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'Sidney' Tackles The Not-So-Comfortable Conversations About A Black Cinema Icon
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoIt’s not about sensationalizing or even tarnishing the reputation of Sidney Poitier. Rather, the new...
Poitras, Poitier & ‘Patrick’: TIFF’s Documentary Premieres Throw Awards Race Into Focus
Deadline via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe Oscar race came into sharper focus at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, with...
‘Sidney’ Review: A Screen Legend’s Life Too Big to Capture
Rolling Stone via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoHe was our first Black movie star, in a certain, classical sense of that term. Other Black actors...
‘Sidney’ Review: Poitier Finally Gets the Documentary He Deserves
Indiewire via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoNo one is better at telling Sidney Poitier’s story than Sidney Poitier himself. The brilliance of...
‘Sidney’ Review: Top Black Talents Pay Homage to Poitier’s Legacy in Oprah Winfrey-Produced Doc
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA pioneering movie star intensely aware of his place in film history, Sidney Poitier published no...
Oprah's Sidney Poitier doc has an all-star cast — but not every A-lister made the cut
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe film also marks the first time Poitier’s former wife has spoken publicly about the actor, with...
Lana Turner: The volatile, legendary story of Hollywood’s first modern celebrity film star
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoINSIDE FILM: Once known as the Sweater Girl thanks to a particularly tight jumper in her first role,...
Review: 'Sidney' celebrates Poitier's legacy, but does not go deep enough
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoSidney Poitier, who died in January at age 94, shouldn’t have been the only Black leading man of his talent, magnetism and stature in his Hollywood heyday, when all the firsts were his. But ...