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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 05 May 2015

[Albert] Maysles has a rich subject matter and tells the story of Iris Apfel's remarkable career, her marriage to husband Carl, who celebrated…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 05 May 2015

Splashy and stylish, just like Iris, who dubs herself a geriatric starlet…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 03 May 2015

There might not be that much insight, but there certainly is plenty of geriatric spunk…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 30 Apr 2015

Apfel is constantly chatting to “Albert” off camera, not to us, and the affection adds an unusual meta level to Iris, a conversation between…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 30 Apr 2015

Much like Elaine Stritch, who also wore the same signature owl eyeglasses, Iris Apfel is a New York City character, a grande dame of society,…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 30 Apr 2015

Iris's offhand irreverence is left unexplained. But the joy of Iris Apfel, and by extension of Iris, is that there's no need to dissect the enigma…

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By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 29 Apr 2015

Set to a rock-and-roll soundtrack, with titles featuring the bright colors Iris adores, Maysles' documentary is energetic and vibrant…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 29 Apr 2015

Maysles' portrait of Iris Apfel, a 93-year-old self-described geriatric starlet, is surprisingly memorable, graced with an unforced but unmistakable…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 29 Apr 2015

For those looking for regrets or profundity, Iris doesn’t dig particularly deep in that regard…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 28 Apr 2015

This is the penultimate film of Albert Maysles, who died on March 5, and Iris has a bit in common with “Grey Gardens,” his masterpiece…

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By Vadim Rizov (155) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 28 Apr 2015

It’s a happily modest movie that, while frequently edging toward boredom, is never actively off-putting…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 28 Apr 2015

Traveling to vintage clothing stores from W. 27th St…

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By Luke Goodsell (126) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 28 Apr 2015

Iris never feigns importance as a documentary, and is all the richer for it…

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By Godfrey Cheshire (178) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 28 Apr 2015

Al Maysles, a great fixture in the New York film scene and an influence on several generations of documentary filmmakers, was a keen, understanding…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 27 Apr 2015

With Iris, the late, great documentarian Albert Maysles, who died this year at age 88, delivers a particularly elegiac movie swan song…

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By Daniel D'addario (17) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 27 Apr 2015

The film exists as a document both of a witty, good-natured society fixture and of a very particular moment in history…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 27 Apr 2015

What makes the sharp-as-a-tack nonagenarian Apfel such splendid company is that beneath the busy prints and multi-layered accessories is a…

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By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Apr 2015

A joyous celebration of creativity and razor-sharp wit sustained into old age, as evinced by outspoken nonagenarian fashion icon Iris Apfel,…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 27 Apr 2015

Iris isn’t groundbreaking doc filmmaking, but it’s amiable and jovial in a way rarely seen in the field, which tends more toward drama,…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Apr 2015

What is clear is that while there are several stories folded into Iris — a marriage tale, an ode to multiculturalism and a fashion spectacular…

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