aGLIFF Review: Mapplethorpe

Matt Smith captivates as the transgressive photographer

"...Robert Mapplethorpe changed photography. His grasp of the symmetry and sculpture..."

Sept. 10, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...2018, including the addition of the closing night film: Mapplethorpe, the story of one of the 20th century's great..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mapplethorpe

Matt Smith creates a startling portrait of the master photographer

"...Robert Mapplethorpe turned art photography on its head. As the defining..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Airborne

"...receptive to Matthew than it recently did to Robert Mapplethorpe -- and Mapplethorpe was already dead. Basically, the dichotomy..."

Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Damned in the USA

"...Wildmon of the American Family Association and artists Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano (whose “Piss Christ” photograph of a..."

Jan. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chop Suey

"...are the dozens of still photographs scattered throughout, from Mapplethorpe to Stieglitz to Beaton to Weston to Avedon. Every..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kalifornia

"...with his girlfriend Carrie (Forbes), a photographer and Robert Mapplethorpe wannabe who just can't seem to sell her portfolio..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Sheet Music: 'Just Kids'

Like Lennon & McCartney's 'Two of Us' – Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe

"...picked it up because they were drawn to Robert Mapplethorpe's cover photograph – a study in androgyny, vulnerability, homage,..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Review by Cindy Widner

Six Films You Can’t Miss at aGLIFF 2018

Biopics, retrospectives, and one big mystery

"...4pm: Mapplethorpe (D: Ondi Timoner, USA, 102 min.) Former Doctor Who..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...a pitch-perfect eulogy to her longtime friend, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and her strong poetic compass saves it from ever..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Fire Music

It’s definitely not trad, dad, in this history of free jazz

"...Deconstructionism, or (bar an incidental mention of Miró and Mapplethorpe) the wild adventures of midcentury visual art, diminishes and..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**cker

Inside the creativity and fury of the artist provocateur

"...cronies like Jesse Helms savaged queer artists like Robert Mapplethorpe, the emerging East Village art scene, and homosexuality in..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wild Goose Lake

Chinese noir stumbles over its own remarkable style

"...a locked-off camera, and static glimpses oddly evocative of Mapplethorpe for their mannered approach to physicality...."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Gold Digger

It's really hard to convince someone they shouldn't be happy when they already are

"...One man's mulligan is another man's Pollock ... or Mapplethorpe...."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

The AggreGAYtor: July 31

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• Considering that Robert Mapplethorpe's "look" was the result of extreme poverty, this Out..."

July 31, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Perfect Moment to Scream

NPG takes down Mapplethor… er Wojnarowicz, cos it's too gay.

"...Belly. Now for those who feel this mirrors the Mapplethorpe controversies of yesteryear (also in D.C. - what's up,..."

Dec. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Bedside Manner: Let Freedom Ring

The latest invasion of privacy, another Chronicle bedside table.

"...(HarperCollins), the story of her artistic journey alongside Robert Mapplethorpe and their encampment in late sixties' New York's Chelsea..."

Nov. 15, 2010 Books Post by Anne Harris

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Fashion photographer Steven Sebring made this impressionistic documentary over the course of 12 years with Smith's full participation.

"...Fred "Sonic" Smith, brother Todd, and good friend Robert Mapplethorpe also color her mood and cause her to reflect..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bohemian Rhapsody

Patti Smith's 12-year take

"...Spin in 1995, "knew her stuff in the [Robert] Mapplethorpe books ... knew the song 'Because the Night' and..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Playing for the People

More from director Steven Sebring on Patti Smith

"...film. She's incredibly private. There's no footage of her. Mapplethorpe took a lot of film of her, I think,..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

After a Fashion

Blow by blow details of Stephen's night out, including an up-to-the-minute sunglasses-acquired count. Do not miss it!

"...of Tom Baril, who worked in association with Robert Mapplethorpe. The new gallery (714 Congress) is beautiful, and Leya..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Preaching to the Perverted

As its title suggests, Preaching to the Perverted is unlikely to deliver much that's new to its expected audience. Still, Holly Hughes' new solo piece serves as both intelligent entertainment and rousing battle cry for those who see all too clearly the many faults in the logic of the mainstream.

"...artist Karen Finley, and photographers Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe ("Karen Finley and the three homosexuals") waged in the..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...days in NYC and formative relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe, won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction. She has..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Far From Respectable: Dave Hickey and His Art

In this new book, the iconoclastic art critic gets the respect he deserves

"...from the National Endowment of the Arts, while Robert Mapplethorpe's sadomasochistic homoerotic photography won an obscenity court case in..."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Casey Suchan Follows The Animal People

Documentary shows how anti-terror laws targeted animal rights groups

"...It was after she and Hennelly met Mapplethorpe screenwriter Mikko Alanne (who would go on to produce..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Name but Same Mission for aGLIFF

The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival embraces the diversity of queer culture

"...scene isn't represented, most notably with closing night film Mapplethorpe, about the famed New York City photographer (played by..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Live Music to See This Weekend

Unpacking Christmas in July

"...with militant anal anthem “Butt Muscle.” Think Peaches and Mapplethorpe. Total Unicorn’s animated electro-splack hijacks the garish color palette..."

July 14, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Banga

My ACL encore: Patti Smith at the Paramount

"...The autobiographical work chronicles Smith’s relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe, and while most of the audience had probably already..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...figure. Hrasky fills the role of Bottle Rocket's Bob Mapplethorpe, the ultimate getaway driver...."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

'Rocket' Away

How you can help save the 'Bottle Rocket' motel

"...guest Robert Musgrave, better known as getaway driver Bob Mapplethorpe ("I think there's a real air of mystery about..."

June 28, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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