When’s the last time you saw a movie that made you guffaw and tear up — numerous times?

Last night the Costume Council of LACMA hosted a screening of Bill Cunningham New York, the new documentary about New York Times street style photographer Bill Cunningham,  an octogenarian who has been snapping New Yorkers on the go since the 1950s.

The guy’s still at it — riding his Schwinn bike all over town (he wears a reflective vest at night), capturing how the city dresses.

The film, made by real-life-couple Richard Press and Phillip Gefter — who have both done time at the New York Times — is tremendous, detailing Cunningham’s obsessive work ethic and monk-like existence (he sleeps on a cot amongst filing cabinets in a tiny studio, wears the same French blue workman’s jacket every day and never, never accepts freebies — and you can be sure he’s been offered some good shit.)

It will make you laugh, and — in one heartbreaking scene — make you cry. But under no circumstances should you miss this doc. Period.

Bill Cunningham New York debuts at the Nuart Theatre Friday.