Norman Jewison: a staggering array of work from Hollywood’s master craftsman
Peter Bradshaw
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
October 2023
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
April 2023
Retrograde review – toxicity meets integrity in exceptional Sidney Poitier drama
Belafonte is gone, Poitier went before him. They were the titans who uplifted our world
Candace Allen
March 2023
TV review
Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America review – David Harewood’s interviews are puzzlingly shallow
Buck and the Preacher review – Poitier and Belafonte are a dream team in breezy western
December 2022
The Observer's obituaries of 2022
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
September 2022
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: the best Sidney Poitier films
First look review
Sidney review – Poitier’s epic life story a paean to charm, talent and heroism
June 2022
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
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
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