Forgotten Great Film Performances
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Diane Keaton - 📽️ Mrs. Soffel (Gillian Armstrong, 1984)
Every Keaton performance is too undeniable to call forgotten, but this is definitely one more young film fans should see. It’s a complex moral balance of tone work from a great director, and rests on her expressive face. RIP to one of the best.
Every Keaton performance is too undeniable to call forgotten, but this is definitely one more young film fans should see. It’s a complex moral balance of tone work from a great director, and rests on her expressive face. RIP to one of the best.
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Farewell to one of brightest stars of the golden age of Japanese cinema: Nakadai Tatsuya, who starred in some of history's greatest films, has passed away at the age of 92. Major roles included those in Ran, Hara Kiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kagemusha, The Human Condition, and many more.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Farewell to one of brightest stars of the golden age of Japanese cinema: Nakadai Tatsuya, who starred in some of history's greatest films, has passed away at the age of 92. Major roles included those in Ran, Hara Kiri, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kagemusha, The Human Condition, and many more.
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Oscar-nominated actor Sally Kirkland, known for "Anna" and "The Sting," has died at age 84.
Sally Kirkland, stage and screen star who earned an Oscar nomination in 'Anna,' dies at age 84
Sally Kirkland, a former model turned actress, has died at age 84. Known for her roles in "The Sting" and the Oscar-nominated "Anna," Kirkland passed away on Tuesday.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Oscar-nominated actor Sally Kirkland, known for "Anna" and "The Sting," has died at age 84.
Stephen Geoffreys - 📽️ Fright Night (Tom Holland, 1985)
If you know, you know. Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall get earned plaudits for this film, but don’t forget Geoffreys as the strangest and grossest of all, complete with an unforgettable ending. He grants the film energetic, funny personality.
If you know, you know. Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall get earned plaudits for this film, but don’t forget Geoffreys as the strangest and grossest of all, complete with an unforgettable ending. He grants the film energetic, funny personality.
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Stephen Geoffreys - 📽️ Fright Night (Tom Holland, 1985)
If you know, you know. Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall get earned plaudits for this film, but don’t forget Geoffreys as the strangest and grossest of all, complete with an unforgettable ending. He grants the film energetic, funny personality.
If you know, you know. Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall get earned plaudits for this film, but don’t forget Geoffreys as the strangest and grossest of all, complete with an unforgettable ending. He grants the film energetic, funny personality.
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Riley Keough - 📽️ It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shults, 2017)
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
October 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Riley Keough - 📽️ It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shults, 2017)
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
Andrea Riseborough - 📽️ Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg, 2020)
This is a gross and unique take on possession horror, and a lot of it rests on Riseborough’s blank, bizarre, detached character. It’s probably her best work, winning a film that has Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Sean Bean.
This is a gross and unique take on possession horror, and a lot of it rests on Riseborough’s blank, bizarre, detached character. It’s probably her best work, winning a film that has Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Sean Bean.
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Andrea Riseborough - 📽️ Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg, 2020)
This is a gross and unique take on possession horror, and a lot of it rests on Riseborough’s blank, bizarre, detached character. It’s probably her best work, winning a film that has Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Sean Bean.
This is a gross and unique take on possession horror, and a lot of it rests on Riseborough’s blank, bizarre, detached character. It’s probably her best work, winning a film that has Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Sean Bean.
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Adrian Grenier - 📽️ Trash Fire (Richard Bates Jr., 2016)
The less revealed about this haunting horror-dramedy, the better. But Grenier does the depressed, pained, best work of his career here sparring with greats like Sally Kirkland and Fionnula Flanagan. Buried family secrets ensue and explode.
The less revealed about this haunting horror-dramedy, the better. But Grenier does the depressed, pained, best work of his career here sparring with greats like Sally Kirkland and Fionnula Flanagan. Buried family secrets ensue and explode.
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Adrian Grenier - 📽️ Trash Fire (Richard Bates Jr., 2016)
The less revealed about this haunting horror-dramedy, the better. But Grenier does the depressed, pained, best work of his career here sparring with greats like Sally Kirkland and Fionnula Flanagan. Buried family secrets ensue and explode.
The less revealed about this haunting horror-dramedy, the better. But Grenier does the depressed, pained, best work of his career here sparring with greats like Sally Kirkland and Fionnula Flanagan. Buried family secrets ensue and explode.
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Chi McBride - 📽️ The Frighteners (Peter Jackson, 1996)
Everyone brings their A-game in Jackson’s horror-comedy, but McBride’s permanently ‘70s-styled, shouting ghost is a real treat. He exists for jokes but has an emotional arc too, and lovely banter throughout with Michael J. Fox and Jim Fyfe.
Everyone brings their A-game in Jackson’s horror-comedy, but McBride’s permanently ‘70s-styled, shouting ghost is a real treat. He exists for jokes but has an emotional arc too, and lovely banter throughout with Michael J. Fox and Jim Fyfe.
October 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Chi McBride - 📽️ The Frighteners (Peter Jackson, 1996)
Everyone brings their A-game in Jackson’s horror-comedy, but McBride’s permanently ‘70s-styled, shouting ghost is a real treat. He exists for jokes but has an emotional arc too, and lovely banter throughout with Michael J. Fox and Jim Fyfe.
Everyone brings their A-game in Jackson’s horror-comedy, but McBride’s permanently ‘70s-styled, shouting ghost is a real treat. He exists for jokes but has an emotional arc too, and lovely banter throughout with Michael J. Fox and Jim Fyfe.
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Rest in peace, Lee Tamahori.
Legendary Ngāti Porou filmmaker Lee Tamahori dies
Following the success of his directorial debut, Tamahori went on to direct Hollywood blockbusters and independent films.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Rest in peace, Lee Tamahori.
Mark Strong - 📽️ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
This movie is so damn good that it’s hard to pick standouts from the supporting cast, but my mind always drifts to Strong—who everyone rushes to cast after this. He opens the movie, haunts its margins, and serves as its conscience.
This movie is so damn good that it’s hard to pick standouts from the supporting cast, but my mind always drifts to Strong—who everyone rushes to cast after this. He opens the movie, haunts its margins, and serves as its conscience.
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mark Strong - 📽️ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
This movie is so damn good that it’s hard to pick standouts from the supporting cast, but my mind always drifts to Strong—who everyone rushes to cast after this. He opens the movie, haunts its margins, and serves as its conscience.
This movie is so damn good that it’s hard to pick standouts from the supporting cast, but my mind always drifts to Strong—who everyone rushes to cast after this. He opens the movie, haunts its margins, and serves as its conscience.
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R.I.P. Pauline Collins, 1940-2025.
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
R.I.P. Pauline Collins, 1940-2025.
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Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89
Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89
The death of the three-time Oscar nominee, whose starred in films including Chinatown, was announced by her daughter Laura Dern
Oscar-nominated actor Diane Ladd has died at the age of 89.
The actor, whose credits included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Chinatown and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, died at her home in Ojai, California. The news was announced in a statement shared by her daughter, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern. Continue reading...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89
Toujours formidable ❤️
RIP Tcheky Karyo. L’acteur français Tchéky Karyo est mort à l’âge de 72 ans
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L’acteur français Tchéky Karyo est mort à l’âge de 72 ans
Apparu dans «Nikita» ou encore «1492 : Christophe Colomb», l’acteur avait également fait plusieurs apparitions dans «Kaamelott» dans les années 2000.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Toujours formidable ❤️
Angela Bettis - 📽️ May (Lucky McKee, 2003)
Another case of “the less I tell you about this movie’s plot, the better”, but a lot of cult movie fans already know. Bettis holds her own as the star opposite Anna Faris, Jeremy Sisto, and James Duval as our unforgettably unhinged (yet sweet) protagonist.
