Brunello: The Gracious Visionary

‘Brunello: The Gracious Visionary’ Review: Giuseppe Tornatore’s Seductive Hagiography of a Fashion Legend

As a design house, Brunello Cucinelli is a name synonymous with luxury and quality. As a production company, it’s hard to know how to feel about it preceding a biographical film about its namesake. “Brunello: The Gracious Visionary” tells the story of the fashion luminary from his humble beginnings in rural Perugia, Italy to the […]

Brunello: The Gracious Visionary

Some documentaries and biopics are undeniably in love with their title subject, and others are made with the sole purpose of buffing out any of their flaws, leaving only a shiny, spotless exterior behind. 2026 has already given us a doc and a biopic – Melania and Michael respectively – of this phenomenon, but with Brunello: The Gracious Visionary, we’ve thankfully been gifted a mix between the two modes of filmmaking. Directed by Giuseppe Tornat…