by Chad Kennerk
K.J. Relth-Miller, Director of Film Programs.
All images courtesy the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The Academy’s annual ceremony is just one aspect of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ overall examination and recognition of film. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the art, science, and artists behind the magic of the movies. Through exhibitions, curated film series and extensive programming, the Academy Museum celebrates and captures the stories behind the art of moviemaking. The museum’s David Geffen and Ted Mann theatres present a year-round robust calendar of screenings, film series, member programs, panel discussions, and more. Through retrospectives and thematic film series, the artistic and cultural contributions of those in front of and behind the camera are illuminated and explored.
One of the great actors of the 20th century, Marlon Brando studied...
K.J. Relth-Miller, Director of Film Programs.
All images courtesy the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The Academy’s annual ceremony is just one aspect of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ overall examination and recognition of film. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the art, science, and artists behind the magic of the movies. Through exhibitions, curated film series and extensive programming, the Academy Museum celebrates and captures the stories behind the art of moviemaking. The museum’s David Geffen and Ted Mann theatres present a year-round robust calendar of screenings, film series, member programs, panel discussions, and more. Through retrospectives and thematic film series, the artistic and cultural contributions of those in front of and behind the camera are illuminated and explored.
One of the great actors of the 20th century, Marlon Brando studied...
- 4/26/2024
- by Chad Kennerk
- Film Review Daily
Marlon Brando – the man whom Time magazine crowned the greatest actor of the 20th century back in 1998 – would be celebrating his 100th birthday today had he not died 20 years ago. Born on April 3, 1924, Brando was a fascinating if divisive character, a perpetually enigmatic figure whose impact not only on the acting profession but on American popular culture itself can’t be overstated. He starred in numerous iconic roles, from Stanley Kowalski in “A Streetcar Named Desire” to Terry Malloy in “On the Waterfront” to Julius Caesar in “Julius Caesar” to Vito Corleone in “The Godfather.”
While he wound up nominated for eight Academy Awards and six Golden Globes and won two of each, it was the one honor Brando rejected, of course, that came to define his awards legacy: his Best Actor win for “The Godfather” in 1973 in which he sent actress and purported Native American representative Sacheen Littlefeather (a.
While he wound up nominated for eight Academy Awards and six Golden Globes and won two of each, it was the one honor Brando rejected, of course, that came to define his awards legacy: his Best Actor win for “The Godfather” in 1973 in which he sent actress and purported Native American representative Sacheen Littlefeather (a.
- 4/3/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Everyone remembers their first time. That is the first time they saw Marlon Brando.
For the late Mike Nichols, seeing Brando on Broadway in 1947 in his seminal turn as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams‘ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” was the catalyst that lead to his career in the arts which saw him become a rare Egot winner. The teenage Nichols and his then girlfriend’s mother were given tickets for the second night of the Elia Kazan-directed production. “There had never been anything like it, I know that by now,” Nichols recalled in a 2010 L.A. Times interview. It was, to this day, the only thing onstage that I had ever seen that was 100% real and 100% poetic. Lucy and I weren’t exactly theater buffs, but we couldn’t get up at the intermission. We were just so stunned. Your heart was pounding. It was a major experience.”
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For the late Mike Nichols, seeing Brando on Broadway in 1947 in his seminal turn as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams‘ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” was the catalyst that lead to his career in the arts which saw him become a rare Egot winner. The teenage Nichols and his then girlfriend’s mother were given tickets for the second night of the Elia Kazan-directed production. “There had never been anything like it, I know that by now,” Nichols recalled in a 2010 L.A. Times interview. It was, to this day, the only thing onstage that I had ever seen that was 100% real and 100% poetic. Lucy and I weren’t exactly theater buffs, but we couldn’t get up at the intermission. We were just so stunned. Your heart was pounding. It was a major experience.”
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- 4/2/2024
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
(Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we look at Oscars categories from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy's winners stand the test of time.)
With all the milestones that have occurred throughout the 95-year history of the Academy Awards, there are still plenty of accomplishments that have not transpired. No Black woman has ever been nominated for Best Director, and no Black person has ever won that category. No animated film has ever won Best Picture, and no documentary has ever been nominated. I do believe all of these things will eventually happen in the future. As the diversity of the industry steadily increases and Academy membership gradually expands, these sorts of things must happen as time moves on.
But there is one thing I remain skeptical about when it comes to Oscars milestones. It has nothing to do with representation, nor does it have to...
With all the milestones that have occurred throughout the 95-year history of the Academy Awards, there are still plenty of accomplishments that have not transpired. No Black woman has ever been nominated for Best Director, and no Black person has ever won that category. No animated film has ever won Best Picture, and no documentary has ever been nominated. I do believe all of these things will eventually happen in the future. As the diversity of the industry steadily increases and Academy membership gradually expands, these sorts of things must happen as time moves on.
But there is one thing I remain skeptical about when it comes to Oscars milestones. It has nothing to do with representation, nor does it have to...
- 11/12/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 New York Film Festival. Amazon Studios releases the film in theaters on Friday, October 6; it starts streaming on Prime Video on Friday, January 5.
