Category: Actress
Mary Pickford: The Heart of the Movies in 50 Beats
So iconic, wonderful, inspiring, a treasure for all film-lovers, Mary Pickford might well be the most important woman in the history of cinema. So varied,…
Directed By Women September – Player: Dark River (2017)
Clio Barnard’s follow-up to the brilliant The Selfish Giant, is the psychological drama Dark River, which deals with the effects of post traumatic stress disorder,…
Re-Examining the 2019 Best Actress Race
So, back in March right after the 90th Oscars took place, I did a premature overview of the Best Actress race. But now that festival…
Performance: Harriet Andersson in Through a Glass Darkly
I recently gushed over Harriet Andersson for her career-defining performance in Summer with Monika. A catapult, too, for her director Ingmar Bergman. I fell in…
Top 20 Meryl Streep Performances Ranked
The Top 20 performances by Meryl Streep, as voted for by you, is like a treasure chest of golden acting. On the flip side, so…
VOTE – the Greatest Performances of Meryl Streep
With Meryl Streep‘s birthday coming up, its the perfect time to honor the ridiculously brilliant career of the actress. Now in her fifth decade of…
L'été meurtrier: Red Hot Isabelle Adjani Kills It In One Deadly Summer
There is a sweltering heat, shimmering sweat, at the very opening of L’été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer), when Elle steps into the frame. “That girl”…
Happy Birthday Helena
Helena Bonham Carter is a national treasure, who is a talented actress who can transform into any character she wishes. To celebrate her birthday on…
Cate Blanchett – Ten from a “10”
Every generation has one, maybe two, if they’re lucky. So solid are their statures that when they are tagged with just a first or last name, a stream of images and sound bites cascades in one’s memory. Streep, Redgrave, Signoret, Christie, Hepburn, Garbo and Bergman. Add to that, Blanchett.
Red Hot! How Red Headed Woman Played Hard to Get with the Censors
I made up my mind a long time ago, I’m not gonna spend my whole life on the wrong side of the railroad tracks. Lil…
Happy (Go-Lucky) Birthday to Sally Hawkins
I love disappearing. That’s what acting is. For me it’s about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It’s my face, but…
Why Rooney Mara’s Pie Eating Scene Defines A Ghost Story
David Lowery’s A Ghost Story was one of 2017’s most divisive films, but there is no denying the power of Rooney Mara’s performance. As it is…
A Birthday Toast to Emma Thompson
It’s one thing to have “actor, author, screenwriter, and activist” on one’s resume; its quite another to continue to realize them as competently as Emma Thompson. Well, perhaps “competently” is a bit of an understatement.
The Brilliance That Is Saoirse Ronan As Hanna Simply Has To Be Experienced Again
Saoirse Ronan is the name at the top of the poster for the 2011 film Hanna. And rightly so. Getting your name ahead of someone…
