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Annette Bening

  1. wine and crime
    11 Signs You’re Watching a MotherthrillerA crappy husband, an elite Zip Code, and women supporting (other rich) women? Check, check, and check.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  2. movie review
    To Its Credit, Nyad Makes Its Subject Look Like a Real AssholeNyad may be a frustrating biopic, but at least it doesn’t soften the self-mythologizing long-distance swimmer’s rougher edges.
    By Alison Willmore
  3. tiff 2023
    What’s at TIFF? An A24 Musical, Miyazaki, and the GameStop MovieThis year’s film festival starts with a bang: Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, a “semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation.”
    By Alison Willmore and Nate Jones
  4. movie review
    The Report Is a Dry, Arm’s-Length Movie That Seeps Into Your BloodAccidentally or on purpose (or a bit of both), Scott Z. Burns’s movie reminds us how hard it is to be a whistle-blower.
    By David Edelstein
  5. roll clip!
    Jon Hamm Is No Match for Annette Bening’s Stare in This Clip From The ReportDemocracy saved by Annette’s frown.
    By Hunter Harris
  6. toronto film festival 2019
    The Annette Bening Stan’s Guide to the Toronto International Film FestivalWe have hit a jackpot. We are eating good: There’s not just one Annette Bening movie at the Toronto International Film Festival, there are two.
    By Hunter Harris
  7. viewing guide
    What to Watch and Stream This July Fourth WeekendYour movies and TV marathon ought to start here.
    By Hunter Harris
  8. theater
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Annette Bening Among Stars Bringing You Mueller Report PlayWatch The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts online, which is probably better than reading the whole thing yourself.
    By Halle Kiefer
  9. party report
    Tracy Letts Describes the Time Annette Bening ‘Slapped the Sh*t’ Out of HimAn intimate scene on Broadway.
    By Hunter Harris
  10. the industry
    Annette Bening, Michelle Pfeiffer Join Alzheimer’s Murder Mystery Turn of MindThe film is an adaptation of author Alice LaPlante’s 2011 psychological thriller of the same name.
    By Halle Kiefer
  11. theater review
    Theater Review: All About the Men in All My SonsAnnette Bening squeezes every bit of power out of a too-slight part.
    By Sara Holdren
  12. chat room
    Meet Nia DaCosta, the Director of a Western With Big, Emotional Yee-Haw EnergyNia DaCosta talks Little Woods, directing Tessa Thompson, and the new movie she’s making with Jordan Peele.
    By Hunter Harris
  13. guides
    The Annette Bening Stan’s Guide to Captain MarvelIn Annette Bening we trust.
    By Hunter Harris
  14. party report
    Annette Bening Knows She Looks Like Elizabeth Warren, Thank You Very MuchCan we get a biopic please?
    By Hunter Harris
  15. sundance 2019
    Annette Bening’s Portrayal of Dianne Feinstein Isn’t About ‘Propping Up AnybodyThough she does know the senator personally.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  16. sundance 2019
    Jon Hamm Stands Up for Federal Employees“Those people work for America.”
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  17. movies
    Who Makes It Out of Life Itself Intact?Spoiler alert: not the women.
    By Hunter Harris
  18. broadway
    Your Parents Annette Bening and Tracy Letts to Star in All My Sons on BroadwayPreviews begin April 4.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. movies
    Life Itself Wastes the Cinematic Partnership of Annette Bening and Oscar IsaacA movie about life, itself, but mostly Annette Bening smoking and Oscar Isaac looking pensive.
    By Hunter Harris
  20. the seagull
    Saoirse Ronan and Annette Bening Star in The Seagull Reaction GIFs You NeedA surprise offering from The Seagull is how eminently GIF-able this movie is.
    By Hunter Harris and Brittany Stephanis
  21. The Seagull Is a Platform for a Definitive Annette Bening PerformanceAnton Chekhov’s Arkadina is one of literature’s most narcissistic mothers — which is saying something — and yet Bening makes her damnably human.
    By David Edelstein
  22. well hello! let’s celebrate this
    Annette Bening Will Join Captain Marvel and Thanos Is QuakingWith Annette Bening in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s over for Thanos.
    By Hunter Harris
  23. casting couch
    Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm to Star in Post-9/11 Drama Torture ReportThe Torture Report is about the extreme interrogation methods used by Americans after the September 11 attacks.
    By Tolly Wright
  24. This Is Us Creator Unites Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde in Life Itself TrailerWritten and directed by This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman.
