The almost unbearably poignant memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, who found himself immobilized by “locked-in syndrome” after a stroke, becomes a ready-made canvas for the painterly indulgences of Julian ...

Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor of French Elle, which gave him plenty of opportunities to indulge in his passion for women, good wine and the finer things in life. At 43, he left the mother of his ...

The Back Row Manifesto’s Incredibly Personal, Completely Subjective List of the Best Films of The Decade (2000-2009) will be unveiled over the course of the month of December. Think of it as a sort of ...

‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ tells the true story of a man determined to connect and communicate after a stroke leaves him almost completely immobile. Baritone Lucas Meachem sings the lead role ...

As the story of a man who's lost virtually all of his physical abilities, Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" would seem to be the last word in affliction movies. But it goes against ...

On Friday, The Dallas Opera will debut a world premiere opera at the Winspear Opera House. Originally commissioned for the 2020/21 season, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly fell through due to the ...

HOLLYWOOD—he tented breakfast area at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles was mostly empty on a cool, gray morning in December. A well-dressed man sat in a booth. In an adjacent booth was the Golden ...

I was sure I wasn’t going to make the 7:30 PM Palais screening of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. I had about an hour to walk all the way from the Sofitel on the point to the Variety office behind ...

‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ tells the true story of a man determined to connect and communicate after a stroke leaves him almost completely immobile. Baritone Lucas Meachem sings the lead role ...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly chronicles the life of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor of Elle France, who, after suffering a stroke, becomes almost entirely paralyzed. Despite his condition, he ...

At the Dallas Opera, Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer’s adaptation of the memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby movingly depicts the writer’s experience of being left speechless and almost entirely immobile by a ...