The documentary premiered at the 2019 New York Film Festival and had a limited release in March 2020 that coincided with the annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair.[4][5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was released as video on demand as part of Greenwich Entertainment's virtual cinema initiative on April 17, 2020.[6][5]
Receptionedit
On review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 63 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Inviting viewers into a fascinating world of bibliophiles, The Booksellers is a documentary that's easy to curl up and get lost in."[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8] A review in Variety said of the film "Lovely and wistful. 'The Booksellers' is a documentary for anyone who can still look at a book and see a dream, a magic teleportation device, an object that contains the world."[9]NPR's review called the film "beguiling" and noted "most of the story is told by eccentrics you've never heard of but will enjoy meeting."[10]
Referencesedit
^"POSTPONED: 2020 CIFF Selects 'The Booksellers' is postponed, date to be determined". PenBay Pilot. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
^"See us in the new documentary titled The Booksellers, premiering this October at the 57th Annual New York Film Festival! - Monday, Oct 07, 2019 - Wednesday, Oct 09, 2019". Imperial Fine Books. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
^"'The Booksellers' - All Of It". WNYC. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
^"57th New York Film Festival: Spotlight on Documentary". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
^ abRamos, Dino-Day (April 17, 2020). "Coming-Of-Age Foodie Comedy 'Abe' Fires Up, 'The Booksellers' Makes Virtual Premiere – Specialty Streaming Preview". Deadline. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
^"The Booksellers - Now Available at Home". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
booksellers, 2019, american, documentary, film, that, directed, edited, produced, young, executive, produced, parker, posey, also, provides, narration, film, film, explores, world, antiquarian, rare, book, dealers, their, bookstores, focuses, primarily, bookse. The Booksellers is a 2019 American documentary film that was directed edited and produced by D W Young It was executive produced by Parker Posey who also provides narration in the film The film explores the world of antiquarian and rare book dealers and their bookstores It focuses primarily on booksellers in New York City including Adina Cohen Naomi Hample and Judith Lowry the three sisters of the Argosy Book Store Stephen Massey founder of Christie s NY Book Department and Nancy Bass Wyden owner of the Strand Bookstore Other prominent people featured in the film include Fran Lebowitz Gay Talese Justin Croft Zack Hample Susan Orlean William S Reese A S W Rosenbach Jay S Walker and Kevin Young The BooksellersFilm posterDirected byD W YoungProduced byD W Young Dan Wechsler Judith MizrachyNarrated byParker PoseyDistributed byGreenwich EntertainmentRelease datesOctober 2019 2019 10 New York Film Festival 1 2 March 6 2020 2020 03 06 3 Running time99 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Release 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksRelease editThe documentary premiered at the 2019 New York Film Festival and had a limited release in March 2020 that coincided with the annual New York International Antiquarian Book Fair 4 5 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the film was released as video on demand as part of Greenwich Entertainment s virtual cinema initiative on April 17 2020 6 5 Reception editOn review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 90 based on 63 reviews with an average rating of 7 2 10 The website s critics consensus reads Inviting viewers into a fascinating world of bibliophiles The Booksellers is a documentary that s easy to curl up and get lost in 7 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 based on 15 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 8 A review in Variety said of the film Lovely and wistful The Booksellers is a documentary for anyone who can still look at a book and see a dream a magic teleportation device an object that contains the world 9 NPR s review called the film beguiling and noted most of the story is told by eccentrics you ve never heard of but will enjoy meeting 10 References edit POSTPONED 2020 CIFF Selects The Booksellers is postponed date to be determined PenBay Pilot Retrieved May 8 2020 See us in the new documentary titled The Booksellers premiering this October at the 57th Annual New York Film Festival Monday Oct 07 2019 Wednesday Oct 09 2019 Imperial Fine Books Retrieved May 8 2020 The Booksellers All Of It WNYC Retrieved May 8 2020 57th New York Film Festival Spotlight on Documentary Film at Lincoln Center Retrieved May 8 2020 a b Ramos Dino Day April 17 2020 Coming Of Age Foodie Comedy Abe Fires Up The Booksellers Makes Virtual Premiere Specialty Streaming Preview Deadline Retrieved May 9 2020 The Booksellers Now Available at Home Film at Lincoln Center Retrieved May 8 2020 The Booksellers 2019 Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Retrieved October 10 2021 The Booksellers Reviews Metacritic Retrieved August 6 2020 Gleiberman Owen October 8 2019 The Booksellers Film Review Variety Retrieved May 8 2020 Taylor Ella March 5 2020 The Booksellers Speaks Volumes About Old Books And Those Who Love Them NPR Retrieved August 8 2021 External links editOfficial website The Booksellers at IMDb The Booksellers at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Booksellers amp oldid 1149682693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
