NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Music | Directed by George C. Wolfe
Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman star in a potent adaptation of August Wilson’s play.


Viola Davis stars in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” August Wilson’s 1984 play about a recording session in Chicago in the 1920s.
By A.O. SCOTT