Philipp Plein takes NY Fashion Week on snowy spaceship ride

Provocateur Philipp Plein descended on New York Fashion Week with a giant spaceship, silvery rock formations and Migos lighting up the crowd Saturday night as fake snow fell and covered the floor of a huge industrial space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

A model wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

And there were clothes. Skiwear mostly, lots emblazoned with Plein's name, skulls and crossbones and some Playboy logos.

The show roared to life with a couple of motorcycle riders and a space utility vehicle that plowed through Plein's fake wall of rocks. Later came a schmoozy transformer (big person in costume) who greeted Irina Shayk as she slinked out of the ship in a black bodysuit emblazoned with "I Love You Philipp Plein."

A model wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Transformer plus Victoria's Secret model Shayk walked around the snow and Transformer chatted up some of Plein's front row guests. Also, a man with two prosthetic athletic legs ran laps around the cavernous runway at some point.

The German designer who calls New York home is known for splashy shows — and splashy clothes. In September, the rapper Future performed while models walked and Dita Von Teese did a strip tease in a giant martini glass filled with liquid at the famed Hammerstein Ballroom.

A model wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

This time around, Plein's crowd slogged through a persistent rain to Brooklyn for his spectacle, which started about an hour late, leaving guests to take as many fake snow and space rock selfies as any one human could possibly need.

Spaceship PP (Plein's logo with the first P reversed) was the true star of the show, making its way down from the ceiling with jets smoking, lights flashing and really, really loud sound effects.

A model wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Once Plein's models, both men and women, strutted in his array of puffers, fuzzy coats and red sweaters, he parked them under his mother ship. They got to dance there at the end as after-party guests took their turn in the soggy line outside for the bonus round.

A model, walking through a snow scene created for the show, wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model, stepping from a spaceship like stage feature, wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model pauses backstage before modeling fashions of the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

A model wears fashion from the Philipp Plein collection during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Don’t worry if you didn’t make it to the last Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Many of the films will be available to stream online starting Thursday through the weekend, including the buzzy Channing Tatum drama “Josephine.”

What started as a COVID-era necessity has become one of the festival’s most beloved components, even for those who do brave the cold and the lines to see films in person.

The Sundance Film Festival website has information on the technical requirements, but there are ways to watch on your computer and television. After you click the “Watch Now” button, you have five hours to complete the feature film.

Anyone in the U.S. can access the online portal. Rights restrictions make the films and shows unavailable to stream internationally.

All of the feature films playing in the main competitions are included on the platform and a few extras, many of which do not yet have theatrical distribution plans. Beth de Araújo’s drama “Josephine,” about an 8-year-old (Mason Reeves) who witnesses a sexual assault in Golden Gate Park, is already one of the most talked about films of the festival. Tatum and Gemma Chan play the girl's parents, who are well meaning but unsure how to help their daughter navigate all the feelings and fear.

The romantic drama “Carousel,” starring Chris Pine and Jenny Slate, will also be available, as well as other U.S. Dramatic Competition titles such as “Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty,” set in side Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene and “The Musical,” a comedy with Rob Lowe about a middle school teacher who tries to tank the school’s chance of winning an award by staging an inappropriate play.

Notable films in the NEXT section that will be streaming are Kogonada’s lyrical “zi,” with Michelle Mao and Haley Lu Richardson, and “The Incomer,” a quirky comedy with Domhnall Gleeson.

Documentary offerings include “Seized,” about the police raid on the Marion County Record, “The Lake,” about the looming environmental crisis in Utah, “Everybody To Kenmure Street” about civil resistance in Scotland, and “Hanging by a Wire,” about the six schoolboys (and two others) left hanging 900 feet above a ravine in the Himalayan foothills after a cable car's wire snaps.

Some films already have distributors and won’t be streaming on the platform, like the Charli xcx mockumentary “The Moment,” which opens in theaters Jan. 30. Focus Features will release Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell’s “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” in theaters on March 27. And “When a Witness Recants,” about three teens wrongly sent to prison for a 1983 murder in a Baltimore middle school, will eventually be on HBO, but a date has yet to be announced.

In general, movies that played in the premieres section will not be available online, whether they have distribution plans yet or not. That includes Olivia Wilde’s biting marital dramedy “The Invite,” Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex,” Jay Duplass’ “See You When I See You” and “Once Upon a Time in Harlem.”

Between Jan. 29 through Feb. 1.

It’s $35 for a single film. Proceeds benefit the Sundance Institute’s artist programs and funds.

For more coverage of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/sundance-film-festival

Jenny Slate, from left, director Rachel Lambert, and Chris Pine attend the premiere of "Carousel" during the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at Eccles Center in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Domhnall Gleeson attends the premiere of "The Incomer" during the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Jin Ha, from left, director Kogonada, Michelle Mao, and Haley Lu Richardson attend the premiere of "Zi" during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Audience members line up outside the Eccles Theatre during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)