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I can’t think of another performer whose work I’ve been watching for four decades who could have produced this bold, frightening and oddly sympathetic work, seemingly out of nowhere (particularly since the movie is muddled, so he may not have gotten much help from director Todd Phillips). It’s rare for a big-name actor to venture outside of their comfort zone, but Phoenix seems to live there. Besides “C’mon,” he has a “Joker” sequel lined up, but I can’t wait to find out what the actor who never stops surprising us does after that. Phoenix undoubtedly has his choice of the best scripts that Hollywood - or, given his affinity for non-Hollywood directors such as Ramsay and Audiard, the world - has to offer. Winning an Oscar, as Phoenix did for “Joker” this year, opens up tons of possibilities for an actor. Phoenix works a lot, so he occasionally errs (he made “Irrational Man” with Woody Allen long after that was a questionable choice) but it’s fascinating to watch him flip from micro-budget projects like Gus Van Sant’s “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” and Jacques Audiard’s innovative “The Sisters Brothers” to mainstream stuff like the John Travolta adventure “Ladder 49” or the Shyamalan movies, where be brings danger and weirdness to projects that might seem bland without his twitchy energy. Night Shyamalan for “The Village” and “Signs,” Paul Thomas Anderson for “The Master”) and names that should be big (Lynne Ramsay for “You Were Never Really Here,” Mike Mills for the upcoming “C’mon, C’mon”). He has hooked up with many of our most innovative directors, both big names (Spike Jonze for “Her,” M. The reason why Phoenix has vaulted to the top of the acting game is that he keeps doing that. It’s one of those performances, like Awkwafina in “The Farewell” or Halle Berry in “Jungle Fever,” that makes you think, “Wait. Phoenix earned his first of four Oscar nominations by 180-ing in Ridley Scott’s adventure film, playing a snarlingly cruel despot who seemed to derive sexual pleasure from torturing the title character, played by Russell Crowe. That peaked in “To Die For,” a part he snatched from the fingers of Matt Damon and played so indelibly that Hollywood figured he couldn’t do anything but stoned doofuses. He played quite a few of them, including in big hits such as “Parenthood,” when he was still billed as Leaf Phoenix, a pseudonym he adopted for a while.
Like most of the kids in his family, he was a child actor (his big brother, the late River Phoenix, preceded him, and his sister Summer was in that same “Murder, She Wrote” scene), but it took quite a while for him to reveal the breadth he was capable of.Įarly on, Phoenix was typecast as mumbly dopes. The kid was Joaquin Phoenix, back in 1984 (he turns 46 this month).
“1917” stars Mark Strong, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch and will have the luxury of being shot by DP extraordinaire Roger Deakins.A couple of weeks ago, I was watching Jessica Fletcher on “Murder, She Wrote” help a boy fix his bicycle and thought, “Son of a gun, that wooden kid is going to become the greatest actor of his generation.” There was a secret test-screening around a month ago which earned raves from two World of Reel readers who attended the screening. It is said to have been shot to look like one long uninterrupted take. Mendes’ film is the most anticipated movie left this fall for Oscar pundits. However, his last movie, 2017's " Wonderstruck," an adaptation of Brian Selznick critically acclaimed children's book, was his first critical misfire.Īs for “1917,” it won’t be screening for press until late November. His decade-defining movies ( "Safe," "Far From Heaven," "Carol") have only aged more beautifully. “Haynes is a director that critics have grown to really love over the years. 37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946) 38. Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, and Ruffalo will be joined by a cast which includes Bill Camp, Victor Garber, Mare Winningham, William Jackson Harper, and Bill Pullman. This is the American Film Institutes list of the 100 Greatest Movies, selected by AFIs blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community. An excellent cast has been assembled for the film. “Dark Waters,” inspired by a true story, centers around Robert Bilott, played by Mark Ruffalo, who’s environmental suit against Dupont Company exposed a decades-long history of chemical pollution. There is an October 28th press screening for “Dark Waters” happening in Los Angeles. Those two films now look like they will be the last Oscar contenders to be screened before the year wraps up. The AFI Film Festival just announced their lineup and, gosh, wouldn’t ya know it, Todd Haynes’ “ Dark Waters” and Sam Mendes’ “ 1917” are nowhere to be found.
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