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Julian Schnabel - news / articles


  • Schnabel apologises for public spat with girlfriend - 27 March 2011
    -Director Julian Schnabel has issued a public apology after he became embroiled in an argument with his girlfriend ahead of a TV interview on Thursday (24Mar11).- -The filmmaker got into a heated exchange with Rula Jebreal backstage at the NBC studios in New York City, w


  • Hollywood heavyweights support Schnabel at Miral screening - 16 March 2011
    -Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Josh Brolin turned out to support to director Julian Schnabel on Monday (14Mar11) as he premiered his politically-charged new film at the United Nations headquarters in New York.- -The movie, based on the life of Schnabel's Palestinian girl


  • Schnabel wins film rating appeal - 11 March 2011
    -Moviemaker Julian Schnabel has won his appeal against the 'R' rating for new movie Miral.- -The director argued his film - about a Palestinian orphan growing up amid the violence in Israel - was aimed at teenagers, so it would give them a better understanding of the rel

Julian Schnabel - what members say


  • Before Night Falls
  • Before Night Falls review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars A superb performance anchors this solid drama 26 May 2004
    ...Julian Schnabel's biopic of the Writer Reinaldo Arenas is, despite it's faults, an intelligent and passionate effort. Arenas was a naturally gifted writer in Havana in the ear...   Read customer review
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly review by Johnnygindahouse from Edinburgh
    Rated - 0.0 stars DREADFUL ART HOUSE RUBBISH 2 July 2008
    ...this one it is slow, and just a very very bad film. The acting is mediocre, and Julian Schnabel should stick to making bad paintings for the Versaces. Critics raved about it b...   Read customer review
  • Miral
  • Miral review by A customer from London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Great film 26 December 2010
    ...ests that extraordinary life stories exist throughout Palestine and Israel, but Julian Schnabel tells this story with his customary passion and subtlety. Miral's tale start...   Read customer review

Julian Schnabel - filmography


  • Miral on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hiam Abbass,  Ruba Blal,  Freida Pinto
    Director: Julian Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A chronicle of Hind Husseini's effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 481 members
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  • Lou Reed's Berlin on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Lou Reed,  Fernando Saunders,  Sharon Jones
    Director: Julian Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. For five nights in December 2006 at St. Ann's Warehouse Brooklyn, Lou Reed performed his masterwork about love's dark sisters: jealousy, rage and loss.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 237 members
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  • Berlin (2008)
    Starring: Lou Reed,  Fernando Saunders,  Sharon Jones
    Director: Julian Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. For five nights in December 2006 at St. Ann's Warehouse Brooklyn, Lou Reed performed his masterwork about love's dark sisters: jealousy, rage and loss.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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  • Lou Reed's Berlin - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Lou Reed,  Fernando Saunders,  Sharon Jones
    Director: Julian Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. For five nights in December 2006 at St. Ann's Warehouse Brooklyn, Lou Reed performed his masterwork about love's dark sisters: jealousy, rage and loss.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 49 members
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  • Basquiat on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jeffrey Wright,  David Bowie,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Julian Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat became the darling of New York's art critics. This film gives a dramatised account of his life of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll which lead to his demise. Features music by The Pogues, Iggy Pop, Grandmaster Flash with Melle Mel and David Bowie.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,195 members
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Julian Schnabel facts

5 most recent films

Miral - 3.0 stars
Lou Reed's Berlin - 3.0 stars
Berlin - 4.0 stars
Lou Reed's Berlin - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - 4.0 stars
Miral - 3.0 stars
Before Night Falls - 3.0 stars
Basquiat - 3.0 stars
Lou Reed's Berlin - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Lou Reed's Berlin - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Berlin - 4.0 stars
Lou Reed's Berlin - 3.0 stars
Basquiat - 3.0 stars
Before Night Falls - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lou Reed - 4 times - show films
Fernando Saunders - 4 times - show films
Sharon Jones - 4 times - show films
Antony - 4 times - show films
Willem Dafoe - 3 times - show films