Set in 2065, Garth Davis’ “Foe” begins with some introductory text about the invention of A.I. “simulants” that are indistinguishable from human beings, which immediately prepares us for the idea that one or all of the three characters in this smart but stifling chamber piece might be swapped out for a perfect double at some point. And yet, that crucial bit of background info doesn’t seem to become relevant to this story for a curiously long time.
Instead, Davis’ screenplay — co-written by “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” author Iain Reid, and adapted from his novel of the same name — leaves it to linger in the air like a faint smell as it settles into a story...
Set in 2065, Garth Davis’ “Foe” begins with some introductory text about the invention of A.I. “simulants” that are indistinguishable from human beings, which immediately prepares us for the idea that one or all of the three characters in this smart but stifling chamber piece might be swapped out for a perfect double at some point. And yet, that crucial bit of background info doesn’t seem to become relevant to this story for a curiously long time.
Instead, Davis’ screenplay — co-written by “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” author Iain Reid, and adapted from his novel of the same name — leaves it to linger in the air like a faint smell as it settles into a story...
- 10/1/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
After of two decades of filmmaking, from “Married Life” to “Love Is Strange,” Ira Sachs has made his tenth feature with the alluring “Passages.” The unrestrained, brazenly sexy love triangle starring an all-start cast of Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, and Adèle Exarchopoulos hit big at both Sundance and Berlin.
Last January, Sachs enjoyed holding court at a Sundance steakhouse as distributors made offers. Although the MPA Ratings Board slapped an Nc-17 on “Passages,” winning suitor Mubi will release the French-produced film unrated on August 4 before making Sachs’ film available online to its 12 million subscribers.
The filmmaker Zoomed with me from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Anne Thompson: Twelve million. That’s a significant number!
Ira Sachs: They understand that there’s a large audience who is interested in personal filmmaking that has been neglected by Hollywood. There’s no interest in...
Last January, Sachs enjoyed holding court at a Sundance steakhouse as distributors made offers. Although the MPA Ratings Board slapped an Nc-17 on “Passages,” winning suitor Mubi will release the French-produced film unrated on August 4 before making Sachs’ film available online to its 12 million subscribers.
The filmmaker Zoomed with me from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Anne Thompson: Twelve million. That’s a significant number!
Ira Sachs: They understand that there’s a large audience who is interested in personal filmmaking that has been neglected by Hollywood. There’s no interest in...
- 8/2/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Treat Williams, the prolific and beloved actor who starred in Hair, Everwood, and Chesapeake Shores, has died.
According to his agent, Barry McPherson, who spoke with People on Monday, Williams died after a motorcycle accident.
McPherson told the outlet, "He was killed this afternoon. He was making a left or a right [and] a car cut him off. I'm just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented."
McPherson continued, "He was an actor's actor. Filmmakers loved him. He's been the heart of Hollywood since the late 1970s.
"He was really proud of his performance this year. He's been so happy with the work that I got him. He's had a balanced career."
According to Jacob Gribble, the Dorset, Vermont fire chief who spoke with People, the crash occurred on Monday around 5 p.m.
Investigators believe a driver was making a turn and didn't see Williams's motorcycle.
Williams was...
According to his agent, Barry McPherson, who spoke with People on Monday, Williams died after a motorcycle accident.
McPherson told the outlet, "He was killed this afternoon. He was making a left or a right [and] a car cut him off. I'm just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented."
McPherson continued, "He was an actor's actor. Filmmakers loved him. He's been the heart of Hollywood since the late 1970s.
"He was really proud of his performance this year. He's been so happy with the work that I got him. He's had a balanced career."
According to Jacob Gribble, the Dorset, Vermont fire chief who spoke with People, the crash occurred on Monday around 5 p.m.
Investigators believe a driver was making a turn and didn't see Williams's motorcycle.
Williams was...
- 6/13/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Treat Williams, the versatile actor who starred as a New York City neurosurgeon who moves his family to Colorado on the WB series Everwood and in such films as Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City and Milos Forman‘s Hair, died Monday in a motorcycle accident in Vermont. He was 71.
His agent, Barry McPherson of APA, confirmed Williams’ death in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
Williams, of Manchester Center, Vermont, was aboard a motorcycle and wearing a helmet when he collided with a car on Route 30 near Dorset, the Vermont State Police said in a statement.
An initial investigation indicated that the driver of the car “stopped, signaled a left turn and then turned into the path of a northbound 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle operated by Williams. Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany,...
His agent, Barry McPherson of APA, confirmed Williams’ death in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
Williams, of Manchester Center, Vermont, was aboard a motorcycle and wearing a helmet when he collided with a car on Route 30 near Dorset, the Vermont State Police said in a statement.
An initial investigation indicated that the driver of the car “stopped, signaled a left turn and then turned into the path of a northbound 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle operated by Williams. Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Mescal had more of a low-key celebration after his big win at the Olivier Awards on Sunday night.
The “Normal People” actor headed to McDonald’s after nabbing the Best Actor award for his take on Stanley Kowalski in a production of the classic Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire.
Mescal’s sister Nell took to her Instagram Story to share snaps of her brother holding on to his McD’s meal later in the night, with one shot also showing him pretending to give his Olivier a sip of his drink.
