Mapplethorpe

Directed by Ondi Timoner

Explore the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, from his meteoric rise in the 1970s to his untimely demise in 1989.
Mapplethorpe is an ambitious biographical drama about photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, tracing the relationship between artistic ambition, sexuality and self-invention. Matt Smith commits fully to the role, and although the film can feel conventional, its recreation of New York’s art world and Mapplethorpe’s provocative work gives it visual interest.

Mapplethorpe

Directed by Ondi Timoner

Explore the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, from his meteoric rise in the 1970s to his untimely demise in 1989.

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Mapplethorpe is an ambitious biographical drama about photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, tracing the relationship between artistic ambition, sexuality and self-invention. Matt Smith commits fully to the role, and although the film can feel conventional, its recreation of New York’s art world and Mapplethorpe’s provocative work gives it visual interest.