In the Heat of the Night

What’s Your Favorite Sidney Poitier Performance?

01.10.22 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: A Raisin in the Sun, Blackboard Jungle. The Defiant Ones, For Love of Ivy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, Sidney Poitier, The Organization, They call Me Mister Tibbs, To Sir with Love, Uptown Saturday Night | no comments

To Sir With Love

As we continue to remember the iconic Sidney Poitier, we ask you to tell us which of his many unforgettable performances was your favorite. Vote below, and share with us your memories on Mr. Poitier in the comments below. Previously…

Sidney Poitier: The Defiant One

01.07.22 | Jay Steinberg | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Actor Profiles, For Love of Ivy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, obituaries, Sidney Poitier, Sneakers, Stir Crazy, The Defiant Ones | 1 comment

Sidney Poitier (1965)

Sidney Poitier: The life and career of the first African-American performer to achieve major Hollywood stardom is explored with his watershed roles of the 1950s and ’60s and beyond…

“In the Heat of the Night” Is Now Available via the Criterion Collection

02.24.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1960s films, Academy Award Winners, In the Heat of the Night, Norman Jewison, Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier | no comments

On this day where we celebrate Hollywood’s greatest, let us look back at a true great, the Best Picture-winning In the Heat of the Night. This groundbreaking 1967 drama based on John Ball’s novel stars Sidney Poitier as Philadelphia homicide…

“The Wife” and a Criterion Collection Release of “In the Heat of the Night” Are Now Available

01.29.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Ben Vereen, Bob Fosse, Criterion Collection, David Niven, Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, Glenn Close, Helen Mirren, In the Heat of the Night, Jane Greer, Jessica Lange, Joel Edgerton, Joel McCrea, Jonathan Pryce, Larry Hagman, Linda Blair, Mark Hamill, Maureen O'Hara, Maureen O'Sullivan, Penelope Spheeris, Peter Lawford, Rod Steiger, Roy Scheider, Russell Croew, Sidney Poitier, Superman, Tarzan, Tarzan Movies, The Wife, Warner Archive Collection | 2 comments

Glenn Close‘s Academy Award-nominated performance in The Wife is the most notable DVD/Blu-ray of the week, and it is joined by several acclaimed films getting Criterion Collection and Warner Archive Collection releases, as well as other theatrical hits and critical…

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