Highlights include:

Yves Saint Laurent (France) Aug 1, 3 and 5

Jalil Lespert’s biopic takes you back to Paris circa 1957, where 21-year-old Yves succeeds Christian Dior and meets a man who will change his life and career.
 

The Grand Budapest Hotel (USA) Aug 2, 4 and 7

Set in the 20s, the film by Wes Anderson revolves around the hotel’s well-known concierge Gustave H., whose one-night stand with an old lady guest leaves him with a Renaissance painting and a vast series of jumbles and niggles.
 

Populaire (France) Aug 2 and 9

The Régis Roinsard’s romcom tells the tale of a horrid secretary with a talent for typing, Rose (Déborah François), whose husband hopes to make her the world’s fastest girl on the typewriter.
 

Me, Myself and Mum (France) Aug 2 and 6

Winner of the Art Cinema Award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the charming comedy by French stage star Guillaume Gallienne revisits his sexual agony and domestic friction with his moody mother.
 

The Day Before: Fendi and Jean Paul Gaultier (France) Aug 4 and 6

The documentary series follows the life of the fashion big names 36 hours before their shows, capturing the joy, anxiety, frustration and chaos behind the scenes.
 

 

SFX Cinema Emporium, 6/F, The Emporium, Sukhumvit Rd., 02-268-8888. BTS Phrom Phong.