Read More: Jodie Comer And Paul Mescal Win Big At The 2023 Olivier Awards
The fast food chain’s U.K. Twitter account responded to Mescal’s meal, writing: “Huge congrats to the Paul Mescal but what we’re all thinking is, what did he order… @nellmescal_?”
Huge congrats to the Paul Mescal but what we’re all thinking is,...
The “Normal People” actor headed to McDonald’s after nabbing the Best Actor award for his take on Stanley Kowalski in a production of the classic Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire.
Mescal’s sister Nell took to her Instagram Story to share snaps of her brother holding on to his McD’s meal later in the night, with one shot also showing him pretending to give his Olivier a sip of his drink.
Read More: Jodie Comer And Paul Mescal Win Big At The 2023 Olivier Awards
The fast food chain’s U.K. Twitter account responded to Mescal’s meal, writing: “Huge congrats to the Paul Mescal but what we’re all thinking is, what did he order… @nellmescal_?”
Huge congrats to the Paul Mescal but what we’re all thinking is,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
It was British theatre’s biggest night.
On Sunday, the annual Olivier Awards were held, and actors Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal each took home top prizes for their debut stage performances.
Read More: Why Paul Mescal Felt ‘Slightly Absurd’ After Receiving His First Oscar Nomination
Comer, best known to audiences for the TV series “Killing Eve” and film “The Last Duel”, won Best Actress for her role in Suzie Miller’s one-woman play Prima Facie.
Accepting the award, Comer sent an inspiring message to aspiring actors who, like her, haven’t gone to theatre school.
“Don’t let anyone tell you it isn’t possible… it is possible,” she said.
The play, about a criminal defence lawyer who begins to see the criminal justice system very differently after she is sexually assaulted, also took home the prize for Best New Play.
Meanwhile, Mescal, who is best known for “Normal...
On Sunday, the annual Olivier Awards were held, and actors Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal each took home top prizes for their debut stage performances.
Read More: Why Paul Mescal Felt ‘Slightly Absurd’ After Receiving His First Oscar Nomination
Comer, best known to audiences for the TV series “Killing Eve” and film “The Last Duel”, won Best Actress for her role in Suzie Miller’s one-woman play Prima Facie.
Accepting the award, Comer sent an inspiring message to aspiring actors who, like her, haven’t gone to theatre school.
“Don’t let anyone tell you it isn’t possible… it is possible,” she said.
The play, about a criminal defence lawyer who begins to see the criminal justice system very differently after she is sexually assaulted, also took home the prize for Best New Play.
Meanwhile, Mescal, who is best known for “Normal...
- 4/3/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
With a still relatively fresh Oscar nomination, Paul Mescal has added to his fast-growing haul of accolades by winning his first Olivier Award.
On the biggest night for the British stage, the Aftersun star won the best actor honor for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, his West End debut. The production also won best actress in a supporting role for Anjana Vasan, and best revival. Killing Eve star Jodie Comer, meanwhile, won best actress for her West End debut, the solo drama Prima Facie, which was named best new play.
Elsewhere, Will Keen won the best supporting actor award for his performance in Patriots, and Tammy Faye garnered two acting awards: Katie Brayben for best actress in a musical and Zubin Varla for best actor in a supporting role in a musical.
But it was the Royal Shakespeare Company...
On the biggest night for the British stage, the Aftersun star won the best actor honor for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, his West End debut. The production also won best actress in a supporting role for Anjana Vasan, and best revival. Killing Eve star Jodie Comer, meanwhile, won best actress for her West End debut, the solo drama Prima Facie, which was named best new play.
Elsewhere, Will Keen won the best supporting actor award for his performance in Patriots, and Tammy Faye garnered two acting awards: Katie Brayben for best actress in a musical and Zubin Varla for best actor in a supporting role in a musical.
But it was the Royal Shakespeare Company...
- 4/3/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jodie Comer has caught the “stage bug.” Having triumphed in her debut performance in Prima Facie, she’s avidly seeking to follow up with another production in coming years.
“I’ll definitely do more theater,” the Killing Eve and Free Guy star told Deadline at the Olivier Awards after-party held at the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London just a hop, skip and a jump from the Royal Albert Hall, where earlier Sunday night the theater world’s luminaries gathered to give themselves a well-earned pat on the back.
The actress pointed to Prima Facie producer James Bierman and said, “I’m going to cling to him. I’ll follow him because he gave me this opportunity.”
Comer’s blistering performance as an attorney who defends rapists and is then sexually assaulted by a colleague has won her a stash of best actress hardware, including a statuette at the Olivier...
“I’ll definitely do more theater,” the Killing Eve and Free Guy star told Deadline at the Olivier Awards after-party held at the Natural History Museum in Kensington, London just a hop, skip and a jump from the Royal Albert Hall, where earlier Sunday night the theater world’s luminaries gathered to give themselves a well-earned pat on the back.
The actress pointed to Prima Facie producer James Bierman and said, “I’m going to cling to him. I’ll follow him because he gave me this opportunity.”
Comer’s blistering performance as an attorney who defends rapists and is then sexually assaulted by a colleague has won her a stash of best actress hardware, including a statuette at the Olivier...
