Every year, @NYTMag chooses actors from the year’s standout films to star in a series of short films. Dancing to choreography by Justin Peck and music by Caroline Shaw, these are the Great Performers of 2018. nyti.ms/2RWBdgg
Julia Roberts transforms a dreary subway ride to work into a Fred Astaire-inspired daydream nyti.ms/2Equ4kV
Ethan Hawke is a diner who vents his anxiety with the flair of a bullfighter nyti.ms/2EoWHix
Yalitza Aparicio does a slow, meditative twirl with newly-picked flowers in this Great Performers short film nyti.ms/2Eqe3M3
A serendipitous downpour prompts Elsie Fisher’s homage to Gene Kelly nyti.ms/2EppwLJ
A brush against an attic cobweb leads to a case of the shivers for Toni Collette nyti.ms/2RMMaR7
Waiting at the doctor's office, Yoo Ah-In dances away his impatience nyti.ms/2Ere9D5
Olivia Colman stars as a barista who watches as 2 customers, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, battle over a cup of coffee nyti.ms/2EqCvwC
Regina Hall awakes — before deciding to fall back into bed nyti.ms/2RS5Gfl
Lakeith Stanfield stars as a 1930s-era construction worker who high-steps his way across a girder nyti.ms/2EpDwVS
