Costume designer Mark Bridges described There Will Be Blood (2007) as his most challenging film, referring to the difficulties he faced in transporting costumes to the remote location in West Texas, after director Paul Thomas Anderson called for a new concept three days before a re-shoot. However these challenges seem to channel the themes of the film itself: hardship, isolation, and the determination to overcome any obstacle to fulfil a goal. Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a turn-of-the-century prospector, who receives a tip about a giant oil deposit under a family farm in California. The family includes Eli Sunday, a zealous preacher and faith healer who wants the money from……

Stone slacks, leather cardigan, pale denim – who wouldn’t want to dress like Alan Partridge? This may be dad brand clothing, but it announces you as the most confident man in the room. Driving gloves? That’s nothing. Try removing your coat and jacket then leaving the driving gloves until last. That takes guts, or failing that a complete lack of personal awareness. In other words it takes a Partridge. Steve Coogan co-created and has played sports-journalist-turned-chat-show-host-turned-DJ Alan Partridge on and off for 22 years. Nothing his character wears is random. For costume designer Julian Day (Berberian Sound Studio, Rush), working alongside perfectionist Coogan on Alpha Papa must have been a……

With our first proper glimpse of the ‘life suit’ worn by Jaden and Will Smith in the latest trailer for After Earth released last week, we have put together a brief round up of sci-fi related suit posts at Clothes on Film. For specificity, we are saving the sharp lounge suits of Inception and the like for another time; these are space suits or similar – the kind of costume actors have to be zipped into. CLICK THE IMAGE TO TAKE YOU TO THE ARTICLE After Earth’s life suit as designed by Amy Westcott. We are not really sure what it does yet (gives you wings?), but Ms. Westcott provides…

Despite having watched Catfish at the Leeds International Film Festival, you will find no review of it here.

Roll with the journey and trust that it will take you where you want to go. Lord Christopher Laverty 44 Comments 13 Nov ’13 23 Sep ’11 12 Jun ’13

Despite having watched Catfish at the Leeds International Film Festival, you will find no review of it here.

More concrete news that an Uncharted movie based on the smash hit PS3 game is about to go into production. Believe it or not we have a possible style franchise here. Nathan ‘Nate’ Drake (voiced by Nolan North) is the dry as kindling hero of Sony’s super successful adventure outings for Playstation 3. Though there have only been two games so far, a third is in the pipeline with four, five and six probably already at the drawing board stage. Latino Review are reporting that Uncharted the movie is likely to be written by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly. Oppenheimer and Donnelly were behind what many believe to be…

Filmmaker and costume designer Sophie Black recounts her personal interpretation of Heathers, a film defined by vivid visual interpretation. It is just a coincidence that the first time I saw Michael Lehmann’s Heathers (1988) was within hours of the first time I saw David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), and I immediately made comparisons between the two films which I may have not noticed otherwise. More people are quick to compare Heathers to the work of Tim Burton, because of the associates he had on the film (producer Denise Di Novi and star Winona Ryder, to name but two) and the fact that the candy-coloured suburban setting mirrors that of Edward…

MAJOR SPOILERS THROUGHOUT Minor, seemingly insignificant touches matter in the realm of sci-fi costume. They inspire curiosity, ignite recognition and establish a believable setting in which a story can unfold. Costume designer for Star Trek Into Darkness, Michael Kaplan, obviously grasps this concept. Returning as reboot costumer, he keeps things simple yet effective. A splash of colour here, a recognisable neckline there; again he manages to appease lifelong Star Trek fans without alienating newcomers. Kaplan and director J.J. Abrams’ smartest move is to acknowledge but not overplay Star Trek heritage. Never be too self-referential, never try too hard not to be; it’s a balancing act. Uniforms worn by the crew…

Despite having watched Catfish at the Leeds International Film Festival, you will find no review of it here.