The major thing that “Mapplethorpe” has in its favor is ... Timoner’s gutsiness is shared (and then some) by her star Matt Smith, a British actor who very convincingly played another gay ...

There are two things that make the flawed “Mapplethorpe” worth a watch: Matt Smith’s dedicated performance, and a reverent inclusion of so much of the artist’s work. Despite a slightly ...

EW called up Smith to get the lowdown on what attracted him to playing the photographer, how Mapplethorpe's life impacted his own views about art and what makes an artist, and more. MATT SMITH ...

Effectively shot on 16 mm and Super 8 film, the well-designed movie, set in New York from 1969 to 1988, follows the rise of Long Island-born Mapplethorpe (Matt Smith of “The Crown” and ...

And then, all of a sudden, there was Matt.” Timoner shot the film ... Instead of finding something less intense, Smith followed “Mapplethorpe” by embodying Manson in Harron’s film, which ...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has secured North American rights to Ondi Timoner’s biopic “Mapplethorpe,” starring Matt Smith as the controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The film ...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has secured North American rights to Ondi Timoner’s biopic “Mapplethorpe,” starring Matt Smith as the controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The film ...

In the Robert Mapplethorpe gallery of New York's Guggenheim Museum actor, Matt Smith has studied the artist's work. "That's the one I'd want in my house from him," Smith told CBS News' Anthony Mason.

Matt Smith, best known for playing Doctor Who in that iconic BBC series, is taking on another larger-than-life figure. He has landed the lead role as avant-garde photographer Robert Mapplethorpe ...

The Robert Mapplethorpe biopic “Mapplethorpe” starring Matt Smith is heading into production in July, according to Interloper Films. An intimate portrait of one of the most controversial ...

Ondi Timoner’s biopic of the provocative photographer, whose work helped kick off the culture war, received terrible reviews but gets a stunning trailer. “I would’ve been a painter, but the ...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Mapplethorpe, Ondi Timoner’s biopic that stars Matt Smith as artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The company is eyeing a late fall release date.