In Theaters:
The September Issue
Hitting theaters near the one-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers meltdown, R.J. Cutler’s Vogue documentary The September Issue could seem to be quite poorly timed. Recent narratives like Confessions of a Shopaholic, Ugly Betty, or The Devil Wears Prada — the latter a poison-pen jab at Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour — sweated hard to keep alive the idea of Manhattan’s magazine world as some couture Disneyland. But Cutler’s film makes it clear that while high fashion might be a fun place to work (sometimes), it’s still a workplace, and one that can be just as tedious as any other...
The September Issue is in theaters now. You can read the full review at filmcritic.com.
Chris Barsanti 