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3 out of 5 stars.

That Summer review – Grey Gardens just keeps on giving
3 out of 5 stars.

Swedish documentary director Göran Hugo Olsson revisits Maysles brothers territory and uncovers lost footage of the American mother and daughter eccentrics

Published: 3 Jun 2018

Grey Gardens: rarely seen images from the film about the eccentric Beale family

The Maysles brothers’ 1975 documentary about “Big Edie” and “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale – ageing, isolated relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis – has become a cultural phenomenon, with a musical and a TV film reconstruction already produced. Here are a selection of photographs from the celebrated film

Gallery

Published: 25 Apr 2016

4 out of 5 stars.

Iris review – vibrant sartorial documentary
4 out of 5 stars.

Iris Apfel, the beloved 93-year-old New York fashion icon, is a fitting subject for Albert Maysles’s penultimate film

Published: 2 Aug 2015

Joshua Oppenheimer, Michael Nyman and Monty Python set for Sheffield Doc/Fest

This year’s documentary festival, which runs in June, will feature screenings of 150 shorts and features, as well as in-conversation events and masterclasses

Published: 7 May 2015

2 out of 5 stars.

First look review In Transit review: Albert Maysles' final film snoozes en route to no destination
2 out of 5 stars.

The last movie by the late documentarian is about the Chicago to Seattle railroad and is actually slightly duller than you might imagine

Published: 17 Apr 2015

Albert Maysles: Stones, socialites and monsters

Albert Maysles, the godfather of documentaries, tells Danny Leigh the secret of his success

Published: 15 Jun 2011

Film Talk 'The eye of the cameraman should be the eye of the poet': an interview with Albert Maysles

Daniel Tapper talks love and propaganda with documentary maker Albert Maysles

5:40

Published: 10 Sep 2008