Easily would've nominated her that year. She's the most visceral and primal thing about the film, which I love (though the book, to no one's surprise, is better). Each of her scenes hits a different ...

Elaine May is also very funny in an under-appreciated movie "In the Spirit" from 1990. It teams her with Marlo Thomas and they are great together. Jeannie Berlin co-wrote the film and also appears in ...

In my mind it's Avery who's miles and leagues ahead everyone else here. The way she imbues her role with tenderness and aplomb sexual appeal is extraordinary. She's a woman you fall in love with just ...

Behold the five Oscar-nominated Supporting Actresses of 1973: a "bitchin' babe" (Candy Clark), a pint-sized con-artist (Tatum O'Neal), a possessed teenager (Linda Blair), a selfish carnival dancer ...

Hi Talia! I don't think I've seen nearly enough 1978 titles to make a full ballot, but my favorites from that year are definitely Streep in this and Maureen Stapleton in Interiors. I also have fond ...

So, happy Pride to me! The diva formerly known as Nick is now going by Joanna, and she's has the hormones to back it up. June may be over, but with my other major cinematic obligation with the ...

With such a banner Best Supporting Actress season in the rearview mirror, how can the next race even dream of topping it? Who will be our next Madigan... our Wunmi or Teyana? Will we get another Inga ...

You can blame Superman for plenty of the failures with Craig Gillespie's Supergirl. The critical and audience success of that entry reignited the DC Universe. Now, the expectations are too great and ...

A quick, aperiodical column dedicated to the small discoveries from the smaller film festivals scattered across Europe. Pesaro is a small coastal town in central Italy, interionationally known as the ...

Did they forget Wunmi Mosaku, or was she somehow already a member? IMO the minute you're nominated for an Oscar you should become a member of the Academy, no questions asked. It's weird that ...

Whoops. Lost some momentum there to finish the first round of Oscar predictions. Let's take on Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor... The most intriguing possibility to emerge in the first months of ...