    By Hunter Harris
  25. The Seagull Trailer Unites Annette Bening and Saoirse Ronan, FinallyTwo queens!
    By Hunter Harris
  26. last night on late night
    Annette Bening Needs to Know Where Kimmel Was During Warren Beatty’s Oscar GaffeBeatty might still have Emma Stone’s La La Land envelope.
    By Jackson McHenry
  27. chat room
    Annette Bening Loves California Pizza Kitchen and Dancing Sans Warren Beatty“You know how some people — men — won’t dance. It’s so annoying.”
    By Hunter Harris
  28. Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Is Awkward, But an Annette Bening ShowpieceThe story is too bounded, like a theater piece, but it’s a thrill to see Bening in juicy parts like this.
    By David Edelstein
  29. The Story Behind That Sexy Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Dance SceneAnnette Bening and Jamie Bell improvised it entirely.
    By Lisa Liebman
  30. what could have been
    Annette Bening Explains Why She Was Cut From American Crime Story: KatrinaBening, a true professional, says her character being cut is for the good of the narrative.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  31. party lines
    Annette Bening Describes Warren Beatty’s First Move in Their Romance“He told this story long ago without my permission! But anyway, his version is much better, I’m sorry. You’re getting my version.”
    By Hunter Harris
  32. Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Trailer: Bening and Bell Will Shatter YouBening and Bell play a pair of star-crossed lovers in the devastating Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.
    By Hunter Harris
  33. Best Actress Watch: Will the Oscars Make It Up to Annette Bening This Year?Will the Oscars make it up to her for that 20th Century Women snub?
    By Kyle Buchanan
  34. switcheroos
    American Crime Story: Katrina Gets Overhaul — But We’ll Still Get Sarah PaulsonThe installment is also getting new source material.
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. casting couch
    Annette Bening Is Doing Life, Itself With Oscar Isaac and Olivia WildeDan Fogelman (This Is Us) is writing and directing the multigenerational romance.
    By Tolly Wright
  36. casting couch
    Annette Bening Cast in Katrina: American Crime StoryGovernor Blanco oversaw the response and rebuilding of New Orleans.
    By Halle Kiefer
  37. chat room
    Mike Mills on 20th C. Women’s Oscar Nomination“You can choose any of her lines and imagine Bogart saying them and you’d be fine.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  38. candy
    Annette Bening Prefers Emoji to Words“I like the thumbs-up. I’m also big on the heart.” 
    By Halle Kiefer
  39. movie review
    Mike Mills’s 20th Century Women Is an Absolute DelightAnnette Bening is too singular to be summed up in a few tired adjectives. She’s irreducible.
    By David Edelstein
  40. video
    Watch Annette Bening Dance to Black Flag in This 20th Century Women ClipAnnette Bening’s confused dancing is what you needed today.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  41. party chat
    Annette Bening Sure Missed Real Cigarettes“It’s like sitting in front of a fireplace.”
    By Kat Ward
  42. year in culture 2016
    The Best Film Performances of 2016It would be much easier to make a Worst Performances of 2016 list than one that could do justice to all the terrific ones.
    By David Edelstein
  43. last night on late night
    Steve Harvey Hijacked the Tonight Show to Host Family FeudAnnette Bening, Greta Gerwig, and Jimmy Fallon versus the Roots.
    By Tolly Wright
  44. trailer mix
    Watch the 20th Century Women TrailerSet in Santa Barbara in 1979.
    By Jackson McHenry
  45. warren beatty
    Warren Beatty Eats at California Pizza KitchenBut does he order the Thai chicken?
    By Jackson McHenry
  46. oscars
    Why Michael Keaton Lost: The Academy Doesn’t Love Comeback StoriesMichael Keaton’s loss is not that surprising given Oscar’s history.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  47. theater review
    Theater Review: King Lear, Starring John LithgowThis production is a statue not fully liberated from the stone.
    By Jesse Green
  48. trailer mix
    See a Trailer for The Artist Director’s New FilmMichel Hazanavicius looks at the Second Chechen War.
    By Jesse David Fox
  49. Annette Bening and Director Jay Roach Are Making a Comedy Aimed at HBOFour-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening has teamed up with filmmaker Jay Roach for a new comedy series, Deadline reports. The show is called The […]
    By Bradford Evans
  50. in development
    Annette Bening and Jay Roach Making a Comedy Aimed at HBOThe Third Coast, featuring Bening as a casting director in New Mexico.
    By Zach Dionne
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