Beauty@Gotham, McCann Worldgroup’s global creative agency dedicated to the lifestyle category, has named Hans Dorsinville as its chief creative officer. He joins the agency–known for work for such clients as Maybelline– with more than 25 years of experience, bringing a track record of creative excellence and meaningful work in inclusivity and empowerment to the team. Prior to joining Beauty@Gotham, Dorsinville was the CCO of Select World. There, he lead the creative division for North America through a creative refresh to position the agency as leaders in helping brands define their unique identity and navigate today’s culture. His last project at Select World was a collaboration with Tracee Ellis Ross for the creation of the digital campaign launch for her natural hair care line, Pattern. Before that, Dorsinville was at Laird + Partners, where he was partner and served as EVP and senior group creative director since the agency’s inception in 2002. Dorsinville was instrumental in creating bold and transformative work for numerous luxury and mass consumer brands in fashion and beauty, such as Donna Karan/DKNY, Coty and Bottega Veneta. Dorsinville’s work on body-positivity yielded the “I’m no angel” campaign for Lane Bryant, which landed him an important role in the documentary straight/curve, a film about the damage caused by the lack of representation of plus size women in the media. Dorsinville has also received multiple recognitions from Cannes Lions, the Effies, and Clios. He is the founder of CCD (Creative Coalition for Diversity), an initiative that increases the visibility of diverse creative professionals….
Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Eerie Haunted House Drama “Presence”
The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh's chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama "Presence." The filmmaker traps the audience in a beautiful suburban home, letting us drift through rooms with this curious being, in and out of delicate conversations as we (and the ghost) try to piece together a puzzle blindly.
Often in haunted house movies where a new family moves in and starts sensing strange things, the ghost knows exactly what they want — usually their house back. In this one, the presence doesn't have such a clear objective. It's more confused, wandering around and investigating the surroundings, like a benevolent amnesiac. Occasionally, though, big emotions erupt, and things shake violently.
Mostly, they go unnoticed. They observe the chipper real estate agent (Julia Fox) preparing for a showing, the painting crew, one of whom believes there's something around, and finally the family and all the complexities of its dynamics. Lucy Liu (a delightful, wickedly funny scene-stealer) is the mom, Rebecca, a wealthy, successful, type-A woman hyper focused on the success of her eldest, a teenage boy named Tyler (Eddy Maday). The father, Chris (Chris Sullivan), is more of the nurturer, concerned about their teen daughter Chloe (Callina Liang) in the aftermath of her friend's unexpected death.
There is a family drama transpiring inside the house, only some of which will make sense in the end. We overhear Rebecca drunkenly telling Tyler that everything she does is for him. We listen in as Chris confides to someone on the phone about a hypothetical partner being involved in something illegal and whether they still would be if legally separated. We see Tyler often with his head buried in his phone. And then there's Chloe: Sad,... Read More