- 4/3/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal were among the big winners at the 2023 Olivier Awards, which were revealed this evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Scroll down for the full list of winners.
Comer picked up the Best Actress gong for her West End debut in the well-received legal thriller Prima Facie, which had five nominations overall, including Best New Play and Best Director. The play was penned by Australian-British writer Suzie Miller. On the night, the play took two awards, Comer’s win and Best New Play.
Mescal landed the Best Actor award for his reincarnation of Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s buzzy adaptation of the classic Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire. The play, which picked up a total of three awards this evening, opened at the Almeida Theatre in North London but has since transferred to the West End.
Accepting the award, Mescal paid tribute to Frecknall,...
Comer picked up the Best Actress gong for her West End debut in the well-received legal thriller Prima Facie, which had five nominations overall, including Best New Play and Best Director. The play was penned by Australian-British writer Suzie Miller. On the night, the play took two awards, Comer’s win and Best New Play.
Mescal landed the Best Actor award for his reincarnation of Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s buzzy adaptation of the classic Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire. The play, which picked up a total of three awards this evening, opened at the Almeida Theatre in North London but has since transferred to the West End.
Accepting the award, Mescal paid tribute to Frecknall,...
- 4/2/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Marlon Brando is one of the most iconic actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Known for his intense acting style and tendency to take on roles that allowed him to play rebellious characters, he first rose to fame in the ’50s, following his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in the movie A Streetcar Named Desire. Later on in his career, Brando developed a reputation for eccentricity, which carried over to the sets of the movie projects he worked on. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the stories relating to his 1996 film, The Island of Dr. Moreau, where Brando is said to have behaved in a truly outrageous fashion on set, including wearing all-white face paint and having an ice bucket strapped to the top of his head.
Marlon Brando was an infamous Hollywood bad boy Marlon Brando (1924-2004), American actor and director, on March 16, 1965. | Jean-Regis Rouston/Roger Viollet via...
Marlon Brando was an infamous Hollywood bad boy Marlon Brando (1924-2004), American actor and director, on March 16, 1965. | Jean-Regis Rouston/Roger Viollet via...
- 4/2/2023
- by Christina Nunn
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Actor Paul Mescal has lifted the lid on his embarrassing meeting with Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman.
The 27-year-old actor suffered an embarrassing encounter with the acclaimed actress outside his dressing room at The Almeida Theatre, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Mescal, who was playing Stanley Kowalski in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, explained on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’: “We thought it was the stage manager or something and I go to open the door.
“It’s Nicole Kidman, and I’m standing there in, like, sweaty underwear.”
Mescal said that the whole incident was “incredibly undignified”.
He said: “You’d think the next smart step is (to) put on some trousers, but there’s something incredibly undignified about the act of (pulling up pants).”
Paul rose to international prominence as Connell Waldron in the hit TV series ‘Normal People’.
The actor previously said that he blew his ‘Normal People’ wages on a round of drinks.
The 27-year-old actor suffered an embarrassing encounter with the acclaimed actress outside his dressing room at The Almeida Theatre, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Mescal, who was playing Stanley Kowalski in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, explained on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’: “We thought it was the stage manager or something and I go to open the door.
“It’s Nicole Kidman, and I’m standing there in, like, sweaty underwear.”
Mescal said that the whole incident was “incredibly undignified”.
He said: “You’d think the next smart step is (to) put on some trousers, but there’s something incredibly undignified about the act of (pulling up pants).”
Paul rose to international prominence as Connell Waldron in the hit TV series ‘Normal People’.
The actor previously said that he blew his ‘Normal People’ wages on a round of drinks.
- 3/4/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Paul Mescal has spoken about an unexpected visit he received from Nicole Kidman after performing in a London theatre.
The Irish actor is currently playing Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s revival of Tennessee William’s classic play, A Streetcar Named Desire.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday (2 March), Mescal recalled greeting the Australian actor in nothing but his “sweaty underwear” after the play one night.
“We heard a knock on the [dressing room] door, and we thought it was the stage manager or something, and I go to open the door,” the actor recalled, “and it’s Nicole Kidman, and I’m standing there in, like, sweaty underwear.”
“You’d think the next smart step is [to] put on some trousers, but there’s something incredibly undignified about the act of [pulling up trousers].”
“It’s not a look you want to be caught in, [bending] over,” he added.
Taking a shot at Kidman’s viral 2021 advert for AMC Theatres,...
The Irish actor is currently playing Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall’s revival of Tennessee William’s classic play, A Streetcar Named Desire.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday (2 March), Mescal recalled greeting the Australian actor in nothing but his “sweaty underwear” after the play one night.
“We heard a knock on the [dressing room] door, and we thought it was the stage manager or something, and I go to open the door,” the actor recalled, “and it’s Nicole Kidman, and I’m standing there in, like, sweaty underwear.”
“You’d think the next smart step is [to] put on some trousers, but there’s something incredibly undignified about the act of [pulling up trousers].”
“It’s not a look you want to be caught in, [bending] over,” he added.
