Paul Smith

September 2025

The fashion designer shares his close personal connections toWithnail and IandMy Beautiful Launderette,finds inspiration inBreathless,and praises Akira Kurosawa’s use of color inKagemusha.

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Picks (5)

Withnail and I

Bruce Robinson

1987 • United Kingdom • 1h 48m

Breathless

Jean-Luc Godard

1960 • France • 1h 30m

My Beautiful Laundrette

Stephen Frears

1985 • United Kingdom • 1h 38m

Unavailable

Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa

1980 • Japan • 3h

Unavailable

The Kid Brother

Ted Wilde

1927 • United States • 1h 22m