Awards
Perhaps more popular in death than in life, King George VI has been portrayed a myriad of times on film, television, the stage and even radio, most recently by Oscar winner Colin Firth in 2010’s “The King’s Speech,” James Purefoy in this year’s fine feature, “Churchill,” and Jared Harris on the acclaimed Netflix series “The Crown.”
Dec. 14, 2017
Movies
The Australian character actor Ben Mendelsohn was at a slopeside hotel last weekend, lugging a large piece of orange luggage out the front door.
Jan. 28, 2015
You can practically smell the cigarette smoke and bourbon-soaked desperation wafting through “Mississippi Grind,” a nicely observed throwback of a road movie about a pair of gambling addicts en route from Dubuque, Iowa, to a high-stakes poker game in New Orleans.
Oct. 1, 2015
Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn and Garrett Hedlund co-star in a rural Michigan family drama you keep expecting to explode into something more edgy or compelling.
Nov. 3, 2023
Television
Cynthia Erivo and Ben Mendelsohn star as the Mulder and Scully of HBO’s new procedural, adapted from the novel by Stephen King.
Jan. 10, 2020
The enigmatic and uneasy “Una” presents a disturbing love story between an older man and a 13-year-old girl — and the jagged emotional aftermath that haunts them years later.
Oct. 12, 2017
UNDERRATED Ben Mendelsohn in ‘Rogue One’: This December we’ll start getting some idea of just how many storytelling tangents the original “Star Wars” trilogy can support, but at least the casting in the first of the many spinoffs looks promising.
Nov. 6, 2016
Justin Chang reviews “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which was directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker and Riz Ahmed.
Dec. 13, 2016
Entertainment & Arts
Dec. 19, 2016
Books
All cities are cruel, but Jerusalem has a special way with heartbreak.
April 22, 2016