Taking a shot at Kidman’s viral 2021 advert for AMC Theatres,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
A version of this story about Oscar nominee Paul Mescal and “Aftersun” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Irish actor Paul Mescal turned 27 the week after his first Oscar nomination for playing a wounded, doing-his-best young father on holiday in Turkey with his wise-beyond-her-years daughter (Frankie Corio) in writer-director Charlotte Wells’ semi-autobiographical “Aftersun.” That makes him the youngest acting nominee this year. The film also catapulted his already-soaring reputation as a talent to watch, following his Emmy-nominated breakout role in Hulu’s “Normal People” in 2020. He’ll soon be shooting a sequel to “Gladiator” with Ridley Scott. Could there also be a Tony nomination coming down the pike at some point?
He discussed that and more with TheWrap.
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One of the exciting things...
Irish actor Paul Mescal turned 27 the week after his first Oscar nomination for playing a wounded, doing-his-best young father on holiday in Turkey with his wise-beyond-her-years daughter (Frankie Corio) in writer-director Charlotte Wells’ semi-autobiographical “Aftersun.” That makes him the youngest acting nominee this year. The film also catapulted his already-soaring reputation as a talent to watch, following his Emmy-nominated breakout role in Hulu’s “Normal People” in 2020. He’ll soon be shooting a sequel to “Gladiator” with Ridley Scott. Could there also be a Tony nomination coming down the pike at some point?
He discussed that and more with TheWrap.
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An Oasis of Stars in the Desert: TheWrap’s Palm Springs Film Festival Portrait Studio (Exclusive Photos)
One of the exciting things...
- 3/2/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
On the day he turned 16, Paul Mescal was on a stage, being presented with a cake by the cast and crew of his high school production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. “That’s the first thing I ever did, so I actually take great pride in it,” says Mescal of his public acting debut, playing the Phantom. (The entire production has been uploaded by the school to YouTube. Mescal is a gifted high baritone.) “That was the moment when I was like, ‘Oh fuck — this adrenaline is incredible,’ ” he says. “I’ve never felt a high like that.”
Imagine the high, then, that Mescal is feeling today, his 27th birthday. He’ll spend it on a stage once more, as the marquee draw of the hottest theater ticket in London, possibly even the English-speaking world. It’s a radical reworking of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire...
Imagine the high, then, that Mescal is feeling today, his 27th birthday. He’ll spend it on a stage once more, as the marquee draw of the hottest theater ticket in London, possibly even the English-speaking world. It’s a radical reworking of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire...
- 2/22/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Wednesday night, eight performers who, at different stages of their careers, experienced a big screen breakthrough in 2022, were feted with Virtuoso Awards: Austin Butler (Elvis), Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Nina Hoss (Tár), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Jeremy Pope (The Inspection), Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Jeremy Strong (Armageddon Time).
The Virtuoso Awards gathering at Santa Barbara’s historic Arlington Theatre was moderated, as always, by TCM’s Dave Karger, who spoke on stage with each honoree individually before convening the entire group for a conversation.
Strong, an Emmy winner for Succession, said of being asked to play director James Gray’s father in Armageddon Time, “The responsibility felt massive,” noting that the character was “A Jewish Stanley Kowalski with a PhD.”
Quan, always full of energy, reflected on his journey...
The Virtuoso Awards gathering at Santa Barbara’s historic Arlington Theatre was moderated, as always, by TCM’s Dave Karger, who spoke on stage with each honoree individually before convening the entire group for a conversation.
Strong, an Emmy winner for Succession, said of being asked to play director James Gray’s father in Armageddon Time, “The responsibility felt massive,” noting that the character was “A Jewish Stanley Kowalski with a PhD.”
Quan, always full of energy, reflected on his journey...
- 2/18/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Irish actor, 26, has been nominated for an Oscar for Aftersun role but still coaches Gaelic football in home town
When Paul Mescal was studying drama at Dublin’s Lir Academy he yearned to play Stanley Kowalski, the thuggish lead character in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Loughlin Deegan, the course director, told Mescal he was more suited to play the sensitive, courteous Mitch and that to have any chance of ever playing Stanley he would have to be brave and take risks as an actor.
When Paul Mescal was studying drama at Dublin’s Lir Academy he yearned to play Stanley Kowalski, the thuggish lead character in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Loughlin Deegan, the course director, told Mescal he was more suited to play the sensitive, courteous Mitch and that to have any chance of ever playing Stanley he would have to be brave and take risks as an actor.
- 1/26/2023
- by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Paul Mescal’s Irish eyes are smiling, and doing a jig as well. Not only did he receive a first Oscar nomination Tuesday for his leading role in Aftersun, but Deadline can reveal that the acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, in which Mescal delivers an electrifying Stanley Kowalski, will transfer from a celebrated fringe theater in north London onto a West End stage.
Thanks in part for the move is due to Ridley Scott and Paramount agreeing to shift the start date of the filmmaker’s Gladiator 2, the sequel to 2000’s epic starring Russell Crowe, which will now begin shooting roughly two weeks later than originally scheduled.
The 26-year-old Mescal has signed on to star in Gladiator 2 as Lucius Versus, son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucille and nephew of insanely jealous Commodus (played by Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator).
Mescal will now move into the Phoenix with Patsy Ferran,...
