The Movie That Can Help You Understand Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Senate Speech NYT | Top Stories By: Alissa Wilkinson 3 April 2025 at 05:31 “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” starring Jimmy Stewart as a naïve senator, explores the idealism — and reality — behind the tactic. © Columbia Pictures, via Everett CollectionJimmy Stewart’s junior senator undertakes a daylong filibuster in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”
Val Kilmer: A Life in Pictures NYT | Top Stories 3 April 2025 at 00:59 A charismatic and handsome leading man in the 1990s, Kilmer played both superhero and rock star. © Michael Tighe/Donaldson Collection, via Getty Images
Val Kilmer in ‘Batman Forever’ Was a True 1990s Moment NYT | Top Stories By: Marc Tracy 3 April 2025 at 01:42 The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era. © Warner Bros./Sunset Boulevard and Corbis, via Getty ImagesVal Kilmer’s one-time role as Batman came in the 1995 film “Batman Forever.”
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65 NYT | Top Stories By: Bruce Weber 2 April 2025 at 11:45 A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade. © Mark Humphrey/Associated PressVal Kilmer posing for a portrait in Nashville, Tenn. in 2014.