With a title like L’Amour Fou, Pierre Thoretton’s documentary about fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his life partner Pierre Berge promises a wild ride, a story of mad love. They had a ...

In the opening sequence of “L’amour fou,” we watch news footage of the designer Yves Saint Laurent, in which the fashion giant announces his retirement. In terms both poetic and directly emotional, he ...

OH, TO LIVE the exquisite life! A wistful sigh of longing was my initial reaction to “L’Amour Fou,” Pierre Thoretton’s tantalizing documentary about Yves Saint Laurent, the French couturier who died ...

I went to see L’amour fou, a documentary about Yves Saint Laurent, because, well, I see all documentaries about Yves Saint Laurent – both Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times, from 2002, and Yves ...

is a beautifully made film on a promisingly cinematic subject that captivates for about a quarter of its running time and increasingly frustrates as it goes along. The film opens with the late fashion ...

Documentary. Unrated. 1 hour, 40 minutes. At the Mayan. When he died in 2008, 71-year-old fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent left behind the big house full of valuable art that was his clothing ...

In “L’amour fou,” Pierre Thoretton’s documentary feature on the industrialist Pierre Bergé and his partner, the fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent, romantic and working relationships take a backseat to ...

During the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of fashion films — “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Coco Before Chanel” and “The September Issue” among them. But “L’Amour Fou,” which opened in LA, may be ...

"L'Amour Fou" is a beautifully made film on a promisingly cinematic subject that captivates for about a quarter of its running time and increasingly frustrates as it goes along. The film opens with ...

During the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of fashion films — “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” “Coco Before Chanel” and “The September Issue” among them. But “L’Amour Fou,” which opened recently, may ...

It took Bergé one week to consider moving the film in a new direction—a far more personal direction—but he agreed. The result is a startlingly poignant and intimate portrait, L’Amour Fou, narrated by ...