Thanks in part for the move is due to Ridley Scott and Paramount agreeing to shift the start date of the filmmaker’s Gladiator 2, the sequel to 2000’s epic starring Russell Crowe, which will now begin shooting roughly two weeks later than originally scheduled.
The 26-year-old Mescal has signed on to star in Gladiator 2 as Lucius Versus, son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucille and nephew of insanely jealous Commodus (played by Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator).
Mescal will now move into the Phoenix with Patsy Ferran,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
The 95th Oscars on March 12 have a real shot at a ratings boost with brand-name contenders. There’s nominations leader “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, sequels “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” and original global hit “Elvis”, all vying for Best Picture.
Global box office may succeed in luring more eyeballs to the stateside ABC broadcast and more than 200 countries around the world, but a sequel is unlikely to win the top prize. A mainstream crowdpleaser that tugs at audience heartstrings is more likely to take home the win, like recent winners “Coda,” “Nomadland,” and “Green Book.”
Every year, the entire Academy membership votes to nominate Best Picture. This year the increasingly international body revealed itself yet again, nominating (for the eighth time) a non-English language film for both International Feature and Best Picture. Germany’s Oscar entry “All Quiet on the Western Front” could also notch...
Global box office may succeed in luring more eyeballs to the stateside ABC broadcast and more than 200 countries around the world, but a sequel is unlikely to win the top prize. A mainstream crowdpleaser that tugs at audience heartstrings is more likely to take home the win, like recent winners “Coda,” “Nomadland,” and “Green Book.”
Every year, the entire Academy membership votes to nominate Best Picture. This year the increasingly international body revealed itself yet again, nominating (for the eighth time) a non-English language film for both International Feature and Best Picture. Germany’s Oscar entry “All Quiet on the Western Front” could also notch...
- 1/24/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Paul Mescal freely admits that Stanley Kowalski is a wife beater and a rapist. The star of indie favorite Aftersun says he has “a lot of sympathy for him because that’s my job” — Mescal is playing the brutal antagonist in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire at London’s Almeida Theatre.
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He quickly adds: “But no, I don’t like him. But I like playing him.”
Mescal describes Stanley as “smart, charming, dynamic and brutal,” adding that “there are parts of him that I would like being around,” though he’s well...
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He quickly adds: “But no, I don’t like him. But I like playing him.”
Mescal describes Stanley as “smart, charming, dynamic and brutal,” adding that “there are parts of him that I would like being around,” though he’s well...
- 1/20/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Based on the director’s childhood, James Gray’s Armageddon Time tells the story of 12-year-old Paul (newcomer Banks Repeta), and how his Jewish family reacts to his friendship with a Black student, Johnny (Jaylin Webb), in early ’80s New York. Both boys share a love of space flight, and their pre-teen dreams take their imaginations light years away from their mundane lives. But the backdrop is a moment of tension, as Ronald Reagan, seeking the Republican Party’s nomination for president, stirs up civil unrest in the country. Paul’s father, Irving, played by Succession’s Jeremy Strong, despises Reagan’s dog-whistle provocations and screams at his image when he appears on television. But, he wonders, being from a vulnerable minority himself, is it wise for him to allow his son’s friendship to continue?
Gray was looking for an actor who could imprint his father with an almost Willy Loman-like stamp,...
Gray was looking for an actor who could imprint his father with an almost Willy Loman-like stamp,...
- 1/14/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Young talent is bursting from the seams of this latest London revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. The result is a clear-eyed, vital, visceral production — sexy at times, but with a sort of primal danger running through it. What’s most striking is its interpretation of the central confrontation, between Blanche and Stanley; gone is any semblance of a battle of wits, to be replaced by a brutal one-sided assault upon a woman whose fragile mental health has never been more evident.
Fresh from her award-winning success with Cabaret, Rebecca Frecknall returns to the Almeida, where she is associate director and where, in 2018, she directed another Tennessee Williams play, Summer and Smoke. That production featured Patsy Ferran as Alma, another of the playwright’s mentally brittle heroines.
Ferran’s presence now, as Blanche, has a symmetry that is slightly accidental; she joined the production just before it was to open,...
Fresh from her award-winning success with Cabaret, Rebecca Frecknall returns to the Almeida, where she is associate director and where, in 2018, she directed another Tennessee Williams play, Summer and Smoke. That production featured Patsy Ferran as Alma, another of the playwright’s mentally brittle heroines.
Ferran’s presence now, as Blanche, has a symmetry that is slightly accidental; she joined the production just before it was to open,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Demetrios Matheou
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Mescal enters the north London cafe having trudged a short distance through the snow from his gym. Heads turn, but Mescal is oblivious. He shakes himself out of a hooded coat then nonchalantly removes a sweater to reveal a ribbed torso sheathed in a white T-shirt. More stares. The star of Aftersun, Scottish director Charlotte Wells’s tender visual poem about a father and daughter, takes a seat and rubs his tummy. In that moment it’s all too easy to compare him to Marlon Brando, with the tight-ish whitey shirt and all that.
As it happens, the Irish-born actor is playing one of Brando’s signature roles: the brutish but passionate Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire, at the Almeida Theatre, a five-minute walk away from where we’re breakfasting. The revival has been on Mescal’s slate for three years, delayed by Covid and scheduling issues.
