Actors Rita Moreno and George Chakiris remember the original ‘West Side Story’
Moreno became the first Latina actor to win an Oscar for her role as Anita in the 1961 film. Chakiris won an Academy Award for his performance as Bernardo. Originally broadcast in 2021 and 2001.
From Steph Curry to ‘Squid Game,’ this year-end list will surprise and delight you
As the year draws to a close, critic John Powers singles out seven revelatory people or things that made 2021 a little brighter. At the top of his list? Basketball star Steph Curry.
Spielberg offers a more complete telling of musical theater classic ‘West Side Story’
Tony and Maria, Sharks and Jets — Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner take a fresh look at the musical theater classic West Side Story.
Lina Wertmüller, first woman nominated for Oscar in directing, has died
The Italian filmmaker made extravagant, eye-popping films. She used to say she wasn’t surprised to be the first woman nominated for an Oscar in directing — she was only surprised that she didn’t win.
Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ will make you believe in movies again
This is the first musical Spielberg’s ever made, but he proves a natural: Few other American filmmakers have a more instinctive sense of rhythm and visual flow, or more direct access to your emotions.
‘Being the Ricardos’ dramatizes Lucy and Desi’s very complicated relationship
Aaron Sorkin’s latest film zeroes in on one very stressful week in the lives of Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), when Lucy was accused of being a Communist.
Halle Berry entered the ring ready — she’s been a fighter all her life
Berry stars as a disgraced MMA fighter in Bruised — a film she also directed. It’s a role that she identifies with fundamentally: “I’ve also been a fighter my whole life, my whole career.”
Mel Brooks says his only regret as a comedian is the jokes he didn’t tell
Brooks wrote countless edgy jokes over the years, but he doesn’t regret any of them. He calls comedy his “delicious refuge” from the world. “I hide in humor,” he says. His new memoir is All About Me!
‘Drive My Car’ may be the most absorbing ride you take all year
After his wife’s death, a middle-aged stage actor forms an unlikely bond with the 20-something woman sent to be his chauffeur. Drive My Car is an intricately structured drama about love and loss.
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