Sidney Poitier
Norman Jewison: a staggering array of work from Hollywood’s master craftsman
The virtuoso Canadian helped craft much of postwar Hollywood cinema, directing Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night, Topol in Fiddler on the Roof and Cher in Moonstruck
Peter Bradshaw
22, Jan, 2024 @9:20 PM
Cry, the Beloved Country review – utterly absorbing tale from the birth of apartheid
Zoltan Korda’s 1951 adaptation of Alan Paton’s crusading novel is filled with passion and moral fortitude
Peter Bradshaw
05, Oct, 2023 @12:00 PM
Retrograde review – toxicity meets integrity in exceptional Sidney Poitier drama
Ryan Calais Cameron’s terrific three-hander dramatises a meeting in 1955 Hollywood, mapping the dilemmas that actors of colour still face
Arifa Akbar
27, Apr, 2023 @12:42 PM
Belafonte is gone, Poitier went before him. They were the titans who uplifted our world | Candace Allen
For us in the African diaspora, they were pioneers who challenged and changed attitudes towards Black men, says Candace Allen, a writer and film-maker
Candace Allen
25, Apr, 2023 @6:30 PM
Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America review – David Harewood’s interviews are puzzlingly shallow
This look at the icons of Black creativity in the US sees the actor on infectious form. But he fails to offer any insight on complex issues – leaving this documentary feeling jolly, but bland
Leila Latif
30, Mar, 2023 @9:00 PM
Buck and the Preacher review – Poitier and Belafonte are a dream team in breezy western
Sidney Poitier’s terrifically enjoyable directorial debut from 1972, in which he stars opposite Harry Belafonte, is rereleased in all its galloping glory
Peter Bradshaw
01, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM
Sidney Poitier remembered by Sydney Tamiia Poitier
The screen star’s daughter tells how her appreciation of his cultural and political significance grew – and what he taught her about acting
Sydney Tamiia Poitier
11, Dec, 2022 @6:00 PM
Streaming: the best Sidney Poitier films
An engaging new Apple TV+ documentary about the trailblazing actor is an ideal introduction to his work, from Blackboard Jungle to In the Heat of the Night
Guy Lodge
24, Sep, 2022 @7:00 AM
Sidney review – Poitier’s epic life story a paean to charm, talent and heroism
Directed by Reginald Hudlin, this Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary is an eloquent rebuke to the ‘sellout’ narrative that bedevilled Poitier’s stellar career
Peter Bradshaw
11, Sep, 2022 @1:30 AM
Samuel L Jackson criticises Oscars for sidelining Poitier and losing mystique
The actor, who received an honorary Oscar this year, spoke out against the producers’ handling of the in memoriam section, as well as the choice of presenters
Catherine Shoard
15, Jun, 2022 @12:46 PM
‘Sidney Poitier was the only light at the end of the tunnel’: Don Warrington on his lifelong hero
The Trinidadian-British stage actor – and star of Death in Paradise and Rising Damp – pays tribute to a Black Hollywood pioneer
As told to Catherine Shoard
13, Jan, 2022 @9:51 AM
Sidney Poitier was a defining figure of distinguished Blackness | Todd Boyd
At a time when Black actors were forced into submissive or inarticulate roles, the actor showed strength moving through hostile white spaces with dignity
Todd Boyd
11, Jan, 2022 @3:57 PM
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