Tag: Best Actress
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Michelle Yeoh: If Andrea Riseborough Campaign Really Cheated the Oscars, It ‘Would Have Been Done Before’
Michelle Yeoh stands by the “integrity” of her fellow Best Actress Oscar nominees.The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star addressed the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s Academy Award nomination for indie film “To Leslie” following discussions of possible voter tampering.“The Academy has always prided itself on having regulations and playing by the rules and if [cheating…
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Lydia Tár and Daniel Plainview Fascinate Us For This Same Reason
Cate Blanchett’s latest character Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s Tár, yet another phenomenal performance added to the actor’s rich filmography, brings another chillingly maniacal character to mind – Daniel Day-Lewis’ Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood. Lydia Tár, the world’s most acclaimed and ruthless composer, is manipulative, scary, and starkly human on a level…
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This Cate Blanchett Character Was Worse Than Lydia Tár
Cate Blanchett routinely delivers dynamic, multifaceted performances and doesn’t seem to give any indication that she’s slowing down. It’s not a shock that she’s incredible in Tár. Her character Lydia is so diabolical and vulnerable that this performance easily ranks among the greatest anti-heroes in modern cinema. While Blanchett stands a good chance of winning…
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Tar Is Getting A Cinematic Universe With Todd Field’s New Short The Fundraiser
In “Tár,” Cate Blanchett plays the fictional Lydia Tár, chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, so it’s only appropriate that — of all the film festivals in the world — the 2023 Berlinale should provide the stage for the expansion of the “Tár” cinematic universe.You heard that right: while Lydia herself may be down and…
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Yalitza Aparicio Has Started Filming Her First Movie After ‘Roma’
It’s been three years since Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma made Oscar history, with lead actress Yalitza Aparicio becoming the first Mexican woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar and the first Indigenous woman in history. But in the years since Roma was released, Aparicio has not taken on a new feature film role since…