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‘In Ma Rainey, every body’s fighting for their value, and the thing that holdsus back is being Black. I want ed people to see what lay in the heart of her being. Which is: I know my worth.’ Viola Davis Wants to Be Honest With You Viola Davis has a moment in “Ma Rainey’s Black […] More
These women rewrote their own stories in brilliantly revealing new ways. They can’t afford to be anythingless than comp etent. Masks Off The biopic. What an awful genre. What an awful name for a genre. Awful because it sounds like medicine. Awful because it’s too easy to confuse the actor for the person they’re playing, […] More
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyNatalie Desselle, Comedic Heart of ‘BAPS’ and ‘Eve,’ Dies at 53Her role as Halle Berry’s uproarious stardom-seeking sidekick helped define a decades-long career in film and TV.Natalie Desselle got her foot in the door as an actress by cold-calling one of the few Black managers in Hollywood. Credit…Mpi20/MediaPunch, via IPX, via Associated PressBy More
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyPamela Tiffin, Movie Star Who Shone Brightly but Briefly, Dies at 78Billy Wilder called her “the greatest film discovery since Audrey Hepburn,” and she made an immediate splash in two 1961 movies, when she was only 19.Pamela Tiffin in 1965 in Madrid. A former model, she said she preferred acting. “A model sells herself,” she said, “but an actress sells the characters she plays.”Credit…Gianni Ferrari/Cover/Getty Images.By More
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyWarren Berlinger, Film and Television Character Actor, Dies at 83Mr. Berlinger, who had dozens of roles in a career that spanned more than six decades, appeared in “Happy Days” and “The Cannonball Run.”Warren Berlinger from a 1978 episode of the television series “Operation Petticoat.”Credit…Walt Disney Television via Getty ImagesBy More
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyA Cinematic Love Letter to Denmark’s Drinking CultureThomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” explores the highs and lows of the Danes’ love of alcohol, at a time when their hard-drinking habits are under new scrutiny.The actor Mads Mikkelsen, left, and the director Thomas Vinterberg on the set of “Another Round.”Credit…Henrik Ohsten/Samuel Goldwyn FilmsBy More
One day, we’ll look back on this year and bawl. But we should also remember that there were professionals out there who dared to bring joy to our screens. More
The Times’s co-chief film critics explain their rationale for some surprising inclusions, and exclusions, on their list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (so far). More
