A really interesting documentary.

| Jan 11, 2025

... A dense, rewarding and essentially chronological analysis that reminds us of the duo’s pre-eminence as film-makers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 16, 2024

Stephen Soucy’s affectionate yet scattershot documentary on this 40-year partnership explores the overlap between the two as lovers and as collaborators...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2024

I found it very interesting... Definitely a celebration of both their successful careers and lasting love and partnership.

| Sep 16, 2024

Not every documentary about filmmaking successfully dives beneath the surface as this one does. But then, few subjects are as rich or as deep as that of Ismail Merchant & James Ivory. In short they were one-of-a-kind. Make it a priority to catch this one

| Sep 3, 2024

As an official certification of the team’s significance, this documentary does the job, though there are times when it feels like a very good (and handsomely produced) box set supplement.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 2, 2024

More important and radically, the film explores groundbreaking depictions of the inner lives of gay men in several Merchant Ivory films.

| Aug 30, 2024

"Merchant Ivory” will almost certainly put you in the mood for a Merchant-Ivory movie, which might turn out to be even better than you remembered -- a period piece that, for all its trappings of the past, couldn’t feel less remote.

| Aug 29, 2024

Anyone with a fondness for these movies and for tales of what might be described as a gentlemen guerrilla filmmaking operation will find immense pleasure here.

| Nov 15, 2023