Word: actorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...book's central revelations is that Hollywood in the 1920s was a place where it was possible to be openly gay. Homosexuality was simply accepted; gay and straight people mingled socially as well as professionally, and there was a line dividing the on-screen persona of an actor from his private life. But with the advent of sound and the conservative reactionism of the 1930s which accompanied the start of the Great Depression, a crackdown ensued on both the content of the films and the private lives of their stars...
People who have several actor-friends will have difficulties keeping all those breathless promises: No less than four (4, IV, quatre) productions will go up just about every single weekend in April. This obviously doesn't include ones that I have not included, but, nonetheless, the number is staggeringly high. Will the threateningly high volume mean quality shortages in the near future, leading to a reactionary, elitist reduction of productions sometime in the future? We can hope not, because the percentage of shows worth their lovinggoodness remains constant, meaning a higher yield the higher the number of shows (the math...
...long wanted to make (and star in) this intimate epic about a preacher forced to reappraise his life when he commits a crime and is compelled to leave his Texas flock for a mysterious calling in rural Louisiana. Duvall doesn't acquit himself at all, either as an actor or as a filmmaker. But he coaxed true performances from Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, John Beasley and June Carter Cash. But the fine supporting cast does not have much to do. Every scene, every frame of the overly long Apostle centers on Duvall. Alexander Laskey...
...past, Jason Priestley has played roles, such as the character Brandon on the hit TV show "Beverly Hills 90210," that have propelled him into nationwide teen idolhood. Similarly, Ronnie Bostock, the heart-throb B-movie actor that Priestly plays in Richard Kwietniowski's debut film, Love and Death on Long Island, occupies an equivalent pop-culture status. Ronnie's biggest fan, however, is not the typical hormone-racked female teenager, but rather the established middle-aged English writer, Giles De'Ath, convincingly played by John Hurt. Hurt gives the film his very best, but he can't overcome...
...adopts vacant facial expressions and daydreamy tones of voice that prove this is more than a crush. At one point, when Giles is supposed to give a lecture on some esoteric element of literature, he instead delves into the topic of acting. As he describes what makes a good actor, we see Giles' mental visualizations of Ronnie's various smiles. Hurt skillfully portrays his character's anguish through his earnestly heartfelt stares and contemplative manner of speech...