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Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. and Celebration

Celebration (Yves Saint Laurent: The Last Collections) (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Olivier Meyrou; Stars: Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Laetitia Casta, Loulou De La Falaise, Catherine Deneuve)

Documentary about the two years leading to Yves Saint Laurent's final fashion collection.

Full Review See: Olivier Meyrou in conversation on Celebration, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé

Generation Wealth (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Lauren Greenfield; Stars: Florian Homm)

A portrait of a materialistic, image-obsessed culture. Simultaneously personal journey and historical essay, the film bears witness to the global boom–bust economy, the corrupted American Dream and the human costs of late stage capitalism, narcissism and greed.

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Country: US, UK; Year: 2018; Director: Stephen Loveridge; Stars: M.I.A.)

Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

Full Review

Studio 54 (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Matt Tyrnauer)

Studio 54 was the pulsating epicentre of 1970s hedonism: a disco hothouse of beautiful people, drugs, and sex. The journeys of Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell - two best friends from Brooklyn who conquered New York City - frame this history of the "greatest club of all time".

Timeless Beauty (Country: China, France; Year: 2018; Director: Deyan Parouchev; Writer: Marianne Rosenzweig; Stars: Xiaoqing Liu, Colleen Heidemann, Tess Holliday, Alex Bruni, Stefanie Lange, Daphne Selfe, Mady Malroux, Jan de Villeneuve, Philippe Dumas, Monette Malroux, Rebecca Valentine, Yazemeenah Rossi, Xiaoqing Liu, Colleen Heidemann, Tess Holliday)

This documentary captures the beauty of being different.

United Skates and Generation Wealth

Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins; Writer: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins; Stars: Gloria Steinem, Gloria Steinem)

Since her debut nearly 60 years ago, Barbie has been at turns a fashion idol and a cultural lightning rod. Tiny Shoulders steps behind the scenes as the icon undergoes her greatest reinvention yet.

United Skates (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Tina Brown, Dyana Winkler; Writer: Dyana Winkler)

Documentary about activists protesting about skating rink closures.