Oz is here and as far as fantasy costume is concerned, you are in for some surprises. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
© 2013, Walt Disney Pictures
Category Archives: Film Reviews
© 2013, Walt Disney Pictures
Review: Les Misérables
© 2012, Universal Pictures
Les Misérables is drenched in costume symbolism, specifically revolutionary red, white and blue. Subtle was never its intention. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Skyfall
© 2012, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
James Bond is back and he has never scrubbed up better. Tom Ford now exists to make Daniel Craig suits. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
© 2011, Studio Canal
A breezy retrospective of the most famous fashion editor of all time. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Looper
© 2012, TriStar Pictures
A mishmash of sci-fi conventions and clichés cobbled together as something we have never quite seen before. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: The Dark Knight Rises
© 2012, Warner Bros. Pictures
Christopher Nolan once again shows his appreciation for costume in this immensely satisfying end to the Dark Knight trilogy. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Cosmopolis
© 2012, Entertainment One
Cosmopolis satisfies as everything avant-garde cinema should be; an immaculate journey into weird. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Moonrise Kingdom
© 2012, Focus Features
Wes Anderson’s most sartorially significant film yet. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Avengers Assemble
© 2012, Disney
It is impossible not to have fun watching Avengers Assemble. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: The Woman in Black
© 2012, Momentum Pictures
Proving that frock coats and heavy lace dresses really are terrifying. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: War Horse
© 2011, Dreamworks
Costume designer Joanna Johnston has recreated WW1 with staunch accuracy. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Hugo – With Exclusive Insight From Sandy Powell
© 2011, Paramount Pictures
Hugo is Scorsese’s monument to wonder and excitement. Here Sandy Powell exclusively explains her costume choices to Clothes on Film. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
© 2011 Chris Laverty. All rights reserved.
Enjoyably daft fare with enough fast cars and desirable clobber to keep you cooing until the credits. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: The Artist
© 2011, Warner Bros. France
If there is a more joyous film this year, we haven’t seen it. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Melancholia
© 2011, Artificial Eye
The most exquisite fashion promo ever made. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Drive
© 2011, FilmDistrict
For a guy who prefers the synthetic appeal of satin and alloy, physical contact is a violent business. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Jane Eyre at Haddon Hall
© 2011, Focus Features
Watching Jane Eyre on location makes for an enriching experience. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
© 2011, Focus Features
A classy, very British affair. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
© 2011, 20th Century Fox
Gripping entertainment with subtext on everything from ethnicity to hierarchal costume. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Captain America: The First Avenger
© 2011, Paramount Pictures
Some of the finest superhero costume design ever committed to film. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Norwegian Wood
© 2011, Clothes on Film
Beautiful and affecting, even if it does collapse under the weight of its own earnestness at times. Continue reading Continue reading
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
© 2011, Clothes on Film
Jack Sparrow has finally become the irritating wiseass who just won’t leave the party. Continue reading Continue reading