http://www.avclub.com/content/topics/Biopic/feed en-us http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/the_diving_bell_and_the?utm_source=from_tag Julian Schnabel’s string of biopics about unexpected people continues with this touching portrait of Jean-Dominique Bauby. Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:03:34 -0500 Tasha_Robinson Review Cinema Julian_Schnabel Mathieu_Amalric Emmanuelle_Seigner Max_von_Sydow Drama_Movie Biopic 70487_a1f1870df54331114855fd234a006ff1 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/american_gangster?utm_source=from_tag Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe battle wits in this sprawling portrait of gangsterism in '70s Harlem. Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:06:07 -0400 Thriller_movie True_story Biopic Ridley_Scott Denzel_Washington Russell_Crowe Chiwetel_Ejiofor Josh_Brolin Cinema Review Tasha_Robinson 69167_5b4cb5400a9f1b9e9c9ca9732e51fea8 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/music_within?utm_source=from_tag An inspiring story about getting past disabilities makes for a less-than-inspired film. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:28:51 -0400 Drama_Movie Biopic True_story Richard_Pimentel Melissa_George disabilities Ron_Livingston Steven_Sawalich Cinema Review Tasha_Robinson 68801_0a9646d7a16a48fbbf33b5aef0d00879 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/control?utm_source=from_tag Anton Cobijn's biopic on Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis gets all the details right, to its credit and detriment. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:46:11 -0400 Noel_Murray Review Cinema Joy_Division Anton_Corbijn Sam_Riley Samantha_Morton Factory_Records Biopic 68046_6b71024be9a96ad402c3f473245ef0eb http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/moliere?utm_source=from_tag In this playful non-biopic, the great French satirist gets into misadventures in the sticks before making his bow on the Paris stage. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:18:34 -0400 Biopic French_Film Moliére Satire Laurent_Tirard Romain_Duris Fabrice_Luchini Laura_Morante Cinema Review Scott_Tobias 64623_42005fdcbc52d7f9ca92c6ed78852566 http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/el_cantante?utm_source=from_tag What did salsa legend Hector Levoe have in common with Ray Charles and Edie Sedgwick? A story that lent itself to biopic clichés. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:16:12 -0400 Musical Biopic Hector_Levoe Leon_Ichaso Marc_Anthony Jennifer_Lopez salsa Cinema Review Nathan_Rabin 64621_b88d9e41173abf941d1a51f326eddabd http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/becoming_jane?utm_source=from_tag Jane Austen's life story never quite reached the bliss of her independent-minded protagonists. Until now. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:01:15 -0400 Scott_Tobias Review Cinema Maggie_Smit James_Cromwell Julie_Walters James_McAvoy Anne_Hathaway Julian_Jarrold Jane_Austen Biopic Historical_drama Drama_Movie 64614_d6531660c34f23c7e87dcf0693d8829d http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/goyas_ghosts?utm_source=from_tag After a seven-year hiatus, director Milos Forman returns with this drama about the Spanish painter's tangle with the Inquisition. Sort of. Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:31:35 -0400 Drama_Movie Historical_drama Biopic Milos_Forman Jean-Claude_Carriere Javier_Bardem Natalie_Portman Francisco_Goya Stellan_Skarsgar Cinema Review Tasha_Robinson 64111_acb072d7745f70dff4bb35dc1c7290cc http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/talk_to_me?utm_source=from_tag The fascinating life of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, a talk-radio fixture for nearly two decades in D.C., gets the biopic treatment. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:42:45 -0400 Keith_Phipps Review Cinema Radio Chiwetel_Ejiofor Don_Cheadle Kasi_Lemmons Biopic 63831_b4945ddad17dbfc8d10a681d320bf85a http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/la_vie_en_rose?utm_source=from_tag Add Edith Piaf to the list of tortured artists featured in torturous biopics. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:56:07 -0400 Nathan_Rabin Review Cinema Edith_Piaf Sylvie_Testud Gerard_Depardieu Marian_Cotillard Olivier_Dahan World_War_II_Movie Biopic 62587_23355bf61d8ce2337030deac8c0ccae2