rooney mara + side effects

have you guys seen side effects? Rooney Mara plays clinically-depressed Emily, whose husband, played by Channing Tatum, has recently been released from prison. Rotten Tomatoes describes the film as "a provocative thriller about Emily and Martin, a successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily's psychiatrist (Jude Law) - intended to treat anxiety - has unexpected side effects." 

i really enjoyed the film and without giving away any spoilers, i will say that it had lots of unexpected turns... i also loved Rooney's ombre hair throughout the film (which seems to get progressively messier as things unravel...) you can watch the trailer here.


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blue valentine

looking forward to seeing this... i have a major girl crush on michelle williams. also i happen to love ryan gosling :)

via here comes the sun 

"You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? You'll see one day when you move out it just sort of happens one day and it's gone. You feel like you can never get it back. It's like you feel homesick for a place that doesn't even exist. Maybe it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't ever have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I don't know, but I miss the idea of it. 

Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people that miss the same imaginary place."

-garden state

femme fatale

hi friends! how were your weekends? mine was pretty mellow and low-key. on saturday i checked out a ryan mcginley exhibit with friends in soho, then headed over to brooklyn heights for dinner and a movie. we watched the erotic thriller, chloe, starring amanda seyfried and julianne moore (there are some seriously steamy scenes between the two ladies...)

while i didn't find the movie particularly incredible, i did leave the theatre w/ a huge girl crush on femme fatale amanda seyfried. she looked so beautiful and i loved her wardrobe throughout the film.

(i especially loved this coat with the feathers!)

what were you up to??

a single man

over the weekend i saw tom ford's directorial debut, a single man. the film is about an english professor (played by colin firth) who after the death of his longtime lover, plans to commit suicide. while the plot may seem a bit morbid, i found the film mesmerizingly beautiful and the film's message to be one of hope.

take me down the rabbit hole

happy friday! tim burton's alice in wonderland officially opens today and i can hardly wait to see it! i'm a fan of the story of course, but i think what's going to make the film really special is the visual beauty of it. check out these sketches by the costume designer, colleen atwood who referenced the illustrations from early editions of lewis carrol's 1865 classic when designing the costumes for the film.

eek! i can hardly wait!

all images via wwd

new york, i love you but you're bringing me down

as new yorkers, we have a constant love/hate affair with our city. there are days this city beats us down in ways one can't even imagine. days when we want to yell up to the heavens and say, "REALLY?!?" at top of our lungs and curse the world because it's just not f-ing fair. our minds are led to think, "maybe i just need a break" because the struggle to make it is just so hard and the idea of wanting to actually (gasp!) leave new york enters our minds.

but we can't leave it! because leaving it would mean we were cheating on our beloved city! giving up. quitting. and as julia said to me, "i am not a quitter!" 

i know if i ever left new york, it would still be here waiting for me to return but i can't help but feel a bit sad about even just the idea of it. because as many crummy days as i may have, there are millions of moments... beautiful, goosebump-inducing moments that make me smile and remind me just how truly amazing this city is.

and after watching the trailer below, i wonder how the heck could anyone want to live anywhere else?

there's one in all of us...

i'm so in love with these dreamy stills from where the wild things are. the muted colors and cinematography are breathtakingly beautiful... makes me wish i was a little kid again.

the film hits theatres on october 16th--check out the trailer here.

photo credits: imdb.com