Basquiat

I don't know about you but, to me, art films are mostly boring. This one,however,is the exception. And with a name like,"Jean Baptiste Basquiat," I was expecting a period piece, roaming the streets with the likes of Mozart! Who would have... Full review

I discovered this film late one night on cable. Just flipping through the channel. Have you ever starred at something, and then turned your head sideways? My mouth was wide open. I had never heard of Jeffery Wright before. And I... Full review

one of my favs....an excellent flick with an excellent cast. Julian directs the piece and films it as though it were a piece of art...i think he actually new Jean...but I cant remember...a very beautiful portrait of a beautiful and talented... Full review

This film biography of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat left me wanting to have a better understanding of him as a person and as an artist. The movie takes us from Basquiat's being a graffiti artist sleeping in a cardboard box to... Full review

of Jean Michel Basquiat and the art world of the 80's. Granted, the film is a bit abstruse, and some viewers have complained about the music tracks (actually Basquiat's own music from his band); but it does serve to show the... Full review

first of all this movie is not hardly a realistic bio of Basquiat. it is Julien Schnabel using Basquiat's basic story in caricature to make a vividly colorful music video dramedy about fame and art. (even the art in this... Full review

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie 'Basquiat'. It is a subtle portrayal of a complex character, beautifully acted by Jeffrey Wright. It would have been easy for the film-makers to go over board with this movie. Basquiat sure did have the... Full review

I enjoy Basquiat's artwork. When I look at it, It doesn't look like it took a great amount of talent. His work tended to look very simple, really basic ideas. However, the creativity is overwhelming. He was a minimalist, that... Full review

The art world in NYC is the least movie-worthy crowd in the world. There are so many pretentions that you couldn't grind your way down to real character with a jackhammer. Yet, it was inevitable that one of them would... Full review

I thought this film captured the feel of SoHo and the downtown art scene in 1980's NYC. (I lived in NYC from 1986 until 2001.) I really like the untethered, free-spirited, and dangerous elements of Basquiat's character. The movie doesn't... Full review

I'm astounded by the hidden reservoir of talent and energy in these self-taught artists," many of whom worship Basquiat as a hero. The sweet-natured if oblivious Basquiat morphs from a 17-year-old dropout and graffiti artist to a 21 ... Full Review

Review by Andrew L. Urban: A truly moving picture: unsentimental though it is, Julian Schnabel's resonant, intelligent and satisfying film never lingers in lament at Basquiat's premature death, nor does he flavour the biography with the unnatural colours of flattery. ... Full Review

U2 selling Basquiat masterpiece It seems especially appropriate that a work by Basquiat should end up in a music studio, since so much has been said about the relationship between his art and music," said Oliver Barker, of Sotheby's Contemporary Art department. ... Full Review

The Chesapeake Children's Museum presents historical storytelling, games and arts and crafts activities for children; and there are hours of drumming, dance and music performances for the whole family. Beginning today, the National Gallery of Art holds rare screenings of the work that can truly be called Majewski's, films regularly described as "haunting," "bleak" and "surreal. ... Full Review

If Schnabel's CD was saved by the professional musicians he hired to play on it, "Basquiat" is also somewhat saved by its cast, which includes several brilliant turns. All would have been forgiven if Schnabel had managed to get the truth of Basquiat's story on film, however crudely. ... Full Review

WHAT HE'S CHANGING: The sound, style and ethos of hip-hop, R&B and pop, dragging in everything from French house to Japanese pop art to eurythmics to sneakers last seen in Back to the Future Part II . ... Full Article

Not Quiet: Screening of the film Basquiat , part of One Film, One Philadelphia at the Katharine Drexel Branch of the Free Library (11099 Knights Road), 6PM. ... Full Article

A truly moving picture: unsentimental though it is, Julian Schnabels resonant, intelligent and satisfying film never lingers in lament at Basquiats premature death, nor does he flavour the biography with the unnatural colours of flattery. ... Full Article

Creative director Aaron Bondaroff evokes a Warholesque spirit with D.J.'s like Kid America and Jamal Ali and crowds made up of Japanese hipsters, skateboarders, and transgressive artists like Dan Colen, Ryan McGinley, and Neck Face. ... Full Article

A film about a man who is paralyzed from head to toe and can only communicate by blinking his left eye, his right eye having been sewn shut, does not sound as though it has the makings of a happy... ... Full Article

Just imagine a smaller, knockoff version of this painting with a $2,000 price tag. Photo: AFP Few artists better embody the boom-bust cycle of the New York art world than Jean-Michel Basquiat, the enfant terrible of the eighties downtown scene. ... Full Article