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Formative Performance: Marisa Tomei in “My Cousin Vinny”
I love me a good sass-mouthed broad, and there are few characters I’ve seen that fit the description more than Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny. People were not happy when Marisa Tomei won the Academy Award for Best … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Holly Hunter in “The Piano”
[The following is a guest post from abovethetitle.] In picking up on Lady T’s theme of performances without a great deal of spoken dialogue, I have chosen to highlight Holly Hunter in “The Piano.” In fact, Hunter’s character Ada McGrath has … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Mary Stuart Masterson in “Benny and Joon”
As the sister and co-guardian of an adult man with autism, I am equally fascinated and repelled by movies that have disabled characters at their center. I loved Rain Man when I was a kid, and I still love Dustin … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
[The following is a guest post from abovethetitle.] I am obsessed with today’s entry. There is usually one performance per year that I simply can’t get enough of and last year was all about Natalie Portman in “Black Swan.” Her Nina … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Pam Grier in “Jackie Brown”
It’s Day 5 of Women’s History Month, and I need y’all to sit your a**es down and shut the f**k up and listen to me talk about Jackie Brown. I’ve talked about Jackie Brown before. She’s the title character of … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Bette Davis in “All About Eve”
[The following is a guest post from abovethetitle.] Perhaps the greatest film of all-time about show business, there are simply not enough superlatives in the OED to hurl at Bette Davis in “All About Eve.” At her snarky best, Davis’s … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Sarah Polley in “Go”
It’s Day 4 of Women’s History Month. Who cares? Just kidding. Obviously, I care very much. If you mentioned Women’s History Month to this character, however, she would do nothing but give you a contemptuous stare, because if you start … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Alicia Silverstone in “Clueless”
[The following is a guest post from abovethetitle.] Bandwagoning on Lady T’s praises for Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma, the mid-’90s saw another adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic tale, updated to then-contemporary Beverly Hills. Maybe it’s silly. Maybe it’s fluff. But this … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Gwyneth Paltrow in “Emma”
For Day 3 of Women’s History Month, I’d like to talk about Gwyneth Paltrow. No, seriously. Look, I know we’re not supposed to like Gwyneth Paltrow. Her public persona reeks of privilege and cluelessness about how ordinary people have to … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Keisha Castle-Hughes in “Whale Rider”
[The following is a guest post from abovethetitle.] In 2002, a great miracle happened. New Zealand’s Niki Caro searched far and wide for an actress to play the lead in her adaptation of “Whale Rider,” the story of a young girl … Continue reading