If you loved Before Night Falls, try Basquiat
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Julian Schnabel, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Before Night Falls, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Basquiat is
Bohemian downtown meets downtown myth reels as a teenage graffiti prodigy wakes up famous overnight, trading subway tunnels for SoHo white walls while the art world’s spotlight fries his sense of self. Thirty months later he’s gone.

