When Jeffrey Wright ... oh wow! Wright wears a Dior Men jacket, shirt, and pants; Paul Smith tie; Falke socks; Boss shoes. You have love scenes in American Fiction. You’ve rarely been a romantic ...

Jeffrey Wright is earning awards-season kudos for his grumpy role in the acclaimed satire “American Fiction,” playing what he lovingly calls an “equal-opportunity misanthrope.” Even his ...

Actor Jeffrey Wright stars in the new film "American Fiction." It tells the story of an author who jokingly writes a book filled with Black stereotypes that inadvertently becomes his biggest hit.

In 1955, James Baldwin penned an essay criticizing American protest fiction, a genre that he ... Thelonious Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) is a middle-aged Black man in the throes of a creative crisis.

His greatest ally in this is no less an actor than Jeffrey Wright ... novels in the “African American Studies” section, rather than where they belong: under “Fiction.” ...

Even so, American Fiction mostly works, largely because its star, Jeffrey Wright, channels the fighting spirit of Everett’s book even in this more audience-friendly context. This isn’t a case ...

Could Cord Jefferson and Jeffrey Wright be the new Scorsese and De Niro? There’s definitely magic happening between the debuting director and his venerable star in “American Fiction.” ...

Answer: No limits. Erika Alexander, as Coraline, and Jeffrey Wright, as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison, in a scene from "American Fiction." Claire Folger/Orion Pictures Jefferson, who won a writing ...

Jeffrey Wright, the star of “American Fiction,” was the only actor director Cord Jefferson had in mind to play lead character Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in his adaptation of Percival ...

Jeffrey Wright, star of Cord Jefferson’s provocative debut feature American Fiction, says he felt a personal affinity with his character Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in the film, in part ...