Basquiat

Schnabel knows the New York art scene intimately (...), and he shows us the agents, the critics, the collectors and the dealers...

...director Schnabel is an artist first and a movie-maker second. Visually he's a great stylist - this is a film with a tremendous look...

Basquiat boasts a gallery of superlative performances.

Painter turned director Julian Schnabel (...) manages to tell a fairly coherent story.