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A Love Letter to the Technicolor Interiors in “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
The 1964 French film, which was one of Greta Gerwig’s main visual references for “Barbie,” is a master class in vibrant,...
How the “Sleepless in Seattle” Houseboat Gave the Hit Rom-Com a Dose of Realism
“Nora [Ephron] was really insistent on basing the movie in Seattle—and not for any reasons she could defend,” production designer...
From Agatha Christie to “Glass Onion”: Why Art Deco Is the Murder Mystery Aesthetic
In a classic whodunit, the details of the setting can be just as dramatic as the plotline.
How ’40s and ’50s Holiday Films Helped Define the Quintessential Christmas “Look”
A slew of classics from the Golden Age of Hollywood popularized rural New England architecture as the typical backdrop for...
The Addams Family Aesthetic Has Been Done and Redone. How Do You Do It Again?
The cult characters have always been certifiably macabre, but with each remake, including Netflix’s hit “Wednesday” series, their...