Category Archives: Film costume
“For Bird, it was essential that he didn’t have that dress coding at all”: In conversation with costume designer Alex Bovaird
Frank Rogowski as Bird in “Bird”, 2024. BBC Films, BFI, MUBI It’s been years since I saw Fish Tank and I still think of it as special and raw, this disarming, intimate family chronicle and unsparing yet humorous and … Read More
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A look for the ages and my annual reiteration of “Three Days of the Condor”
Robert Redford in “Three Days of the Condor”, 1975. Dino De Laurentiis Company, Paramount Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises I’ve made a habit of watching Three Days of the Condor over the holidays. It’s a Christmas classic. But the word … Read More
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Just the right girl: Gloria Grahame in “In a Lonely Place”
”In a Lonely Place”, 1950. Columbia Pictures Humphrey Bogart wanted Lauren Bacall for the part. The Studio wanted Ginger Rogers. Nicholas Ray wanted Gloria Grahame. He was right. In a Lonely Place wouldn’t be the film that it is … Read More
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“I Like My Use of Colour in It”: Nicholas Ray on the Costumes of Johnny Guitar
There is a sequence in Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar where the lawmen all wear black. Joan Crawford appears in white. It is a crisp and striking visual moment, all the more so since it is a Western noir in color. Read More
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This Summer We’re Channelling: Lords of Dogtown
This is the ‘70s skateboard counterculture of the mean streets of west Los Angeles, Dogtown, Venice, brought to life by director Catherine Hardwicke with raw energy, youthful grit and incredible visual intuition. You are living it, riding it, immersed … Read More
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