In which we try to talk about Kim Gordon and Miranda July and Jasmin Shokrian, but somehow end up fawning over Vincent Price instead

So Pitchfork tells us that Kim Gordon and Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond are starring in a new short film by Alia Raza, an L.A.-based filmmaker who's directed videos for Winter Flowers and The Chapin Sisters (as well as a number of video pieces that will be shown at Green Naftali in New York next month, featuring the likes of Devendra Banhart and Chloe Sevigny in "one take, real-time based diptychs dealing with grooming rituals, luxury consumerism, and decay" - three things we can't really ever get enough of). The movie's titled Pure White Light and adapted from a short story by Miranda July, with Becky taking on the lead role as an "insecure, lonely ingenue" and Kim playing a "sadistic doctor" (yikes stripes!) And, according to The Stylefile, designer Jasmin Shokrian is donating and making clothes for the film.

I was going to post a scene from one of Becky's other movies, High School Record, but then I remembered I'd already shared my favorite part with you, along with practically every other Lavender Diamond-related video available online. Then I found this trailer for Willa: An American Snow White, in which Becky plays the fairest one of all. Not sure if I'll be knocking myself out to track that one down anytime soon, but it did happily remind me of the Faerie Tale Theatre production of "Snow White," starring super-scary Vanessa Redgrave as the Evil Queen and glorious Vincent Price as the mirror! If you're different from me and don't ever take advantage of your local Video Hut's free rentals of kids' movies, you can watch the whole thing on YouTube. Here's part one:

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