"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"
Variety

“Charming, beguiling. A delightful homage”
NPR

“‘The Booksellers’ looks at the esoteric world of the antiquarian trade, and the passionate, eclectic and endangered characters who make it hum”
The New York Times

“The camera finds palpable joy in watching sellers and collectors’ tactile, familiar sense of books”
The Guardian

“If you love books, you’ll adore this documentary”
Los Angeles Times

“A treat for anyone who appreciates the printed word”
The Hollywood Reporter

“For anyone with a passion for books, this film is a great love story”
WNYC’s Documentary of the Week

“Brings to light a fascinatingly eccentric community”
Literary Hub

“Delightful. A lovely way to spend an hour and a half”
The Washington Post

“Do not be misled by the comic charm of this film. It’s a ghost story, brooded over by the rustling wraiths of bookstores dead and gone”
The New Yorker

“A loving, literary tour of New York. Pays warm-hearted tribute to the reading, but also the shopping, the rifling, the obsessing, the complaining, the dreaming, the list-making, the shelf-organizing, and everything else book-lovers love to do”
The Wrap

“Delightful. By the film’s end, viewers have ambled through an entire and democratic world, as quirky and filled with unexpected gems as any cluttered bookshop”
The Economist

“Eccentricity and charm abound”
The New York Times

“Bookworms will revel in this deep dive into rare book dealing that’s full of dusty discoveries and the thrill of the chase”
Time Out

“A film about the vast and lively world of rare and antique books and why New York is its home”
WNYC’s All of It

“Timelessness, in D. W. Young’s documentary, The Booksellers, takes many forms”
Times Literary Supplement

“You don’t have to be a book lover to watch ‘The Booksellers,’ but you might become one after you do”
The Boston Globe

“Ceaselessly charming. A joy”
The Financial Times

“A documentary for anyone who has ever spent way too much time in used and rare bookstores teetering on tall ladders or squeezing through narrow, tome-filled aisles in search of that most precious of commodities: the book you didn’t know you needed until you found it – or, to be more precise, it found you”
Christian Science Monitor

‘The Booksellers’ an Uncommon Glimpse of the Rare Book World
San Francisco Chronicle’s Datebook

“‘The Booksellers’ is a lovely documentary – contemplative and captivating”
The Globe and Mail

“If you love books, you owe it to yourself to see ‘The Booksellers’”
Vancouver Sun

“One of the 10 must-see films at this year’s New York Film Festival”
IndieWire

NYFF Docs Illuminate Gotham’s Hidden Byways
Variety

Role Reversal: New York Film Festival Shows Movie About Books
The New York Daily News

“Critic’s choice…Crisp, historically comprehensive and unflinching”
The Independent

“A procession of fascinating, quirky, and uniquely New York figures recount both the history and the industry behind these joyous pursuits.”
The Austin Chronicle

“Bibliophiles must see ‘The Booksellers.’ It’s book heaven”
Boston Herald

“With candid commentary from the New York intelligentsia, like Fran Lebowitz and Gay Talese, it will surely inspire you to go out, pick up a book and actually read it”
Forbes

Breathing New Life into Old Books: PW Talks with 'The Booksellers' Director D.W. Young
Publishers Weekly

“Whatever image you might have of the traditional, tweed-jacketed bookseller will be dispelled by this rich group portrait of men and women who are custodians of the printed word”
American Cinematographer

“‘The Booksellers’ elegantly covers a lot of ground, and in doing so, provides a captivating snapshot of book collectors and booksellers at the beginning of the twenty-first century”
Fine Books & Collections

“A delightful documentary”
Jeffrey Lyons WCBS Radio

“Uncovers a century of supermen and women in the New York rare book trade. A charming, nostalgic, sometimes elegiac homage to our world, it bristles with contributions from dealers, collectors and curators telling us why we should be optimistic for the future"
The Book Collector

“In a way, the film itself feels like a book: a warm friend filled with a vast array of information and knowledge, teeming with nuggets of rare magic”
The Knockturnal

“[Parker Posey’s] hero status among book lovers is just one of the reasons she was chosen to narrate and executive produce ‘The Booksellers’. It’s about New York book collectors and archivists, the weird and wonderful people ensuring that physical reading materials of the past are preserved and respected. It’s a lovely film, full of joy if tinged with an inevitable sadness.”
The Independent (UK)

FOUR STARS “These characters really do stand out from the crowd”
Evening Standard (UK)

“This charming documentary peers under the tattered dust-jacket of an embattled world”
Prospect Magazine (UK)

FOUR STARS “Unputdownable documentary that evokes the thrill of reading preloved pages and reveals that a passion for collecting is not just a hoarding instinct, but a way to preserve and share culture”
Empire Magazine (UK)

“Profiles an eclectic array of caretakers and collectors who have been steering the rare books industry through decades of disruption and change. A touching and insightful portrait of a private world”
AnOther Magazine (UK)

“‘The Booksellers’ is a winning film”
The Daily Mail (UK)

“Elegant, engrossing. A compulsive watch for anyone who cannot pass a bookstore without going in.”
Total Film (UK)

“Funny, insightful and makes you miss bookstores even more”
Little White Lies (UK)

“An immersive tour of bookselling and collecting that breezes along as pleasantly as a beach read, while still carrying with it chapter and verse. You're likely to want to fall in love all over again after watching this”
Eye for Film (UK)

“This documentary is my idea of cinematic heaven”
Film Stories (UK)

“This engaging documentary considers the future of the rare books business in the digital age”
The Sydney Morning Herald

“A celebration of a noble profession, an endearing, entertaining, eccentric and informative film that looks forward with optimism in this changing, digital world.”
Sydney Arts Guide

“Wonderful. From iconic bookstores to auctions of manuscripts and first editions - a fascinating journey that smells of fresh ink and antiquarian dust at the same time.”
Polityka (Poland)

“Enlightening. Delightful”
Stuff (New Zealand)

“A brilliant browse through New York’s small bookshops”
The Irish Times

“The wonderful world of the old book is the center of this documentary that takes us on an exciting journey in New York.”
Condé Nast Traveler Spain

"Nostalgic and elegant... as long as humanity does not lose its books, it will not lose its memory."
La Razon (Spain)

“It makes me want to believe that no matter how much the world evolves and the wave of digitalization rushes in, real books will never disappear. I hope that someone will direct and shoot a Tokyo version of ‘The Booksellers’.
Forbes Japan

“Can only be called a work of art. All book lovers must see it.”
Yahoo! Japan

A Conversation with D.W. Young, Heather O'Donnell and Rebecca Romney
Film Forum Presents Podcast

D.W. Young speaks with The Folger Library’s Barbara Bogaev
Folger Shakespeare Library’s Shakespeare Unlimited Podcast

NYFF57 Day 12: The Booksellers
Film Lincoln Center Podcast

Interview: D.W. Young on Creating a Real Page Turner with “The Booksellers”
The Moveable Fest

A conversation with D.W. Young and IFI host Stephen Boylan
Irish Film Institute Podcast

Post-screening Q&A with D.W. Young hosted by podcaster Leena Norms
Bertha DocHouse