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Category Archives: Actors
Happy Birthday, Talullah Bankhead
That very well may be my favorite image in Image History. It’s from a scene in the extremely disturbing (even by modern standards) 1931 film The Cheat. Her character takes an upsetting phone-call during a costume party, where she un-ironically … Continue reading
R.I.P. Dorothy Malone
The actress – whose career spanned over 50 years, has died at the age of 93. My first exposure to her was in Howard Hawks’ The Big Sleep, where she is absolutely unforgettable in her one scene with Humphrey Bogart … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Cary Grant: Mitchell and I discuss
This is part of an ongoing series, where Mitchell and I discuss actors. I pick the names. I ask Mitchell to describe them in one word. And then we discuss. We “did” Cary Grant. Of course. CARY GRANT SOM: One … Continue reading
Elvis as Actor: Playing Himself
For Elvis’ birthday, here’s the essay I wrote for Film Comment about his gifts as an actor.
Great Performances of 2017: Rogerebert.com
The group of regular critics at Rogerebert.com weighed in on what we consider to be some of the Great Performances of 2017. It was my great pleasure to write about Garrett Hedlund’s performance in Mudbound (streaming on Netflix: you need … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged Garrett Hedlund, Harry Dean Stanton, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton
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Katharine Hepburn shows you how to make a Christmas ornament: “Take the scissors and throw them because WHY DO YOU NEED THEM?”
My friend Alexandra Billings is …….. insane? I think that’s the word I’m looking for?
All Hail Tiffany Haddish
I am proud, in general, of all of our picks for the 2017 NYFCC awards. Not all my picks won but I’m happy with the eclectic group AND the fact that so many “newcomers” are being honored. When you consider … Continue reading
2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Today the New York Film Critics Circle – of which I am a brand new member – voted for our annual awards. It’s quite a large group of people so the voting took time – it’s a blind vote, and … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged Agnes Varda, Greta Gerwig, New York, Paul Thomas Anderson, Tiffany Haddish
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“I’ve been thinking about this guy on the ocean floor for like 4 years, maybe even longer.” – Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart’s 17-minute short film, Come Swim, is a collage piece, filled with strange and powerful images that reverberate and echo, all accompanied by repetitive whispers, giggles, gurgles, the sound of water. Lapping waves, a pouring downpour, gurgles, roaring, rushing. … Continue reading