GLAM UP A Simple Dish Traveling around Southern Germany from picturesque Christmas Market to market with friends, sampling stalls. It’s always a pleasure to have a glass of Gluwien with a Franconia Sausage. There is a another culinary pleasure, the German staple, Sauerkraut. A simple cabbage dish served for dinner cooked with onions, caraway seeds, …
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Chat Cinema Episode 2
Our Real Feelings on the Fest. If you ask film critics a question you will get an response. If you ask film critics for opinions, get the pen and paper ready for this Chat Cinema We love the Berlinale but feel the time has come for major changes. This is the space for hundreds of …
Bespoke in the Air
The Black and Paper interview with fragrance designer Philip Birkholz.
Why I Lost It For Balenciaga?
Sometimes too much can be too much in the quest for fashion validation. Fashion runs after trends instead of setting them. Instead of aspirational, it’s buy it now, be seen. Brands are all about the see me with the oversized branding for the Instagram Generation. Tacky be damned! Having written about this theme for a while, …
Berlinale 2019 Preview
The 69thBerlinale is shaping up. French Academy Award winning actress Juliette Binoche heads the festival jury starting February 7th2019. Danish director Lone Scherfigs “The Kindness of Strangers” opens the winter cinema event. According to the press film’s release, the ensemble work stars Zoe Kazan and Bill Nighy as a group living in New York. Lone, …
Coming Soon in 2019
The first part of 2019 is busy as busy can get for us. There are so many events: First, Pitti Uomo in Florence, The great menswear show for mens style. Then, Milan Fashion Week Men, Paris Fashion Week Men in January are on the agenda. February kicks off with show business glamour. The 69th Berlinale …
France 24 Haute Couture
France 24 reports on the world of Couture from Paris.
A Denial State of Affairs
There is a visceral disapproval to Donald Trump on the world stage. The US President gets people in emotional state. Whenever I meet friends the is a comment about his policy or what he says. The man in the White House is a piece of work, an entitled vestige of the upper one percent class …
Scent Indulgence
Chat Cinema-Awards Season
Black and Paper presents Chat Cinema. A podcast involving everything cinema featuring diverse opinions on awards, stars, filmmakers, film history, festivals, and books. Sponsored by Beyerdynamic The inspiration behind this project was the need to get more voices heard in regards to the cinema world. I know so many diverse cinephiles, I decided to …