The September Issue

Name: The September Issue
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-08-28
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, André Leon Talley, Hamish Bowles, Tonne Goodman

Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.

2009 · 1h 30m · PG-13 Documentary
Directed by R.J. Cutler

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Overview

A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.

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Fresh 23 Oct 2009

Grace, the movie implies, is the genius behind what Vogue really sells, which is romantic aspirational fantasies for women.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Fresh 1 Oct 2009

While it's fun for fashionholics just to watch a movie in which people say "It's a famine of beauty!" and "The jacket is the new coat," the film becomes more substantial as it narrows its focus to two people: an artist and a curator.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Fresh 25 Sep 2009

A mesmerizing study of the tension between commerce and creativity.

Tom Long, Detroit News

Fresh 23 Sep 2009

Coddington, at least, gives us an appreciation of the talent seeing to it that the grandest fashion magazine of them all still sells the dream of glamour with style.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Fresh 18 Sep 2009

An insider's view of high fashion's ultimate tastemakers proves it's not just for aficionados.

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter