Director McQueen never allows us to look away from the 36 year old
actors beautiful face.
Not exact matches
Some of the best - received films at earlier festivals will get their North American launches here, including «Life is
Beautiful,» Roberto Begnini's Cannes winner about an Italian clown who fights the Nazis with laughter; Rohmer's heartwarming love story «Autumn Tale,» which charmed Telluride audiences; Ken Loach's «My Name Is Joe,» with Cannes best
actor winner Peter Mullen as a recovering alcoholic
facing tough times; Theo Angelopoulos» «Eternity and a Day,» this year's Cannes winner; «The General» (1999) which won Boorman the best director prize at Cannes, and the Cannes and Telluride favorite «Claire Dolan,» by Lodge Kerrigan, with Emily Watson («Breaking the Waves») as a prostitute who thinks she can detach from her work.
Facing his greatest challenge to date, we see him solving problems (an Esther Williams - like starlet with an out - of - wedlock pregnancy [a funny and crass Scarlett Johansson, «Lucy»]; a talentless
actor but agile cowboy who's reluctantly moved to star in a classy drama [an amazing Alden Ehrenreich, «
Beautiful Creatures»]; etc., etc.) while trying to find his greatest star starring (and almost completing) what is their projected hit for the season, the eponymous epic telling of «the life of the Christ» from the perspective of a Roman general.
There's an extended, perfectly calibrated cat and mouse encounter with a cagey, boy scout -
faced FBI agent (Kyle Chandler) that adds some texture to this single - minded plot; there's Margot Robbie as Belfort's wife so blondly
beautiful, it's hard to imagine men not expiring at the sight of her; and there's one early scene with Matthew McConaughey so kooky and venal, he's just got to walk away with the Oscar for best supporting
actor.
The reappearance of
actors in different configurations throughout his filmography, like Rutger Hauer, whose
face is a
beautiful, extended, expressive chin, whether playing an accidental member of the Dutch resistance in Soldier of Orange or portraying a morally adrift artist in Turkish Delight.
You'll also spot local
faces: former WBZ anchorman Scott Wahle fleeing a building, stage
actor Lewis Wheeler in a brief speaking part, and Erica McDermott — one of the sisters in «The Fighter» — here
beautiful, black haired, and silent in church.
This brave and unique method is presented by delivering long, unedited and uninterrupted takes purely focused on the
actor's
face's offering some daring, unflinching and personal performances, both
beautiful and tragic, packing a real, raw emotional punch.