Genuine style comes from much more than shopping and the wearing of the latest trends: it’s an awareness of what’s going on in the world beyond fashion and knowledge of what has come before. Read, watch and learn, through books, exhibitions, talks and films.
Purple Noon
, released in 1959 (the original
The Talented Mr Ripley
), is considered to be one of the most stylish films of all time, with costume used as a tool to showcase laidback European luxury and Ripley’s transformation from rags to riches, while 1965’s
The 10th Victim
stars the ever-stylish Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, and perfectly 60s pop art sets and costuming.
Tickets are available only if you’re a society member, but there is a three-film sampler membership available for $30 in the foyer of the Academy at each screening.
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Advertise with NZME.• The 10th Victim, May 18 at 6.30pm; Puzzle of a Downfall Child, May 25 at 6.30pm; Purple Noon, June 2 at 6.30pm; all at Academy Cinemas Auckland.
