Ray (movie)

Friday October 15, 1999      Cedric Kahn's relentless "L'Ennui" is such a rigorous exploration of sexual obsession that it proves to be a most demanding film. Virtually devoid of eroticism and sensuality, it depicts with the utmost realism a 17-year-...

The swan song of the late Ray Charles, an album of duets called "Genius Loves Company," brought him a posthumous bounty at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, including the first trophies for album and record of the year in his long and...

The 5,800 or so members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences care about two things: impeccable craftsmanship and heart-rending emotion. They respect the former, but they out and out love the latter. Which is how "The Aviator" won five...

3 stars (out of 4) Gliding us softly into a psychotic borderland where love, hate, death and sex wildly embrace and merge, "Enduring Love"—which stars Rhys Ifans and Daniel Craig as a bizarre but believable pursuer and prey—is a gripping, very...

From the moment director Taylor Hackford starts "Ray" with a shot of Jamie Foxx's fingers hitting the piano keys and breaking into the unmistakable rhythms of "What'd I Say," it's clear that Ray Charles' unstoppable music will power this film. It's...

BEST ACTOR VIDEO: | When Jamie Foxx was handed the best actor Academy Award on Sunday for his channeling of the late, great Ray Charles, it ended one of the longer Oscar chat-ups in memory — it seemed as if Foxx's pitch and tone were being...

Nobody writes songs about January in Paris. It's cold and bleak, and the impenetrable rain clouds make 8 a.m. as dark as midnight. It's perfect weather for going to the movies, which is what I do. But I also go to the movies in Paris in April, May and...

Jamie Foxx was named best lead male movie actor for his portrayal of the late R&B legend Ray Charles in "Ray," and Hilary Swank won best female lead actor for playing a scrappy boxer in "Million Dollar Baby" on Saturday night at the 11th annual Screen...

Last year, New Line Cinema's blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was playing in 2,558 theaters on the day it received 11 Oscar nominations. This year, "Vera Drake," a movie put out by New Line's corporate sibling, unexpectedly...

Complete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage And the best picture nomination goes to — well, we'll get back to you. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the year's five best picture nominees. But it hasn't...

Complete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage "The Aviator," an old-fashioned Hollywood epic about Howard Hughes' obsessions, romances and crippling neuroses, captured 11 nominations to take the lead for the 77th annual Academy Awards,...

Return with us to the days of yesteryear, when glamorous movie stars roamed the streets of Los Angeles — and dinner was served during the Academy Awards ceremony. Imagine, if you will, the Cocoanut Grove, where the awards presentation banquets were...