Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule and illness, created some of the world’s most beloved and stunning works of art. This is not a forensic biography, but rather scenes based on Vincent van Gogh’s (Academy Award® Nominee Willem Dafoe) letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented.
13 December 1982, Paris, France
8 February 1949, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
14 June 1983, Paris, France
9 March 1979, Guatemala
22 November 1965, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
9 January 1949, Brussels, Belgium
May 6, 1965
May 5, 1989
22 July 1955, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
23 April 1956, Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France
25 October 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
10 June 1964, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
10 February 1992
October 1, 1983 in Paris, France
February 26, 2019
[A] luminous biopic. [Full review in Spanish]
November 23, 2018
It's a story both ecstatic and tragic, and Schnabel is more interested in the former than the latter.
November 21, 2018
Dafoe adds another masterful performance to his resume; his work here is as deep and as piercing as his performance in "The Last Temptation of Christ" more than 30 years ago.
November 25, 2018
Dafoe fully commits to his performance, as does Schnabel to the painter's vision and humanity.
November 21, 2018
Dafoe may be the best actor around for expressing an inner life in extremis.
February 22, 2019
Elegantly aimless direction of Julian Schnabel, who doesn't seem interested in deviating from the party line on van Gogh as a loner, a loon, a late bloomer and a lost cause.
February 19, 2019
There have been many portrayals of Van Gogh onscreen. Part of what makes [Willem] Dafoe's interpretation so successful is his outright refusal to present him as a madman.
February 24, 2019
Schnabel keeps the dialogue to a minimum and, like a good painting, lets the visuals do the talking.
February 25, 2019
Dafoe is able to transmit the vulnerability of a man that constantly feels rejected. [Full Review in Spanish]
February 16, 2019
With rich, convincing lead performances by Willem Dafoe and Oscar Isaac, the film breathes with a love of art and the toil it demands. Working with brilliant French cinematographer Benoit Delhomme, the film is an ever-pleasing swirl of style.
November 25, 2018
At Eternity's Gate mainly succeeds, dusting off a century's worth of global celebrity to both animate a suffering soul and rescue a radical artistic mission from the museum gift shop.
November 20, 2018
Dafoe's elegiac quality hints at why the artist was ahead of his time: because he saw more than anyone else could. It's a towering performance in a movie that casts a magnetic spell.

