‘Barbie’ movie aesthetic takes Big Apple by storm By . Angela Barbuti. Published July 22, 2023. Updated July 22, 2023, 4:48 p.m. ET. ... The best things stars have influenced us to buy, ...

The aesthetic components of the film evoke a quality of vivid nostalgia, as though siphoned from a memory of a not-so-bygone time. Shot on 35mm film, the shadows swim with grain.