Screen Style: Atonement (2007)
Keira Knightley has made a career in period dramas. She is far from typecast, with her roles ranging from Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice (a favourite of mine) to […]
Screen Style: Party Girl (1995)
As much as I loved Clueless in my teen years, there was another fashion-obsessed, and similarly clueless, film heroine I adored. Party Girl‘s protagonist Mary (masterfully played by the amazing […]
Screen Style: Downton Abbey
Ah, Downton Abbey, my newest sartorial obsession. Yes, the show is really nothing more than a glorified soap opera, with somewhat far-fetched storylines like a disfigured, amnesia-ridden soldier returning to claim […]
Screen Style: An Education
An Education features one of the most stunning transformations in cinema. It’s not just a physical one: the delicate Jenny (Carey Mulligan) morphs from a uniformed school girl into a worldly young […]
Screen Style: American Gigolo
I was pretty obsessed with American Gigolo as a preteen. I had seen Pretty Woman and was completely enamored by it. After reading an article on Julia Roberts, I found […]
Screen Style: In the Mood For Love
Another incredibly stylish film depicting a doomed romance is In the Mood For Love (2000), and it’s truly one of my personal favourites. Beyond the heartbreaking haunting romance, the film captures an […]
Screen Style: Breathless (À Bout de Souffle)
A couple that wears stripes together stays together? The invention of the modern hipster can most likely be traced to this film. It was released in 1960 under the direction […]
Screen Style: Clueless
I realize all the films I’ve posted so far have been about women battling some kind of life crisis. Not very fun. When I’m feeling blue, I know I can […]
Screen Style: I Am Love
I was pretty enamoured with this film when I saw it. It had everything: passionate romance, shocking heartbreak, Old World opulence, mind-blowingly amazing food, incredible fashion and, of course, the […]
Screen Style: The Duchess
I love a great costume drama, and The Duchess (2008) is probably the most magnificent I’ve ever seen. Probably because it was a biopic of one of Great Britain’s first […]
Screen Style: Belle de Jour
Catherine Deneuve in Belle du Jour I’m not a huge movie buff and I enjoy an unhealthy amount of cheesy romantic comedies, but one thing I do love is when […]
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