Is Joaquin Phoenix Going to Play the Joker Again
Joaquin Phoenix's intense performance in Joker may take been the talk of Tinsel Town — and Gotham — this fall, but there were plenty of other Oscar-worthy bids by pb actors this year. Although some performances are gaining steam as we race toward Awards Season, other standout stars are in danger of being overlooked. Fire up the popcorn and tune into 10 of our favorite performances from the past year in picture show.
ten. Willem Dafoe | The Lighthouse
Horror manager Robert Eggers' (The Witch) latest film tells the story of two grizzled lighthouse keepers — i experienced (Willem Dafoe) and one green (Robert Pattinson). While critics agree that both central performances are powerhouses, Dafoe, with his winding monologues and precise accent is a standout. The Daily Telegraph'southward Robbie Collin chosen Dafoe "astounding," adding that the film itself is "movie theater to brand your caput and soul ring."
9. Ashton Sanders | Native Son
HBO's update of Richard Wright'southward novel of the same name allows Moonlight alum Ashton Sanders the chance to shine. Richard Roeper, critic for the Chicago Lord's day-Times, wrote that Sanders' work is "blistering" and helps the film "[get out] a lasting imprint." While some reviewers note that the source fabric feels "painfully relevant," others feel the fabric was adjusted unevenly. Regardless, Sanders performance is nigh universally lauded.
8. Jimmie Fails | The Terminal Black Man in San Francisco
Directed and co-written by kickoff-timer Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco has been called "half mood-piece, half character report… [about] the consequence of gentrification on the people on the Bay Surface area's margins" by critic Kambole Campbell in Empire Mag. Writing for The Arts Desk, critic Nick Hasted notes that first-time player Jimmie Fails, on whose life the picture is partly based, "has a hurt soulfulness deeper than his surroundings. And if it is itself a touch gentrified, this matches its characters' aspirations beyond their social boxes, leaving a sweet and kindly palatableness."
7. Robert Pattinson | High Life
If Brad Pitt's Advertizing Astra looked besides Contact-meets-Interstellar for y'all, we recommend checking out High Life, the beginning English language motion picture from French director Claire Denis. Robert Pattinson plays Monte, an astronaut on a doomed mission to the far reaches of the solar system. He and his young daughter are the last survivors. As the sinister tale unfolds, High Life "notwithstanding delivers hard truths in a new way" (A.S. Hamrah, n+one). All the sci-fi bleakness is anchored by what The Observer calls a "subtle, exacting and unpredictable" performance by Pattinson that transmits "bone-deep loneliness."
6. André Holland | High Flight Bird
Helmed by Academy Award winning author Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Steven Soderbergh, High Flying Bird tells the story of sports agent Ray Burke (André The netherlands), who is caught betwixt a rock and a hard place during a National Basketball Clan (NBA) lockout. Steven Prokopy, a critic for Third Coast Review, notes that Holland'south performance is remarkable, writing, "absolutely ferocious in an almost unassuming manner… Information technology's a curiosity to see him set loose like this."
5. Antonio Banderas | Pain and Celebrity
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory is well-nigh the process of creation — something that'south frequently difficult to capture in art because of its meta quality. Antonio Banderas plays filmmaker Salvador Mallo, who experiences re-encounters — some in-person and other remembered — during a fourth dimension of physical decline. Mike Scott of The Times-Piffling writes that although the picture is "laden with Almodóvar's typical penchant for soapy melodrama, it remains grounded, thanks largely to the finely tuned work of atomic number 82 actor Antonio Banderas."
4. Adam Driver | Wedlock Story
Starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, Matrimony Story illustrates the finish of such a story — a fatigued-out, bicoastal divorce based on writer/managing director Noah Baumbach's own experiences. Although the climactic argument betwixt its two leads never boils over into the raw territory of a stage play or a film like Closer, it does showcase Driver'due south chops. (And it launched about a thousand Twitter memes.) Moira Macdonald of the Seattle Times calls Driver's career all-time performance "remarkably, heartbreakingly proficient in every scene."
3. Eddie Spud | Dolemite Is My Name
Dolemite Is My Proper noun tells the stranger-than-fiction story of struggling comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy), who had a string of showbiz-related failures — until a creative epiphany strikes. Moore takes on a persona, Dolemite, who is a larger-than-life pimp with flamboyant vesture and a whole host of wild tales. Brad Newsome of The Sydney Morn Herald writes that "This riotous, poignant and uplifting true story couldn't have been told half besides without the singular magnetism and intensity of Eddie Potato at its heart."
2. Adam Sandler | Uncut Gems
Every few years, Adam Sandler appears on the silvery screen with an attempt to win Oscar audiences over with a dramatic turn, a la Punch Drunk Love and (the less successful) Reign Over Me. With Uncut Gems, Sandler may have finally found his Academy Award vehicle. Jocelyn Noveck penned a review for Associated Press, writing the Critics' Choice and Gotham Awards nominee "deserves the accolades he'southward getting, again proving that with the correct fabric, [Sandler] has an uncanny power to reach deep within u.s., despite our deep, DEEP badgerer."
one. Song Kang-ho | Parasite
Layered with timely social themes, Parasite has been universally lauded for its remarkable writing and direction, both past visionary Bong Joon-ho — and rightly and then. However, the response to that deft script rests on the shoulders of the film's incredible — and understated — performances. Although every role player is nearly pitch perfect in Parasite, Vocal Kang-ho delivers some of the film'due south well-nigh raw moments. IndieWire notes that his all-time moments are found "in the liminal spaces… when happiness melts into horror, or duty is salted with revenge."
Honorable Mention: Daniel Craig | Knives Out
Rian Johnson'due south murder mystery is sharper than the residuum — thanks in part to a stellar bandage. But we'd be remiss non to mention Daniel Craig, who trades in his martinis (shaken, not stirred) and his Aston Martin for a debonair southern accent as Detective Benoit Blanc. Knives Out is an exhilarating, hilarious whodunit, and Craig transforms a would-be caricature into an unforgettable character.
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