Caravaggio Reviews
August 9, 2008
Famed for its fabulously evocative recreation of the light/shade luminosity of Caravaggio's oil paintings, Caravaggio is nevertheless something of a victim of its times....But despite that, it is a wonderfully bold work, simply irresistible to look at
January 17, 2008
Original Score: 3/5
September 16, 2005
Remarkably true to Caravaggio's visual aesthetic while expanding Jarman's own repertoire of tones and ideas.
Original Score: 4/5
July 7, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
May 12, 2003
Calling Derek Jarman's Caravaggio the director's most-accessible film is deceptive, even while being true.
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| Original Score: 4/5
August 9, 2002
Marrying a painterly aesthetic with a defiantly homosexual sensibility, this ironic biopic is probably the most accessible film of avant-garde British director Derek Jarman.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
February 13, 2001
It is very sensually done, emphasizing the artist's gargantuan appetites for bisexual and, especially, homosexual affairs with his models.
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| Original Score: B+