In ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ a scene of Jewish (and gay) discretion
Queerness and Jewishness — forms of Otherness — are overlapping identities in Luca Guadagnino's Italian film.
Queerness and Jewishness — forms of Otherness — are overlapping identities in Luca Guadagnino's Italian film.
Everyone agrees that Will Smith slapping and cursing at Chris Rock was the most memorable moment of the 93rd Academy Awards. Somehow, it seems just as widely agreed-upon that Timothee Chalamet’s outfit — a black sequined Louis Vuitton women’s jacket worn with nothing but bony chest and blingy Cartier necklaces underneath it — was the…
It’s always a bit hard to tell what that Met Gala’s theme is just by looking at what people wore on the red carpet — some celebrities get so creative that the point is buried, and some go with conservatively classic looks that clearly ignored the directive. This year was no exception; the theme was…
Just two months after parting ways with his last poolside makeout partner, Timothée Chalamet seems to have found himself another. Photos released by the Daily Mail on Tuesday showed Chalamet, looking like he could stand to eat a few more of the New York bagels he purportedly enjoys, enjoying an unmistakably un-platonic afternoon with Mexican…
Like an inverse Santa Clause, Timothée Chalamet — diminutive, hairless, Jewish — arrived at the red carpet for the premiere of his new Netflix film “The King” on Tuesday night, holding aloft a sack of gifts. The 23-year-old star of “Call Me By Your Name” came bearing bagels, which he proceeded to distribute to the…
Socrates, allegedly, always wore the same threadbare himation, consistent with his pursuit of virtue over material items. Psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan advocated for sartorial peacocking — he believed a person’s selfhood would always be defined by how the person is perceived, so a brilliant presentation was key. And Shahidha Bari writes that French philosopher Hélène Cixous…
The 2019 Golden Globes began with a Jewish co-host examining the fine line between Jewish comedy and internalized anti-Semitism. Then, a Jewish Hollywood A-lister shouted the Yiddish phrase for “old s*****r.” 1.Andy Samberg represented our people alongside the godly Sandra Oh. Samberg snuck some of his typically understated pitch-black humor into the somewhat tepid awards,…
If two millionaire boy influencers meet and discuss peaches, does the tear in the fabric of conventional masculinity make a sound? Pied pipers of the day, pop star Harry Styles and actor Timothée Chalamet are the interviewer and subject, respectively, of an interview published in Vice on Thursday concerning new masculinity. “New masculinity” is the…
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