The real-life Nuremberg trials in the aftermath of World War II have long provided fodder for film. Judgment at Nuremberg is ...

One of the easiest ways to manufacture hype for an up-and-coming star is to call them the second coming of somebody else, even if there hasn’t been anyone to roll off the Hollywood production line who ...

Few people would imagine that one of the best ways to become a beast is to watch Spencer Tracy movies.

Restored to its original length and screening at the Museum of Modern Art, this 1933 movie starring Spencer Tracy feels at once surprisingly frank and disquietingly coy. By J. Hoberman A celebrant of ...

In the 1930 comedy Up the River, two inmates break out of prison to help their former roommate avoid a life of crime. The film, which was a modest hit in its time, is largely remembered as the first ...

Spencer Tracy is a man of many moods, and he is rich and famous enough to indulge them—even while the cameras are rolling. In one of two new pictures he worked hard and gave a performance that may ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

There's a great story about a great actor between the covers of "Spencer Tracy: A Biography," yet it's tougher to get to than it ought to be. An excellent researcher and writer, author James Curtis ...

Few people would imagine that one of the best ways to become a beast is to watch Spencer Tracy movies. Not, however, Tracy's lone foray into the horror genre, the 1941 version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.