Tag: Actober
Actober: Faye Dearest – A Defence of Dunaway's Performance in Mommie Dearest
“Of all the actresses, to me, only Faye Dunaway has the talent and the class and the courage it takes to make a real star.”…
Actober: JK Simmons – Three Key Roles
In a career that started in the late eighties, JK Simmons has earned a reputation of being a hardworking character actor. Working in theatre, TV, and…
Actober: 50 Major Child Performances 4/10
Some children are honored or burdened with carrying the world on their shoulders. Given such responsibilities might well alter the child’s eye view of their…
Actober: James Stewart's Career Best Performance in Veritgo
James Stewart had an impressive career spanning 60 years. He was a major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, who was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth…
Actober: 50 Major Child Performances 3/10
The delay in getting the third installment out of the great children’s performances, I could easily blame on my own kids. That’d be ironic. And…
Actober: Mark Duplass, That Actor From, You Know, That Thing
My wife is a huge fan of certain Mark Duplass. And you probably don’t even know who he is. Or at least, not by name….
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 46: He Is Heath Ledger
Podcast 46 pays a loving tribute to an actor we lost ten years ago now. Hostess Bianca Garner has Jonathan Holmes, and new-to-the-show Chris Regan…
Actober: The Essential Juliette Binoche Watchlist
As I look back at my own film honors over the decades, both on paper, and in my fond film memories, French Juliette Binoche pops…
Masterpiece Memo: Alice et Martin (1998, directed by Andre Techine)
Following her Oscar win for The English Patient, Juliette Binoche returned to her native France and acted in Alice et Martin. This reunited her with…
Actober: 50 Major Child Performances 2/10
So onto part two of the bunch of kids shining bright in the movies. The following batch are not exactly nuisances per se, but boy…
Actober: I Quite Like Idris Elba
Idris Elba is a very good actor, who’s been in some brilliant stuff, TV shows especially. He also seems to be an alright guy. Whenever I’ve…
Actober: 50 Major Child Performances 1/10
How many of you have cherished memories of your children performing in plays at school? And you would videotape them, take photographs. Gush with other…
Actober: Jean Gabin in La Bete Humaine
Jean Renoir’s “La Bete Humaine” is contradictory by design. It is a film that explores the darkest aspects of human nature, and how someone can be…
The Top 10: What are the Legitimate Best Nicolas Cage Performances?
So we asked What are the Legitimate Best Nicolas Cage Performances? And many of you voted, picking up to 10. We were kind of going…