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The September Issue

The September Issue

Documentary · 2009

A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.

Movie details

The September Issue

“Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.”

2009 Documentary 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

8.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

83 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

69 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

R.J. Cutler

Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour

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Grace Coddington

Grace Coddington

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André Leon Talley

André Leon Talley

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Hamish Bowles

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Tonne Goodman

Self

Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller

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Thakoon Panichgul

Self

Court is in session

Put The September Issue on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.