Screen Style: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
(This post was originally published in 2011.) I’m not sure why Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley hasn’t become more iconic, both in terms of film making and fashion. This 1999 […]
Screen Style: Working Girl (1988)
I’ve been feeling a lot like Tess McGill lately: a sharp and ambitious girl knocking on all the right doors only to have them slammed in her face. Thus, whenever […]
Screen Style: The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Before we get into anything, I realize that Whit Stilman films are an acquired taste. I love them, of course, and while Metropolitan — in all its Gossip Girl-esque glory […]
Screen Style: Top Gun (1986)
I don’t remember when I first saw this film, but I feel like it’s been embedded in my memory for what seems like forever. Up until he unleashed his particular […]
Screen Style: North by Northwest (1959)
My favourite Hitchcock ice queen is not Grace Kelly or Kim Novak, it’s Eva Marie Saint. Her role in North By Northwest is impeccably flawless, both in performance and style. […]
Screen Style: Pretty in Pink (1986)
When things get tough around here, there’s one film that always gets popped in the DVD player. I must have seen Pretty in Pink about a gazillion times… well, at […]
Screen Style: Frances Ha (2012)
I will most likely see Frances Ha at least ten more times in my lifetime, because that’s what happens when I love a film so much. It helps that I’ve […]
Screen Style: Chungking Express (1994)
As a somewhat angsty teen, I was an enormous Quentin Tarantino fan. (Seriously though, if you weren’t one in the mid-90s, you were probably: a) blind; b) deaf; c) both.) […]
Screen Style: Mermaids (1990)
I recently watched Mermaids — not once but twice! — for the first time in years. I think it might be my favourite Winona Ryder film, and, trust me, I […]
Screen Style: Reality Bites (1994)
Here’s another ’90s throwback from my childhood, along with Clueless and Party Girl. I loved, loved, loved Reality Bites. I wanted to be Lelaina (Winona Ryder). I wanted to date […]
Screen Style: Scarface (1983)
My entire life I’ve been hearing about what a great film Scarface is. It currently has a 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I finally watched it and it was terrible. […]
Screen Style: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Having just watched Moonrise Kingdom, I thought I’d revisit another Wes Anderson cinematic treasure, The Royal Tenenbaums. Even though his characters are hardly fashion enthusiasts, they tend to become iconic for […]
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