No fewer than two French biopics about Yves Saint Laurent have been released in the last two years, suggesting that a competitive rush to make the Saint Laurent film began immediately following ...

The Jalil Lespert-directed film will be released in movie theaters on January 8, 2014, and traces parts of Saint Laurent's career from 1957, when he was appointed head designer at Christian Dior ...

Even in a contemporary film culture where no idea seems too thin to try twice, the arrival of two Yves Saint Laurent biopics in the space of a five months counts as a distinct curiosity: The ...

★★★★☆ In Bertrand Bonello’s “Saint Laurent,” to be released May 8, the formulaic biopic is decomposed and reconstructed to parallel the French designer’s innovative fashion. Time becomes meaningless ...

Even in a contemporary film culture where no idea seems too thin to try twice, the arrival of two Yves Saint Laurent biopics in the space of five months counts as a distinct curiosity: The ...

Later in the film, an older, ruminative Saint Laurent is played by Helmut Berger. (Saint Laurent died in 2008 at age 71.) ...

As played beautifully by Niney, Saint Laurent is only 21 when we meet him in 1958, working for the house of the late Christian Dior, who died a year earlier.

Even in a contemporary film culture where no idea seems too thin to try twice, the arrival of two Yves Saint Laurent biopics in the space of a five months counts as a distinct curiosity: The ...

The director of the film, simply titled Yves Saint Laurent, is Jalil Lespert, previously an actor in the likes of Tell No-One. He, too, was fascinated by the men's long friendship.

Similarly, Saint Laurent's short film ends with Rampling raising her arms in a moment of expression that feels like hope for the year ahead—whatever it may look like.

“By collaborating with Kering, we come together to promote film, talent, and the women who contribute to the future of the film industry,” said new Cannes festival president Pierre Lescure.