Movies
The last thing you expect from a movie about a man who can’t move any part of his body save for his left eyelid is for it to be expansive, gorgeous and uplifting, but that’s exactly what Julian Schnabel’s remarkable “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” turns out to be.
Dec. 6, 2007
A film about a paralyzed man who can communicate only by blinking his left eyelid doesn’t sound like much fun.
Julian Schnabel uses his painterly one to make a film of a man whose eyelid is his voice.
Dec. 22, 2007
Television
Movies on TV this week: June 6: ‘The Diving Bell And The Butterfly” on Cinemax; ‘Taxi Driver’ on TMC; ‘The Crying Game’ on Showtime and more
June 4, 2021
‘The Diving Bell’ tells of the struggle of editor Jean-Dominique Bauby after a paralyzing stroke.
May 23, 2007
‘The Diving Bell’ imbues a unique plight with an uplifting, even funny perspective.
Nov. 30, 2007
“Enchanted,” “This Christmas” and “Beowulf” each dropped slightly more than 50% but the three movies repeated at the top of the weekend charts, in the same order as the previous weekend.
Dec. 3, 2007
Entertainment & Arts
“PEOPLE, they always criticize paintings . . . but people love to love movies,” Julian Schnabel postulates.
Dec. 29, 2007
‘I’m Not There,’ Todd Haynes’ surrealistic Bob Dylan biopic, dominates with four nods.
Nov. 28, 2007
Nancy Oliver, the writer of “Lars and the Real Girl,” and Ronald Harwood, who wrote “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” shared the feature film award Wednesday at the annual Humanitas Prizes, which honor film and TV scripts that “explore the human condition . . . and reveal our common humanity.”
Sept. 18, 2008