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Julian Schnabel

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Meandering narrative and clunky dialogue spoil visually disappointing potted history

(3 stars)30 Nov 2010

(12A) 112min Artist Julian Schnabel has made a habit of turning real life subjects into difficult, provocative films. At his best, Schnabel is able to entwine the neo-expressionist aesthetic of his gallery work with cinematic narratives to stunning…

Cannes Diary

Cannes Diary

22 May 2008

The start of the Cannes 2008 film festival was dominated by two films that delve into the recent past to raise pertinent and timely questions about how the State deals with those they consider terrorists. Billed as cinema’s first animated documentary…

Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson marry

24 Apr 2008

Lou Reed and his long-term partner, the avant-garde composer Laurie Anderson, married earlier this month in Colorado. The couple, who have been together since 1995, were married on 12 April in Colorado, and threw a celebration in their home city of…

Lou Reed's Berlin to get cinema release

18 Apr 2008

The new live performance of Lou Reed's classic album 'Berlin' is to be released as a film on 25 July. Lou Reed's Berlin, which was directed by Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), will enjoy a limited release around the UK, including…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

(12A) 112min

(4 stars)31 Jan 2008

On 8 December 1995 Jean Dominique Bauby – the 43-year-old editor of French Elle magazine suffered a huge stroke. Twenty days later he awoke, unable to move anything apart from his mouth; he could also grunt and blink his left eyelid. He was diagnosed…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - interview with Marie-Josée Croze

31 Jan 2008

‘When I first met the director Julian Schnabel to discuss being in his version of Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I remember that Julian was wearing these beautiful silk pyjamas. They were the same pyjamas that Bauby…

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