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...Sony Music announced on Wednesday that on Oct. 12 it will release the single "This Is It," the first of what promises to be an onslaught of posthumous Michael Jackson songs, followed by a full two-disc album, Michael Jackson's This Is It, supposedly "inspired" by the Sony film of the same name. The album will be out internationally on Oct. 26 and in the U.S. on Oct. 27, a day before the worldwide release of the movie...
...Coco Chanel in an actual classroom in Coco Before Chanel, the meticulous, somber new biopic of the fashion designer before she became an icon. But throughout writer-director Anne Fontaine's film, the young Coco (Audrey Tatou) is a student, quietly gathering the elements of what will be her style...
...film follows the lonely young singer and seamstress into the life of a courtesan, a job she's not particularly suited to. She meets a rich gentleman farmer, Etienne Balsan (the marvelous Benoît Poelvoorde), and follows him to his château outside Paris, drawn by a lack of other alternatives and a desire to get closer to Paris. She offers herself physically but without any indication that she is interested in the act from a personal perspective. Her only attempt to ingratiate herself is in learning how to ride Etienne's beloved horses, and even then...
...until Boy Capel (Alessandro Nivola, giving off the vibe of a young Daniel Day-Lewis) comes along. He introduces her to great books and the notion that she is exceptional. "You're elegant," he says, and with him, for what seems like the first time in the film, we see Tatou's dazzling smile...
...good suit. Later, when Boy asks Etienne if he can "borrow" Coco for a few days, the way you'd ask for the loan of a sweater, our hearts sink for her. Any happiness she has seems likely to be fleeting, but he, like so much else in the film, is a provider of inspiration. His shirts, his pajamas, his own elegance will eventually be reflected in her clothing. They are emblems of him, but also hold pieces of her past; her simple life of poverty is just as influential...