
From the segregated American South to the fashion capitals of the world, operatic fashion editor André Leon Talley's life and career are on full display, in a poignant portrait that includes appearances by Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Bethann Hardison, Valentino, and Manolo Blahnik.... (Full plot summary below)
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From the segregated American South to the fashion capitals of the world, operatic fashion editor André Leon Talley's life and career are on full display, in a poignant portrait that includes appearances by Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Bethann Hardison, Valentino, and Manolo Blahnik.
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| Baret NewsKam WilliamsRiveting retrospective chronicles career of flamboyant fashionista! |
| New York TimesJon CaramanicaThe director, Kate Novack, has delivered a film that’s detailed and affectionate, but also frustratingly static, making a point not to get in its subject’s way. |
| Georgia StraightKen Eisner[The movie] tries to get under his... skin but that's not easy, as the toll of being the first at everything in his field-a gay black man with a Continental education-seems to weigh heavily on him as he pushes 70. |
| TheWrapTodd GilchristUltimately this intimate, affectionate biography underscores an essential truth about the fashion industry, Talley’s work, and the life that he built out of what might seem like the unlikeliest circumstances: “Fashion is fleeting. Style remains.” |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Elinor JonesWhile no feature-length film could fully capture his big, fascinating life, The Gospel According to André gives us some good glimpses. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreGospel According to André immortalizes a man of his moment, who invented himself and made his own moment. And as he winds down his career and takes a deep, sweeping, cape-bedecked parting bow, this self-flattering film biography gives us one last chance to appreciate what a trip he’s had, and what a trip he’s been. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattAll that glitters - or sparkles, or goes swish - is Gospel in Kate Novack's intimate, absorbing portrait of legendary fashion editor André Leon Talley. |
| The Victoria AdvocateJoe FriarYou don't have to be a habitué of the fashion scene to enjoy this entertaining documentary about the iconic André Leon Talley, the man behind the myth. |
| Film Ireland MagazineLiam HanlonFrom his own gospel, André Leon Talley is too savvy and intelligent to create such a documentary. Here he proves he has substance behind the style. |
| KDHX (St. Louis)Martha K. BakerShe does not make clear exactly what he does, but in "The Gospel According to André," [director Kate] Novack does clarify that André Leon Talley is a force to be reckoned with and to admire. |