Mr. Tolbert, a high school dropout, went on to play a central role in an early effort to improve the way that blacks were portrayed on film.

Bruce Dern and Will Forte talk about starring in “Nebraska” for Alexander Payne.

In “The East,” director Zal Batmanglij returns to the theme of group dynamics run amok, this time with a political twist.

A new film recalls how, 50 years ago, Hannah Arendt’s “Eichmann in Jerusalem” set off furious debates and coined the phrase “the banality of evil.”

James Franco, whose Faulkner adaptation for the big-screen, “As I Lay Dying,” is playing at Cannes, discusses his love of Faulkner and his ability to handle multiple projects at once.

Feeling bogged down in “The Avengers,” Joss Whedon intended to take a vacation, but ended up making “Much Ado About Nothing” instead.

Joss Whedon knows the way to a cultist’s heart.

He can probably finance his own movie. Does that mean he should have to?

Nick Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson on “Parks and Recreation,” talks about his stage act and his new film, “The Boys of Summer.”

Times critics on “Before Midnight,” “Fill the Void” and “We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks.”