Palm Beach fashion icon Iris Apfel, 93, has been a businesswoman, an interior designer and a university professor. She now adds to her résumé “documentary subject,” as Magnolia Pictures prepares to release the last movie by the late acclaimed non-fiction filmmaker, Albert Maysles, titled simply Iris. The film almost did not happen. “At first, I wasn’t interested at all. I … [Read more...]
‘Koch’ profiles the unpredictable, unforgettable mayor of New York
In a scene in the new documentary Koch, the titular former mayor sits with some companions in a half-circle restaurant booth, sharing a story that took place in a limousine with Ronald Reagan. The caravan passed countless adoring fans -- along with one loner who decided to assess the president’s performance with a middle-finger salute. Koch says Reagan saw past all the … [Read more...]