A fanatic study of creation.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 2, 2021

This [Orientalist] contradiction is hinted at throughout this traditional, even bland, documentary[.]

| Jun 30, 2020

This fascinating film has it all.

| Oct 21, 2019

The First Monday In May is an intriguing, entertaining documentary about how this big event came together, whether one is interested in art, Chinese culture, fashion or celebrities.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 7, 2019

The First Monday in May is gorgeous, sumptuous. It's also undercooked.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 28, 2018

The documentary is filled with the most interesting people and I honestly think I'd watch individual documentaries on almost all of them.

| Aug 21, 2018

Intelligent, inspiring and insightful, this is a thought provoking celebration of the at times difficult juncture between high fashion and cultural appropriation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2017

[First Monday] is a good-enough doc if not an exemplary one.

| Aug 29, 2017

Fashion is all about brushing over things; about wondering at the beautiful exterior while refusing to confront the myriad complexities -- and at times ugliness -- that lies beneath

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 31, 2017

A film that, with each look, each sentence, each reproach, is conforming itself as an interesting portrait of characters, commanded by a great protagonist. [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 5, 2017

This was more interesting than I thought it would be not just because it shows how much work, thought and creativity goes into such a show, but because of the deep connection to film in this project.

| Original Score: B | Jan 15, 2017

Maddeningly unfocused.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 27, 2016

The doc clearly tells us that we better believe that fashion should be viewed as art because fashion creates dreams.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 7, 2016

I am always a sucker for the eye-gasm of a fashion documentary.

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

Both events are minefields of planning and politics, which Rossi captures well, though meanderingly at times.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2016

Maybe this needed someone like Tom Wolfe to anatomise the proceedings fully.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 29, 2016

As thoughtful, funny and fascinating as the words Karl Lagerfeld utters on seeing an unwieldy dress: "When it's that beautiful - who cares if you can walk in it?"

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 29, 2016

Aesthetics go out the window with the opening night's self-absorbed celebrity fundraiser.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2016

The kind of party you'll almost definitely never get an invite to.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2016

Bursting at the seams with celebrity appearances and day-to-day drama, the appeal of The First Monday in May should reach far beyond the style-savvy and fashion-conscious.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 5, 2016