As it happens, the Irish-born actor is playing one of Brando’s signature roles: the brutish but passionate Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire, at the Almeida Theatre, a five-minute walk away from where we’re breakfasting. The revival has been on Mescal’s slate for three years, delayed by Covid and scheduling issues.
- 1/11/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
This story about “Armageddon Time” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
You can count James Gray among the recent directors looking to their past for inspiration. In the director’s “Armageddon Time,” audiences are transported back to 1980 Queens, where Gray-proxy Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) struggles to find his place in an era of cultural unrest, as the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan serves as a magnifying glass for issues of race, class and privilege that remain all too relevant today.
While Paul is essentially the same age that Gray was at that time, living in the same city and going to the same school, what sets “Armageddon Time” apart from some of its memoir-adjacent ilk is Gray’s refusal to rose-tint his memories. Absent unearned nostalgia, the film paints an unsparing view of the past and of his young and often unlikable lead character.
You can count James Gray among the recent directors looking to their past for inspiration. In the director’s “Armageddon Time,” audiences are transported back to 1980 Queens, where Gray-proxy Paul Graff (Banks Repeta) struggles to find his place in an era of cultural unrest, as the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan serves as a magnifying glass for issues of race, class and privilege that remain all too relevant today.
While Paul is essentially the same age that Gray was at that time, living in the same city and going to the same school, what sets “Armageddon Time” apart from some of its memoir-adjacent ilk is Gray’s refusal to rose-tint his memories. Absent unearned nostalgia, the film paints an unsparing view of the past and of his young and often unlikable lead character.
- 11/10/2022
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
On March 20, 1952, two black and white dramas came into the Oscar ceremony vying for the win. Both “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “A Place in the Sun” had everything the Academy loves: drama, an ensemble of well-known actors and directors – many of whom had previous nominations and wins – and loads of nominations. By the time the Best Picture was to be announced, each had picked up major wins – “Streetcar” had claimed three of the four acting wins, while “Sun” had picked up statues for directing, cinematography and editing. So, it was a “what the heck??” Oscar moment when the final big prize was shockingly announced: the romantic musical “An American in Paris.”
A little over six years after the end of a war that ravaged Europe and in the middle of a Cold War that led to the infamous Hollywood blacklist that destroyed the careers of friends and collaborators, the...
A little over six years after the end of a war that ravaged Europe and in the middle of a Cold War that led to the infamous Hollywood blacklist that destroyed the careers of friends and collaborators, the...
- 2/25/2022
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
“I’m here. I’m part of this now.”
— Pam, “The Office”
The human mind and soul exist, but are not mutually exclusive to chasing your dreams. In kindergarten, your teacher may have asked you what you wanted to be when you grow up. As 5 and 6 year olds, we try to pick the coolest job, or perhaps even mirror what our parents or guardians are doing at that moment in time. Like many young kids from an inner-city neighborhood, you struggle to find your place in a world not reflected broadly in the media.
As a champion for the underserved, underrepresented and an unashamed advocate for diversity, my role as the film awards editor at Variety is a humbling achievement that will never go unappreciated. This is my first week on the new job. So who am I and what is all this about?
Founding my own corner of the web at AwardsCircuit,...
— Pam, “The Office”
The human mind and soul exist, but are not mutually exclusive to chasing your dreams. In kindergarten, your teacher may have asked you what you wanted to be when you grow up. As 5 and 6 year olds, we try to pick the coolest job, or perhaps even mirror what our parents or guardians are doing at that moment in time. Like many young kids from an inner-city neighborhood, you struggle to find your place in a world not reflected broadly in the media.
As a champion for the underserved, underrepresented and an unashamed advocate for diversity, my role as the film awards editor at Variety is a humbling achievement that will never go unappreciated. This is my first week on the new job. So who am I and what is all this about?
Founding my own corner of the web at AwardsCircuit,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Blu ray
Warner Archives
1967 / 2.35:1/ 108 min.
Starring Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Brian Keith, Julie Harris
Cinematography by Aldo Tonti
Directed by John Huston
“There is a fort in the South where a few years ago a murder was committed.”
That’s an oddly detached way to begin a story that thrives on hysteria. It’s the prelude to Carson McCuller’s novel with an equally blasé title, Army Post. Inspired by the “alien” atmosphere of Fort Benning during the writer’s childhood, the book was first serialized over two issues of Harper’s Bazaar in 1940. One can only imagine an unsuspecting fashionista browsing the latest styles and coming across this sordid tale of voyeurism, homosexuality and self-mutilation.
McCuller’s book was published the following year as Reflections in a Golden Eye – fifteen years later Burt Lancaster’s production company showed more than a passing interest,...
Blu ray
Warner Archives
1967 / 2.35:1/ 108 min.
Starring Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Brian Keith, Julie Harris
Cinematography by Aldo Tonti
Directed by John Huston
“There is a fort in the South where a few years ago a murder was committed.”
That’s an oddly detached way to begin a story that thrives on hysteria. It’s the prelude to Carson McCuller’s novel with an equally blasé title, Army Post. Inspired by the “alien” atmosphere of Fort Benning during the writer’s childhood, the book was first serialized over two issues of Harper’s Bazaar in 1940. One can only imagine an unsuspecting fashionista browsing the latest styles and coming across this sordid tale of voyeurism, homosexuality and self-mutilation.
