The stage, the mask, and the person underneath.
Rush, and a real performance under all the awards noise
McKellen as James Whale
Carrey as Kaufman
Leigh on the labor of making art
documentary and fiction, braided
Foxx won for it, and deserved to
Hoffman disappearing
the music biopic template of its era
Corbijn's Joy Division film, black and white
six actors, one Dylan
Cotillard's Oscar, in French
Bale's transformation, and a real family
a biopic that argues with itself
critically mixed, and the Live Aid sequence is extraordinary
McCarthy's best work
Murphy's late-career reminder
the Elton John film that dared to be a musical
Luhrmann at full volume, and Butler's transformation
