Bennett Miller’s documentary is both an ode to New York City and to one of its eccentric citizens who cruises around the streets delivering idiosyncratic tour guides in an open top bus. The film follows the fast-talking, effeminate and nasal-toned Timothy ‘Speed’ Levitch as he philosophises about life and the city whilst delivering a dizzying guide about the Big Apple to his dumbstruck passengers.

Shot in grainy black and white and opening with a Gershwin number, this is a film that romanticises the city of New York much like the work of Woody Allen. Although remaining focused on Levitch’s tours and his own personal life, Miller’s documentary also explores the past and present of a living and constantly evolving city.…

Timothy "Speed" Levitch, our guide through the streets of Manhattan speaks at one point about a time where he felt that the city he loves was in the progress of divorcing him. Me own relationship with NYC pales in comparison. At most she's that girl you, and about everyone else, have a crush on in high school. You know, the one that doesn't even know that you exist, only dates older guys and never even gives you a fleeting glance.
My one and only visit to the city came this summer, not that she noticed. Three days was not even close to being enough. This documentary on the other hand, is a great substitute but now I wish I'd seen…

Tim "Speed" Levitch idiosyncratically and kinetically embodies New York City in Bennett Miller's equally brisk documentary The Cruise. Emoting bus cruises all over the Big Apple, his long curly hair dancing with the bus' breeze, poems, random curiosities, and inspiring architectural descriptions are abound in Levitch's tour. Miller tries to keep up with all his theories and feelings and ideals, drawing up a portrait of a completely unique, slightly sad, partially silly, and perhaps mad man who lives to experience the world around him while exploring its beauty. The chaotic pulchritude that both men extract from their environments is quite stirring, despite the fact that the video cinematography is very blurred and often doesn't allow its viewers to fully witness…

I knew nothing about Timothy Levitch before watching Bennett Miller's debut feature, The Cruise, but after watching it, I want to know everything about the man. The documentary captures the musings, monologues, and eccentricities of the man affectionally known as "Speed" as he dashes around NYC, providing historical color commentary from the second-story of a Gray Line double-decker bus where he works as a tour guide and pseudo annalist. Miller understands the value of a captivating subject (see Capote and Foxcathcher), so it makes perfect sense for him to capture Levitch in his natural habitat, feeding off of the images that the city gives him.

Miller gives Levitch free rein during the films runtime and it's what really helps this…

Another movie thats made me question everything. My identity is not as firm as i thought it was.

Oh man. Oh my god, this movie is about a human. They call him Speed.

Speeds so fast, that he can go through 100 years of unheard histories on the block that your tour bus is stopped at, cause your at a stop light, and Speed is your tour bus guide.

Speed downloaded all of the data in the world into his mainframe, and then deciding to fully commit himself to the artistic lifestyle. I think. Its his life, so i don't know, so he'd have to tell you. Which is what this movie is. Its shocking. I think this is either…

I knew nothing about Timothy Levitch before watching Bennett Miller's debut feature, The Cruise, but after watching it, I want to know everything about the man. The documentary captures the musings, monologues, and eccentricities of the man affectionally known as "Speed" as he dashes around NYC, providing historical color commentary from the second-story of a Gray Line double-decker bus where he works as a tour guide and pseudo annalist. Miller understands the value of a captivating subject (see Capote and Foxcathcher), so it makes perfect sense for him to capture Levitch in his natural habitat, feeding off of the images that the city gives him.

Miller gives Levitch free rein during the films runtime and it's what really helps this…