McCuller’s book was published the following year as Reflections in a Golden Eye – fifteen years later Burt Lancaster’s production company showed more than a passing interest,...
- 5/2/2020
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Marlon Brando would’ve celebrated his 96th birthday on April 3, 2020. The Oscar-winning thespian both delighted and perplexed his fans with his Method-inspired performances and disdain for his profession, marked by increasingly bizarre behavior on and off set. Yet several of his movies remain classics despite his many career ups-and-downs. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1924, Brando studied the Stanislavski system under acting coach Stella Adler, who encouraged her students to explore inner and external turmoil within their characters. He shot to stardom on both the stage and screen with his performance in Tennessee Williams‘ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” in which he brought a startling naturalism and reality mixed with vulnerability, machismo, and humor to the character of Stanley Kowalski. The 1951 film version brought him his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor.
He picked up...
Born in 1924, Brando studied the Stanislavski system under acting coach Stella Adler, who encouraged her students to explore inner and external turmoil within their characters. He shot to stardom on both the stage and screen with his performance in Tennessee Williams‘ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” in which he brought a startling naturalism and reality mixed with vulnerability, machismo, and humor to the character of Stanley Kowalski. The 1951 film version brought him his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor.
He picked up...
- 4/1/2020
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Imagine you’re invited to some netherworld, Southern Gothic-themed cocktail party peopled with Tennessee Williams heroines. There’s Amanda Wingfield and Blanche DuBois competing for pity with wilted stories of glory days, Maggie the Cat in her slip, stalking waiters, and lusty Maxine walking a leashed iguana and a cabana boy or two. Even among this look-at-me bunch, The Rose Tattoo‘s Serafina Delle Rose would be a spectacle, the brash, loud and vulgar center of attention outtalking everyone else, bragging about her long-dead husband’s bedroom talents, how the two got those colored lights going like even Stanley Kowalski would envy.
Now imagine Serafina portrayed by Marisa Tomei in prodigious Cousin Vinny Oscar-getting mode, and you’ll maybe get a sense of director Trip Cullman’s tonally raucous production of The Rose Tattoo, opening on Broadway tonight in a Roundabout Theatre Company presentation at American Airlines Theatre.
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Now imagine Serafina portrayed by Marisa Tomei in prodigious Cousin Vinny Oscar-getting mode, and you’ll maybe get a sense of director Trip Cullman’s tonally raucous production of The Rose Tattoo, opening on Broadway tonight in a Roundabout Theatre Company presentation at American Airlines Theatre.
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- 10/16/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Marlon Brando would’ve celebrated his 95th birthday on April 3, 2019. The Oscar-winning thespian both delighted and perplexed his fans with his Method-inspired performances and disdain for his profession, marked by increasingly bizarre behavior on and off set. Yet several of his movies remain classics despite his many career ups-and-downs. In honor of his birthday, let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1924, Brando studied the Stanislavski system under acting coach Stella Adler, who encouraged her students to explore inner and external turmoil within their characters. He shot to stardom on both the stage and screen with his performance in Tennessee Williams‘ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” in which he brought a startling naturalism and reality mixed with vulnerability, machismo, and humor to the character of Stanley Kowalski. The 1951 film version brought him his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor.
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Born in 1924, Brando studied the Stanislavski system under acting coach Stella Adler, who encouraged her students to explore inner and external turmoil within their characters. He shot to stardom on both the stage and screen with his performance in Tennessee Williams‘ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” in which he brought a startling naturalism and reality mixed with vulnerability, machismo, and humor to the character of Stanley Kowalski. The 1951 film version brought him his first Oscar nomination as Best Actor.
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- 4/3/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Why don’t we kill Troy?”
“Oh Declan, that’s sick […] How would we do it?”
Perhaps it is in the very definition of family reunions, this blend of fun moments, clumsiness, awkwardness and the inescapable brooding of conflicts. As words are spoken and the first meals and drinks are served, there may be a feeling of tentative unease in the air, especially if a family’s past has not been without conflict. But then again, there just may be no family without a conflict or two hanging in the air once its members have gathered.
Maybe it is this kind of atmosphere which attracted director H.P. Mendoza to the subject. For his feature debut “Bitter Melon” the Filipino-American filmmaker relied upon his experiences with his own family, especially his coming-out as a gay man in front of them. In his statement included in the press kit for the film,...
“Oh Declan, that’s sick […] How would we do it?”
Perhaps it is in the very definition of family reunions, this blend of fun moments, clumsiness, awkwardness and the inescapable brooding of conflicts. As words are spoken and the first meals and drinks are served, there may be a feeling of tentative unease in the air, especially if a family’s past has not been without conflict. But then again, there just may be no family without a conflict or two hanging in the air once its members have gathered.
Maybe it is this kind of atmosphere which attracted director H.P. Mendoza to the subject. For his feature debut “Bitter Melon” the Filipino-American filmmaker relied upon his experiences with his own family, especially his coming-out as a gay man in front of them. In his statement included in the press kit for the film,...
- 11/4/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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