Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn On the surface, Drive is effortlessly stylish, old-school filmmaking that luxuriates in its retro fashion. Yet, as Simon Kinnear reveals, underneath the hood, lurks a troubling character study. It has become something of a cliché to acknowledge the debt owed by the Movie Brats of the 1970s to the European auteurs of the 1950s and 1960s. Woody Allen idolised Ingmar Bergman, Paul Schrader wrote a book about Bresson and Dreyer, both Brian De Palma and Francis Ford Coppola ripped-off Antonioni’s Blow-Up, and Scorsese littered his films with allusions to Godard and Visconti. Yet arguably the most blatant steal…

This is the most fun and elaborate outfit Grace Kelly wears in To Catch a Thief. Lord Christopher Laverty 8 Comments 31 Jul ’17 26 Aug ’11 28 Sep ’09

Analysis of Shawna Trpcic’s subtle costume signifiers with input from the designer herself. The bleakest Potter outing yet. If you like Potter, you are going to like this. Cannot say fairer than that.

The fifth season of Breaking Bad was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 3rd June. To celebrate this Clothes on Film has FIVE ‘mobile meth lab’ t-shirts to give away from Level Up Wear (available to buy in July). They look exactly like the image below and go great with jeans. T-shirts are standard gents size medium, so you can either wear it to the pub, sleep in it or pass onto a smaller relative. Breaking Bad is arguably the best thing on television right now so it will be sad to see the show leave our screens for good later this year. It has always been thematically rich and…

A real legend of the industry, costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge, has died. Lord Christopher Laverty 1 Comment 21 Oct ’10 19 Dec ’11 8 Oct ’12

A new, absolutely stonking trailer has dropped for what we confidently predict will be The Best Film Ever Made, Christopher Nolan’s latest, Tenet. It is almost impossible to watch the trailer (below) and not think of Inception (2010), even though this more of a ‘vibe’ thing than any plot familiarity. The plot, of course with this being Nolan, is just scratched upon at this stage. Basically, it’s time about ‘inversion’ and lot of beautiful people in beautiful clothes going on a mission. Another link to Inception is returning costume designer Jeffrey Kurland, back for more sexy menswear that will, with any luck, kick start a NON SKINNY suit and seperates…

Chances are you have not seen Snowpiercer yet due to its limited availability and release fiasco. If so, skip this interview and watch the film first. Go in clean, because Snowpiercer really is as good as everyone’s telling you. Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, it is essentially a dark (often literally) sci-fi thriller about a perpetual motion train carrying the last remnants of society after a global ice age. Themes of cruelty, disparity and sacrifice abound, and strong, sometimes horrific visual references bombard the screen. The exceptional costume design by Catherine George ties all this together in a way that is readable and indicative, yet never threatens……

Michael Kaplan gives Clothes on Film the lowdown on his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes. Lord Christopher Laverty Comments Off on Costume Designer Michael Kaplan on Star Trek Into Darkness 20 Aug ’10 7 Jul ’10 16 Apr ’15

The near future romance Her, written and directed by Spike Jonze, whose widely diverse resume ranges from the world of music videos to MTV’s Jackass to major motion pictures, brought together a creative team that costume designer Casey Storm refers to as “friends first, and co-workers second.” Storm and production designer K.K. Barrett create a soft, comfortable world of tomorrow. Shot on location around Los Angeles and Shanghai, Barrett avoided familiar locations to create a world that is accessible but not overtly recognisable. Our first introduction to the world feels very familiar. Seated in an office in a simple button up, Joaquin Phoenix’s character, Theodore Twombly, dictates a letter to……

Editor Chris Laverty explains how to ‘read’ costume on film. From an article originally published in Moviescope magazine. Want another look at Janty Yates’ costume design for Robin Hood? Thought you might.