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For the past 88 years, The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel has been the definition of class and a calling card for Manhattan's elegant Upper East Side. But while it has housed some of the world's most famous clientele, the stories within the walls of the hotel rarely leave the premises. Until now. In Always at The Carlyle, writer/director Matthew Miele (Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's, Harry Benson: Shoot First!) presents the untold stories and well-kept secrets of The Carlyle in a feature length documentary to be released worldwide in early 2018. In the works for more than three years, Always at The Carlyle offers an exclusive and provocative peek into the pop culture history of the renowned hotel, all from the mouths of The Carlyle's own guests and employees. George Clooney, Anjelica Huston, Tommy Lee Jones, Vera Wang, Anthony Bourdain, Roger Federer, Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Jon Hamm, Lenny Kravitz, Naomi Campbell and Elaine Stritch join the more than 100 personalities sharing their favorite stories and unique insights in this exposé of New York City's legendary hotel.
Rating
PG-13 (for some suggestive content, drug references and brief partial nudity)
Director
Matthew Miele
Studio
Good Deed Entertainment
Writer
Matthew Miele
- The film captures the patina and charm of a landmark operation, and the critics seem to miss the point, having no curiosity about the smart set - from any era.Reply
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- What looks at first like it might be a 92-minute commercial for a venerable luxury hotel... turns out to be something quite different - something more melancholy and elegiac than a simple celebration of refined indulgence.Reply
- A dazzling, endearing story that will appeal to classic film buffs and history aficionados. It's light and breezy in contrast to other documentaries and that's just fine.Reply
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- It's one part history lesson and one part ode to the rapidly fading quality of refinement. But mostly, it's a chance to indulge in juicy celebrity stories, catnip for those who love that kind of thing.Reply
- Yes, it's superficial and sycophantic, but it's also an enjoyable, extravagant indulgence.Reply
- I highly recommend spending time with Always at the Carlyle. There's great joy in the history with the Carlyle staff, music over the years, and fun times had in one of the most amazing of places.Reply
- [An] insightful and occasionally revealing look at the 88-year-old Manhattan institution where the rich and famous enjoy being rich and famous.Reply
- Nostalgia can be fun when it allows you to revisit the good old days when life had more style, quality, elegance, and what Kay Thompson, the queen of sophistication, called "bazazz."Reply
- A witty dive into the notoriously discreet Manhattan hotel... and frankly, this doc is as close as most of us will come to staying there.Reply
- The movie is as much a history lesson as it is a celebration of a way of doing business that honors human nature above unbridled greed.Reply
- Why see a movie about a posh Manhattan refuge for one-percenters? Because this storied 88-year-old hotel, filled with impossibly glamorous ghosts, radiates an elegance that seems like an anomaly in this shallow age of Trump-style glitz.Reply
- Loaded with celebrities and royalty, this fascinating film captures the magic of life in New York City, a fitting companion to Miele's 'Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's.' I can't imagine anyone not being enchanted and hated to see it end.Reply