Tag Archives: Cate Blanchett

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

Posted on March 8, 2023 by sheila

These women inspire, entertain, challenge, comfort, provoke, or were “there” in my formative years as an inspiration. The list is huge. Below the jump.

Posted in Actors, Art/Photography, Directors, Personal, writers | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Abigail Adams, Agnes Varda, Aline MacMahon, Ann Savage, Anna Karina, Anne Frank, Anne V. Coates, Annie Proulx, art, Aubrey Plaza, Australia, Austria, Barbara Bel Geddes, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Bibi Andersson, Brazil, Britney Spears, Busby Berkeley, Camille Paglia, Canada, Carole Lombard, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Rampling, China, Diane Keaton, Dolly Parton, Drew Barrymore, Ellen von Unwerth, England, Eve Babitz, France, Frances Farmer, Gena Rowlands, George Eliot, Georgia, Germany, Gloria Grahame, Golshifteh Farahani, Greta Garbo, Greta Gerwig, Harriet Andersson, Hediyeh Tehrani, Hong Kong, Ida Lupino, Ingrid Thulin, Iran, Ireland, Isabelle Huppert, Italy, Janet Malcolm, Japan, Jean Arthur, Jeanette Winterson, Jill Clayburgh, Joan Crawford, Joan Didion, Joanna Hogg, Josephine Decker, Judy Garland, Julie Christie, Kate Lyn Sheil, Keri Hulme, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, L.M. Montgomery, Laura Dern, Laurette Taylor, Leila Hatami, Lily Tomlin, Liv Ullmann, Madeleine L'Engle, Madeline Kahn, Maggie Cheung, Marianne Moore, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Graham, Mary Oliver, Maud Gonne, Mélanie Laurent, Mia Hansen-Løve, Nancy Savoca, Natalie Portman, Nina Hoss, Nina Simone, Olivia Laing, Olympia Dukakis, Patricia Highsmith, Pauline Kael, photography, Poland, Rebecca West, Romania, Rosalind Russell, Russia, Sandrine Bonnaire, Shabnam Toloui, Shirley Jackson, Sophia Takal, South Korea, Spain, Supernatural, Sweden, Tana French, Taraneh Alidoosti, The Netherlands, Tiffany Haddish, Tina Turner, Tuesday Weld, Wanda Jackson, women directors | 96 Comments

NYFCC 2022 Awards

Posted on December 3, 2022 by sheila

If you’ve been reading entertainment news then you already know: Yesterday, all the members of the NYFCC met up at Lincoln Center to vote on this year’s awards. It was so good to see people – friends I rarely get … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged animation, Cate Blanchett, China, documentary, drama, Iran, Iranian film, Ireland, Poland, Scotland, South Korea, women directors | 4 Comments

November 2022 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 3, 2022 by sheila

Something in the Dirt (2022; d. Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson) I really liked this. If you like losing yourself in conspiracy theories – without being, like, a QAnon-type ready to shoot up a pizza parlor – then this is super … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Alan Ladd, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Cate Blanchett, Claude Rains, crime movies, D.H. Lawrence, documentary, drama, England, France, historical drama, horror, Iran, Iranian film, Isabelle Huppert, Jafar Panahi, Joanna Hogg, Joe Berlinger, John Garfield, Nina Hoss, noir, Poland, Ralph Macchio, Russia, sci-fi, South Korea, Steven Spielberg, Tilda Swinton, true crime, women directors | 3 Comments

Keep your eye on the star

Posted on November 22, 2022 by sheila

When Tommy Lee Jones came and talked at my grad school, he was asked how he prepared for his role in The Fugitive. He said he talked to a US Marshal and basically got the expected answer … “I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss | 1 Comment

December 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 10, 2022 by sheila

Nightmare Alley (2021; d. Guillermo del Toro) I will re-post here the thoughts I jotted down on Facebook after I saw it for the first time. I absolutely loved this film. Nightmare Alley is gorgeously shot, with an ominous moody … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies | Tagged animation, Anna Karina, biopic, Cate Blanchett, children's movies, comedy, Costa-Gavras, drama, Elia Kazan, France, Jane Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, John Keats, Lady From Shanghai, noir, Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Romania, romantic drama, sci-fi, short film, The Rolling Stones, women directors | 4 Comments

“Masters of the Acting Art”: An Interview with Author Dan Callahan

Posted on March 25, 2019 by sheila

Dan Callahan is one of our best writers on the craft of acting. Not only does he describe why a performance is good, he digs into the much thornier issue of how it is good. This is where most critics … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Al Pacino, Cate Blanchett, Charles Laughton, Diane Keaton, Dustin Hoffman, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway, Gena Rowlands, interviews, John Cassavetes, Judy Davis, Laurence Olivier, Lee Strasberg, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Patricia Clarkson, River Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Stella Adler | 11 Comments

Year in Review: Shooting My Mouth Off in 2017

Posted on December 29, 2017 by sheila

It’s been a God-awful year in so many unprecedented ways. It’s also been a great year for me professionally (which has brought with it its own set of challenges.) Here are some of the things I’ve written this year. Reviews, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Television | Tagged Actors Studio, Bette Davis, Carrie Fisher, Cate Blanchett, documentary, East of Eden, Elvis Presley, Greta Gerwig, Groundhog Day, Harry Dean Stanton, Howard Hawks, Isabelle Huppert, Jack Garfein, Jerry Lewis, Joachim Trier, Joan Crawford, John Steinbeck, July and Half of August, Kim Stanley, Kristen Stewart, Mary Astor, Pat McCurdy, Robert Duvall, Sam Shepard, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, William Faulkner, women directors, year in writing | 15 Comments

November 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 2, 2017 by sheila

This viewing diary may be tough going for those of you who are not Supernatural fans. But there’s a lot more mixed in there that is not that damn show. I was on a viewing tear, in general, to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Afghanistan, Agnes Varda, Cate Blanchett, Dennis Hopper, documentary, England, France, Isabelle Huppert, Israel, Joachim Trier, Joan Didion, Kentucker Audley, Kristen Stewart, Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Altman, Russia, Sebastián Lelio, Steven Spielberg, Supernatural, Terrence Malick, Tiffany Haddish, women directors | 29 Comments

May 2017 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 2, 2017 by sheila

Chuck (2017; d. Philippe Falardeau) A movie about the “real life Rocky,” the “bleeder from Bayonne” Chuck Wepner, starring Liev Schreiber. My review for Ebert. Take Me (2017; d. Pat Healy) God, I loved this movie. Please seek it out. … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Canada, Cate Blanchett, Denmark, documentary, Germany, Iran, Israel, Margaret Atwood, Mike Nichols, Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, Twin Peaks, women directors | 60 Comments

Review: Manifesto (2017)

Posted on May 10, 2017 by sheila

I went long on this review and I went into some of my obsessions: performance, masks, stardom, personality, “playing yourself,” and what I call Persona Acting. Manifesto – which is not like anything else – where Cate Blanchett plays 13 … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged art, Cate Blanchett, drama, Germany, reviews | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Cate Blanchett

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

NYFCC 2022 Awards

November 2022 Viewing Diary

Keep your eye on the star

December 2021 Viewing Diary

“Masters of the Acting Art”: An Interview with Author Dan Callahan

Year in Review: Shooting My Mouth Off in 2017

November 2017 Viewing Diary

May 2017 Viewing Diary

Review: Manifesto (2017)

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