Bill Cunningham New York
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76 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Anna Wintour, Bill Cunningham
  • Summary: “We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace. (Zeitgeist Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 20 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    May 19, 2011
    100
    Here is a good and joyous man who leads a life that is perfect for him, and how many people do we meet like that? This movie made me happy every moment I was watching it.
  2. Total Film
    Reviewed by: Carmen Gray
    Mar 16, 2012
    80
    A documentary that'll make more than just fashionistas smile.
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Peter Bradshaw
    Mar 16, 2012
    80
    He lived until recently in bohemian chaos in one of the "artist apartments" in Carnegie Hall, and cares nothing for money or vanity. That's real class.
  4. Empire
    Reviewed by: David Parkinson
    Mar 12, 2012
    60
    As Cunningham goes about his work chronicling changes in fashion and the city he loves, a portrait emerges of a man deserving of ever bit of the respect and esteem in which he's held. There's few sharp edges or dirt digging, but it's no less engaging for that.

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  1. CitizenCharlie
    10
    Bill Cunningham can
  2. joomjim4
    10
    Personally, The world needs more people like Bill Cunningham.This man portrays how to be truly carelessly satisfied with the pleasure of happiness in his own individual way without being a burden to anybody ,neither to himself.… Expand

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