak a prison ship on its way from the Philippines.
15. Out Friday in selected cinemas
I’m Fine (thanks for Asking)
Kelley Kali makes her feature dramedy debut as a suddenly homeless Californian hairdresser who convinces her eight-year-old kid (Wesley Moss) that they are merely camping for fun as she strives to find them a permanent home.
15. Out Friday in cinemas and on demand
Subject
This insightful documentary-about-documentaries delves at the life-altering effects of becoming the subject of one. It features interviews with cast members from critically acclaimed films such as Hoop Dreams (1994), The Wolfpack (2015), and Capturing The Friedmans (2003).
15. Out Friday in cinemas