the tiny spartan Carnegie Hall studio apartment bed of Bill Cunningham

…is in now in theatrical release, coinciding with my my short U.S. visit, which was welcome news since it is the film that I have been waiting for months to see – so off to the local Portland theater (the ‘Living Room,’ where the audience tucks into a full-on dinner while watching the movie, which I suppose is only slightly more tolerable than the typical noisy popcorn?) – and what a super story about a super fascinating man full of contradictions – his modest reclusive austerity versus the outrageous gregarious extravagance of the clothing of international fashion, street and society circles that consume him. (film website)