Björn Andrésen: The tragic story of the most beautiful boy in
May 13, 2021 · Above image: Still, Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti, 1971. Despite’s its lukewarm reception at the time of release, Death in Venice turned 15 year-old Swedish actor Björn Andrésen into an international icon of forbidden lust. Cast by Italian director Luchino Visconti as the film’s embodiment of beauty and temptation, the image took Andrésen hostage …
Louise Bourgeois: absent mothers, childhood trauma and Freudian ...
May 20, 2020 · Louise Bourgeois made art as a means of survival and confronting fear. One of the most unique and influential artists of the 20th century, her widely referenced work includes painting, printmaking and most famously sculpture. Regarded as a reluctant hero of feminist art, her pioneering work derived from lived experience as a woman, mother and ...
Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud: the French cartoonist whose seminal ... - Hero
Jul 1, 2020 · In 1963, with a style that still closely resembled that of his mentor, Giraud created Fort Navajo with Belgian scriptwriter Jean-Michel Charlier. The immediate success of lead character Blueberry – a hard-nosed, cigarillo-chewing cowboy – led Giraud to create an entirely new comic, with Blueberry as its central titular character.
HERO MAGAZINE: CULTURE NOW
Bust noses and sweet tricks: James Edson’s debut book captures 25 years of London’s skate scene. Killin’ it. Twelve year old skate prodigy Junior just ripped up CpH Open – we caught up for a chat. LA – LDN. “My friends and I always dreamed about skating Southbank” – Crenshaw Skate Club’s Tobey McIntosh lands in London.
François Truffaut: the uncompromising critic of French cinema and ...
Dec 18, 2021 · Together with Bazin, Truffaut formed the theory d’auteur; a type of cinema in which the director is perceived as the sole author of their film, translating their own experiences within their work and exercising a level of authorship that runs through the filmmaker’s oeuvre.
Joan Miró: the Spanish surrealist who inspired Dalí and Magritte
Sep 8, 2021 · A driving force during the formative years of Surrealism and an early forebear to the likes of Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, Spanish artist Joan Miró was a prolific innovator across painting, sculpture and ceramics. Though he was born in Barcelona and retained a life-long connection to Catalonia, Miró’s artistic legacy is rooted in ...
The story behind David Hockney’s record-breaking painting ... - Hero
Nov 16, 2018 · Flying over Los Angeles in 1964, a trip that would initiate a life-long emotional and artistic relationship with the city, David Hockney was immediately struck by the endless specks of blue that dotted the land below. Unbeknownst to him and his Bradford upbringing, private swimming pools were commonplace in LA, a standard social space that Hockney would adopt …
Outer Banks star Rudy Pankow charts the trajectory of his ... - Hero
Apr 21, 2023 · Outer Banks star Rudy Pankow charts the trajectory of his “comfort character” JJ Maybank. Stylist Sharon Chitrit. Netflix’s Outer Banks was at the epicentre of pandemic TV. First airing in 2020 at a time when the world stood still, viewers lived vicariously through a tight- knit group of local teens (the ‘Pogues’) on the hunt for ...
HERO 31 Cover Interview: Julian Casablancas and Alex Carapetis
Mar 30, 2024 · Ten years have passed and The Voidz are once again fully charged. Here is sonic trailblazer Julian Casablancas, joined by the band’s drummer Alex Carapetis, on a journey through past, present and future, sound, vision and beyond. all clothing CELINE HOMME; sunglasses, jewellery and glove worn throughout, JULIAN’S own.
Family ties: Bill Skarsgård in conversation with Stellan Skarsgård
Aug 17, 2016 · Here, Bill is interviewed by his dad, actor Stellan Skarsgård, in HERO 11. Interview taken from HERO 11. The Skarsgård Dynasty is formidable, relentlessly delivering stellar performers. But this is no easy formula; each Skarsgård is a beautifully mutated chip off the block, faceted with a primal instinct for unique delivery.