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Denzel Washington
January 13, 2022
Jo Livingstone
The Satisfying Dourness of Joel Coen’s
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star as grown-up versions of the Macbeths, with dangerous ambitions and onerous responsibilities.
January 14, 2021
Jake Lamar
August Wilson’s Uncompromising Vision for
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
It has taken decades for his Century Cycle plays to reach the screen—but not for lack of interest.
February 24, 2014
Jason Farago
Five Dramatic Actors Who Should Be Comedians
Colin Firth would look so fetching in drag
August 2, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
What Mark Wahlberg Can Learn From Denzel Washington's Decline
Lessons from the action flick '2 Guns'
August 27, 2012
David Thomson
The Riddle of Tony Scott
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