Halston

Name: Halston
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 24, 2019
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Alva Chinn, Bob Colacello, Chris Royer, Joel Schumacher, Karen Bjornson

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1091 Media | Release Date: May 24, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alva Chinn, Bob Colacello, Chris Royer, Joel Schumacher, Karen Bjornson, Liza Minnelli, Marisa Berenson, Naeem Khan, Nancy North, Pat Cleveland

Summary: America’s first superstar designer, Halston rose to international fame in the 1970s, creating an empire and personifying the dramatic social and sexual revolution of the last century. Reaching beyond the glitz and glamour, acclaimed filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng reveals Halston’s profound impact on fashion, culture, and business.

Director: Frédéric Tcheng

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Moira Macdonald

Jul 10, 2019

This film celebrates Halston’s work but shows more interest in the man — and the unexpected corporate drama — behind it. Read full review

Dave White

May 24, 2019

Halston is at its most naturally energetic when highlighting career triumphs. It’s packed with archival footage remembering past glamour, and moving contemporary interviews with models like Pat Cleveland, whose own ascendance in the fashion world as one of the first African American models to make a name for herself, went hand in hand with Halston’s paradigm shift. Read full review

Peter Travers

May 22, 2019

Ignore the film’s foolish framing device and Halston emerges as a fascinating study of a fashion artist who allowed women to live an idealized vision of themselves. Read full review

Mark Feeney

May 29, 2019

It’s an understatement to say that Tcheng is drawn to this material. He revels in it. Yet he’s too clear-eyed to turn Halston’s story into a morality tale. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

Jun 7, 2019

The archive clips suggest Halston is a role Richard E Grant was born to play: the designer had a long-limbed loucheness, grandiose affectations and put-on accent, along with a fierce perfectionism. Read full review

Kimber Myers

May 30, 2019

Halston places the designer at the top of fashion’s most influential artists, but it avoids hagiography, showing his ego and addiction. Unfortunately, just as Halston did in life, this documentary avoids delving deeply into the mysterious man. Read full review

Wesley Morris

May 23, 2019

I liked the deluge of visual information and personalities. The pictures, footage, biography, news and gossip are the opposite of a Halston dress — unruly, busy, fussed over. But they come at you with an energy that feels substantial. Knowing what to do with all of that material is its own kind of intelligence. Why overthink it? Or: why show us what you’ve overthought? Read full review

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icotzabb

Jun 5, 2021

Despite some impactful moments, this movie is mostly silly at best, and outright obsurd at its worst. I did enjoy the set design and photography however. There were a few good performances, despite having to bare the weight of a cliché and overly simplistic script. I do feel that despiteDespite some impactful moments, this movie is mostly silly at best, and outright obsurd at its worst. I did enjoy the set design and photography however. There were a few good performances, despite having to bare the weight of a cliché and overly simplistic script. I do feel that despite setbacks or plain laziness the film delivers information about an interesting person and his wild life, plus fans of Halston or those interested in him will enjoy the movie very much as his life evolves.… Expand

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