Vincente Minnelli’s 1956 Van Gogh biopic starring Kirk Douglas as the tortured artist is as bold and emotionally vivid as one of the painter’s visionary canvases. Which is to say that, yeah, it lacks a bit of subtlety now and then. But Douglas gives an intense and painfully vulnerable performance as Van Gogh, alongside memorable turns by James Donald as Vincent’s long-suffering, but loyal brother Theo and Oscar-winner Anthony Quinn as a belligerent, larger-than-life Paul Gaugin.

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