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Sidney Poitier

  1. in memoriam
    A Guide to Rewatching Sidney Poitier’s Most Memorable FilmsHis image evolved and adapted over decades as the central contradiction of the actor and director’s life played out on screens.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  2. in memoriam
    My Sidney PoitierHe was always transcendent, but there was nothing quite like watching the late actor and director take control of the screen in the 1970s.
    By Odie Henderson
  3. tributes
    Quincy Jones Remembers Sidney Poitier: ‘I Will Miss You Forever My Dear Brother’“Sidney had an aura of royalty & regalness about him unlike any that I had ever seen before or after.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  4. rip
    Sidney Poitier, Trailblazing Oscar Winner and Activist, Dead at 94Whoopi Goldberg, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, and more remember the To Sir, With Love star.
    By Rebecca Alter
  5. close reads
    The Impossible Role of the First Black BachelorLike many Black men before him, Matt James has to make his Blackness seem palatable, amiable, and safe to appeal to white audiences.
    By Andrea Reindl
  6. The Wildest Stories Jamie Foxx Told at the Tribeca Film FestivalIncluding the time Sidney Poitier and Oprah set him straight.
    By Charles Bramesco
  7. speeeech!
    Watch Harry Belafonte’s Powerful Speech on RaceFrom watching Birth of a Nation to 12 Years a Slave.
    By E. Alex Jung
  8. oscars 2014
    The Many Creative Ways Oscar Winners Pose With Their TrophiesThe Javier Bardem kiss, the Emma Thompson head balance, and more through the Oscar ages.
    By Jesse David Fox
  9. Adam McKay Likely to Direct Will Smith and Denzel Washington in Uptown […]Can we talk a second about The Coz’s beard in that trailer? Yowzers! That’s all. Anyway, Adam McKay is signing on to direct a remake of the […]
    By Jesse David Fox