Part biography of a creative genius, part cautionary tale for artists who throw their hats in the ring with big corporations and lose everything, including the right to use their own name.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

An engrossing fashion doco for those yet to have had their fill of colourful tales of high-end clothes, high-life celebrities and high-flying designers who ascended too close to the sun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2020

Halston attempts to resurrect the designer's legacy by giving him a glamorous, multilayered portrait.

| Feb 25, 2020

Particularly thrilling is the testimony of Halston's later-days handler, a Brooklynite with little patience for absurd expense accounts...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2020

What struck me [about the film] that I didn't realize: Halston was the progenitor of so much of what we now associate with fashion.

| Oct 1, 2019

Meticulously researched and filled with colourful characters, Frederic Tcheng's absorbing documentary Halston will be essential viewing for anyone interested in the world of fashion.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 20, 2019

Hard-partying designer Halston goes under the microscope in this hit-and-miss doc.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2019

Tcheng treats the film like a film noir... It's a homage to the narrators in Citizen Kane and Sunset Blvd but it's unnecessary. The historical footage is good enough to sustain the story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 18, 2019

Disappointingly bland and routine.

| Sep 16, 2019

It's a rich snapshot of the times, but an incomplete portrait of the man known simply and monumentally as Halston.

| Original Score: 2 | Jul 21, 2019

...a meticulously crafted look at a trailblazer in his industry who burned out way to soon.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 16, 2019

Directed by Frederic Tcheng, who's made a specialty of chic fashion-designer documentaries, this film celebrates Halston's work but shows more interest in the man - and the unexpected corporate drama - behind it.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 9, 2019

For all the digging, Tcheng doesn't get all that close to Halston, who died in 1990.

| Jun 17, 2019

Wonderfully concise tribute and recollection of a mid-western fashion icon who changed the face of fashion in America. Testimonials from family, business and fashion associates add intrigue around the rise and fall of Halston

| Jun 15, 2019

How can you stay mad at something so chock full of delicious detail about a man who actually lined his office walls with mirrors?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 14, 2019

Tthe film vividly presents the accomplishments of the famed designer. It's too bad it doesn't go beneath alluring surfaces to explore his deeper character.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 14, 2019

Halston remains something of a mystery, a galvanizing figure who never fully emerges. But if you're a sucker for a rise-and-fall story or you're interested in fashion, Halston won't disappoint.

| Jun 14, 2019

The rise and fall of the iconic fashion designer are explored in Frédéric Tcheng's documentary featuring great behind the scenes footage, celebrity interviews, and candid moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 12, 2019

Engrossing, with the tale of Halston's ascent and business decisions filled with strange characters and unexpected turns of fate.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 12, 2019

Becomes rather long, even in its 105-minute runtime. ironically reflecting the state of the heavily laborious manufactured world of fashion, this film is better left in the warehouse than being made for mass consumption.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 11, 2019