17 Sept 2025
Paul Smith’s Closet Picks
The fashion designer shares his close personal connections to Withnail and I and My Beautiful Launderette, finds inspiration in Breathless, and praises Akira Kurosawa’s use of color in Kagemusha.
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
- Choices
- 5
- Single films
- 5
- Box sets
- 0
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Withnail and I | Bruce Robinson | 1987 |
| 2 |  Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard | 1960 |
| 3 |  My Beautiful Laundrette | Stephen Frears | 1985 |
| 4 |  Kagemusha | Akira Kurosawa | 1980 |
| 5 |  The Kid Brother | Ted Wilde | 1927 |