Two iconic artists in the twilight of their lives reflecting on their work and how they continue to explore it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 21, 2021

This final work by the legendary Albert Maysles...is an affectionate portrait of his friend, the fashion queen Iris Apfel, in her 90s.

| Jun 10, 2020

Iris is a wonderful reflection on the legacy of an individual who has lived an exceptional life.

| Oct 7, 2019

[Albert] Maysles, doesn't just coast on his reputation in Iris: he brings a perspective a younger filmmaker probably could not.

| Mar 8, 2019

Behind those iconic bottle-rimmed glasses is a woman who has lived life to the fullest, and serves as an inspiration to everyone who watches the film.

| Nov 9, 2018

This is not a film about big people or grand issues. It is delicately, oddly, insistently trivial.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2018

In some respects, "Iris" seems remarkably modern for the work of an 88-year-old filmmaker. It finds common ground with "Actress" in suggesting that we - especially the 51 percent of us who happen to be female - are constantly performing.

| Feb 16, 2018

Much of the fun is getting a behind-the-scenes look at how fashion icon Iris Apfel constructs an outfit. And then, maybe, following er lead. (That necklace that was too big, too bright, too gaudy may seem just right. Especially if you add another.)

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Dec 3, 2017

[Iris] is, in other words, a love letter from one artist to another.

| Aug 21, 2017

Full of humour and warmth, [Iris] is a delight, and sure to pique your interest in more audacious outfits.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2017

The beautiful thing about Iris is that even though there are pearls of wisdom, tender moments, heartfelt truths and sharp criticisms throughout, the film never loses focus of what is at the heart of Iris' work and life.

| Jun 20, 2017

Iris, Maysles's last feature film, works as a great final piece for the director and an entertaining profile of an eccentric underground fashion icon.

| Jan 9, 2017

So much more than meets Iris's bespectacled eyes: looking at self-determination, relentless individuality, devil-may-care creativity, romance, fame and mortality...all peppered throughout with delicious humor.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Jul 29, 2016

An especially realistic portrait of human life even by the standards of an inherently realistic genre.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 5, 2016

A charming if occasionally too-reverential portrait of New York identity and self-described "geriatric starlet" Iris Apfel.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2016

There is, for all the frivolity of her business, a gravitas and magnetism about Iris Apfel: she's smart and funny and sassy enough for the viewer to see past a life of privilege and walk-in wardrobes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 7, 2016

Iris offers an entertaining view into the artistic process, encroaching mortality, and societal trends.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 26, 2016

Fashion is a combination of history, science, architecture, culture and politics, according to Iris. More than any other film, this film provides some answers to this question: Why is fashion important?

| Original Score: B | Jan 5, 2016

Although mostly a loose and unchallenging portrait, Iris is of value to the documentary field if only for taking a stand, however casual, against drabness.

| Jan 2, 2016

The last documentary of the last of the Maysles brothers is a suitable farewell to a career focused on the eccentric and marginalized. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 29, 2015