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Greatish Performances #52

January 26, 2021 Dan Seeger

#52 — Haley Lu Richardson as Casey in Columbus (Kogonada, 2017) In Columbus, Haley Lu Richardson plays a young woman waiting for her life to start. Intelligent and engaged in the world around her, Casey is about one year out … Continue reading Greatish Performances #52

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Greatish Performances #51

December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 Dan Seeger

#51 — Nicole Kidman as Alice Harford in Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) Across his storied career, Stanley Kubrick left many actors feeling broken. Nicole Kidman wasn’t one of them. “You always think, ‘Ah, I could have done better,’” … Continue reading Greatish Performances #51

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Greatish Performances #50

May 26, 2020 Dan Seeger

#50 — Lee Grant as Joyce Enders in The Landlord (1970) Lee Grant was accustomed to fighting for what she wanted. Grant was placed on the infamous Hollywood blacklist after delivering a pointed eulogy for character actor J. Edward Bromberg, … Continue reading Greatish Performances #50

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Greatish Performances #49

March 9, 2020 Dan Seeger

#49 — Sidney Poitier as Tommy Tyler in Edge of the City (Martin Ritt, 1957) Sidney Poitier became an icon so quickly that it was all too easy to lose sight of him as an actor. When he claimed an Oscar … Continue reading Greatish Performances #49

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Greatish Performances #48

November 21, 2019 Dan Seeger

#48 — Mila Kunis as Lily in Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010) When my past assertions that Mila Kunis delivers one of the strongest performances — maybe the strongest performance — in Black Swan were met with surprise of even derision, I … Continue reading Greatish Performances #48

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Greatish Performances #47

October 1, 2019 Dan Seeger

#47 — Delroy Lindo as Rodney Little in Clockers (Spike Lee, 1995) Through the nineteen-nineties, there was no shortage of gangstas and drug dealers in U.S. cinema. It was partially a reflection of the fretful concerns of the time, when the crack … Continue reading Greatish Performances #47

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Greatish Performances #46

September 10, 2019 Dan Seeger

#46 — Raul Julia as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991) Movie screens weren’t big enough for Raul Julia. He started working in film in the early nineteen-seventies and picked up a few additional credits throughout the … Continue reading Greatish Performances #46

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Greatish Performances #45

August 19, 2019 Dan Seeger

#45 — Peter Fonda as Ulee Jackson in Ulee’s Gold (Victor Nuñez, 1997) For most of his tenure as a public figure, Peter Fonda was a better icon than actor. He served as the more genial familial representative of the … Continue reading Greatish Performances #45

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Greatish Performances #44

July 18, 2019 Dan Seeger

#44 — Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005) Years after giving the performance, Matthew Macfadyen expressed some regret over his experience playing the character fully named as Fitzwilliam Darcy in Jane Austen’s nineteenth century … Continue reading Greatish Performances #44

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Greatish Performances #43

June 18, 2019 Dan Seeger

#43 — Jean Arthur as Bonnie Lee in Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks. 1939) By most accounts, Jean Arthur was miserable making Only Angels Have Wings. One of many aces director Frank Capra had in his usual deck, Arthur … Continue reading Greatish Performances #43

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