Connecting an actor’s onscreen personality with his or her offscreen reality tends to be a dicey proposition. But in “Faye,” an addictive and essential portrait of Faye Dunaway, it turns out to be the ...
“Faye,” a documentary memoir of Faye Dunaway, begins with the “Chinatown” star barking orders at her interviewer, saying, “We need to shoot. I’m here now, come on.” It’s a perfect introduction to an ...
Faye Dunaway took risks, racking up three best actress Oscar nominations (and one win) for playing a string of problematic women who dared the audience to have their backs. In turn, Dunaway herself ...
Celebrity biodocs are like feral cats these days: A half-dozen of them on every streetcorner. But Faye (now streaming on Max), a retrospective on the life and career of superstar actor Faye Dunaway, ...
After revealing some of her most intimate struggles in her HBO documentary, Faye Dunaway feels a weight lifted. The Academy Award winner said she “dug deep” to discuss her experiences with bipolar ...
"I’m glad you see it as a redemption story. To some extent it is." HBO's celebratory showbiz documentary, “Faye,” directed by Laurent Bouzereau, showcases Dunaway as the seminal 1970s screen actress ...
As a young cinephile in the late ’60s and early ‘70s I was always a little frightened by Faye Dunaway. I was too young to have caught Bonnie and Clyde during its 1967 theatrical run (there’s being ...
It’s described as maybe the greatest Hollywood photo ever taken. There is Faye Dunaway sprawled on a chair next to the Beverly Hills Hotel swimming pool the morning after her Oscar win. Newspapers ...
The film connects Dunaway's volcanic personality to her stormy characters but also suggests that she was unfairly maligned for her demanding ways. Her acting in “Network” is stupendous, and “Faye” ...