Love, Cecil

Following her exceptional documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland turns her camera toward another vibrant fixture of the 20th-century fashion industry: celebrated photographer and costume designer Cecil Beaton. Best known to film and theater lovers as the Oscar®-winning costume and production designer for My Fair Lady and Gigi, Beaton rose to fame (and a certain notoriety) in England as a photographer for Vogue before getting fired from the magazine and shifting into war photography during WWII. Focusing on his larger-than-life personality, Love, Cecil has no shortage of juicy tales ranging from trysts with Greta Garbo, rivalries with Noël Coward, and hilariously catty takedowns of the likes of Katharine Hepburn. With his diaries narrated by Rupert Everett, this vivacious, beguiling documentary features engaging interviews with fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, actress Leslie Caron, American Vogue editor Hamish Bowles, and renowned painter David Hockney. (Mill Valley Film Festival)