All posts tagged: The Moment

Charli xcx Applauds Berlin for “Not Shying Away From Political Films”

Charli xcx Applauds Berlin for “Not Shying Away From Political Films”

It was a “Brat” Berlinale on Saturday as music superstar Charli xcx landed in the German capital to talk about her mockumentary The Moment with director Aidan Zamiri. The pair came together for the film’s press conference ahead of its international premiere Saturday night, the room overflowing with journalists keen to get a glimpse of the Grammy-winning Brit. The Moment, which had its world premiere at Sundance last month, follows the highs and lows of a popstar’s rise to global fame. Alexander Skarsgård, Rosanna Arquette, Hailey Benton Gates, Jamie Demetriou, Rachel Sennott, Kate Berlant, Rish Shah and Kylie Jenner all star. Charli kicked off the presser by discussing how emotional and difficult the “Brat” era was for her. “When you release art into the world, and it reaches a wide audience, and in my case, this was the widest audience I ever reached,” she said about the wildly popular album, “the work begins to sort of morph and change in its meaning. And obviously that’s just what comes with releasing art, period. But I’d never …

Stars Come Out for The Moment L.A. Premiere

Stars Come Out for The Moment L.A. Premiere

Brat summer hit the big screen in winter in Beverly Hills on Thursday. A24 hosted the L.A. premiere of Aidan Zamiri’s satirical mockumentary The Moment starring pop superstar Charli xcx — fresh from the film’s Sundance world premiere last week and a red carpet outing last night at Wuthering Heights premiere (for which she did the music) — at Fine Arts Theatre. It seemed like all the city’s cool kids were there with Moment merch (like brat-branded credit cards) and vape pens in hand. Zamiri and Charli xcx (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/A24 via Getty Images) In his brief introduction before the film, Zamiri noted how the location helped juice the festivities. “We love this film so much,” he said. “We love Los Angeles, and fortunately there are a lot of movie stars that live in Los Angeles and a lot of them are in our film, which is great. So, I great to bring them out and show them to you.” He welcomed stars Hailey Benton Gates, Kate Berlant, Trew Mullen, Tish Weinstock and Richard …