Julian Schnabel has always worked on a grand scale, from the massive paintings he first made his name with, to his visceral depictions of entire lives as a film director, even extending to the creation of his own public image. Now, in the documentary “Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait,” director Pappi Corsicato allows viewers an intimate glimpse into the working life of the famed artist. While Corsicato treats his subject extremely gently – there’s barely a hint of criticism of Schnabel and interviewees tout how controversial his work is without explaining why – his almost idyllic portrayal of Schnabel at work and play nevertheless makes for a largely seductive and engaging experience. 

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Like the flowers protruding from the ground in this warming weather, the spring film-festival season is in full bloom. It was just Thursday when May’s Cannes Film Festival announced its line-up. Now, we’re mere days away from this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which serves not only as one of NYC’s biggest, most prolific film festivals, but also one of the biggest and most prestigious festivals of the new millennium.

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Founded in 2002 as a response to Tribeca’s loss of vitality shortly after the 9/11 attacks, the lower-Manhattan public-cinema event, co-founded by Robert De Niro, is an annual celebration of the power of documentaries, independent films, studio films and shorts in difficult days, and how worldwide art brings us together, notably through troubled, heartbroken times.

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