Gothic

Until recently I hadn’t thought that doll makers in the traditional sense still existed. The concept always drummed up imaginings of little 19th-century shops lined with countless porcelain dolls for little girls. I was sure there were some hobbyists out there that might make one now and then, but it wasn’t until I encountered Nefer Kane , doll maker, that I realised that it wasn’t so dead of a culture after all. I stumbled across her little shop quite by accident while looking for something completely different at the time but she side tracked me with her fascinating wares...

There's finally a trailer for the Jane Campion (The Piano) written and directed gothic romance Bright Star, starring Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw, which chronicles the tragically doomed love affair between romantic poet John Keats and the young Fanny Brawne. Its like Jane Austen with less 'lame' and more 'Yay'.

Bright Star will be released on October 18th, 2009 in US theaters. Check out the trailer and the official synopsis below...