Another case of “the less I tell you about this movie’s plot, the better”, but a lot of cult movie fans already know. Bettis holds her own as the star opposite Anna Faris, Jeremy Sisto, and James Duval as our unforgettably unhinged (yet sweet) protagonist.
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Angela Bettis - 📽️ May (Lucky McKee, 2003)
Another case of “the less I tell you about this movie’s plot, the better”, but a lot of cult movie fans already know. Bettis holds her own as the star opposite Anna Faris, Jeremy Sisto, and James Duval as our unforgettably unhinged (yet sweet) protagonist.
Another case of “the less I tell you about this movie’s plot, the better”, but a lot of cult movie fans already know. Bettis holds her own as the star opposite Anna Faris, Jeremy Sisto, and James Duval as our unforgettably unhinged (yet sweet) protagonist.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Robert Redford - 📽️ A Bridge Too Far (Richard Attenborough, 1977)
This entrance must be seen to be believed. Redford was always at home bouncing off the world’s other greatest actors, and few casts were ever this stacked. Somehow even a man this striking knew how to blend in and still stand out. RIP
This entrance must be seen to be believed. Redford was always at home bouncing off the world’s other greatest actors, and few casts were ever this stacked. Somehow even a man this striking knew how to blend in and still stand out. RIP
September 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Robert Redford - 📽️ A Bridge Too Far (Richard Attenborough, 1977)
This entrance must be seen to be believed. Redford was always at home bouncing off the world’s other greatest actors, and few casts were ever this stacked. Somehow even a man this striking knew how to blend in and still stand out. RIP
This entrance must be seen to be believed. Redford was always at home bouncing off the world’s other greatest actors, and few casts were ever this stacked. Somehow even a man this striking knew how to blend in and still stand out. RIP
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Don Harvey - 📽️ Casualties of War (Brian De Palma, 1989)
Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn go so big in this movie that the supporting cast’s naturalism saves the tone of the harrowing true story. Harvey is haunting as the most monstrous and animalistic of the soldiers. He deserves a comeback film role.
Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn go so big in this movie that the supporting cast’s naturalism saves the tone of the harrowing true story. Harvey is haunting as the most monstrous and animalistic of the soldiers. He deserves a comeback film role.
September 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Don Harvey - 📽️ Casualties of War (Brian De Palma, 1989)
Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn go so big in this movie that the supporting cast’s naturalism saves the tone of the harrowing true story. Harvey is haunting as the most monstrous and animalistic of the soldiers. He deserves a comeback film role.
Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn go so big in this movie that the supporting cast’s naturalism saves the tone of the harrowing true story. Harvey is haunting as the most monstrous and animalistic of the soldiers. He deserves a comeback film role.
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“It’s clear that most have seen the movie before, yet when a big moment arrives, phones go up to capture it for social media as cheers erupt with a joy that feels brand new.” Happy 30th to Bollywood juggernaut, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, aka DDLJ 📽️
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‘DDLJ’: Why a Bollywood classic about forbidden love still captivates Indian movie-goers 30 years on | CNN
Released in 1995, “Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” or “DDLJ” redefined the Bollywood romance. Its most devoted fans still flock to a Mumbai cinema that has shown the film every day for three decades strai...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“It’s clear that most have seen the movie before, yet when a big moment arrives, phones go up to capture it for social media as cheers erupt with a joy that feels brand new.” Happy 30th to Bollywood juggernaut, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, aka DDLJ 📽️
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Ian McKellen - 📽️ The Keep (Michael Mann, 1983)
Mann’s gonzo horror-fantasy epic was a maligned failure that has since amassed a cult following. The early McKellen role is one of the highlights; he’s the historian entangled in doing the bidding of the demon Molasar. Nobody sells hot nonsense better.
Mann’s gonzo horror-fantasy epic was a maligned failure that has since amassed a cult following. The early McKellen role is one of the highlights; he’s the historian entangled in doing the bidding of the demon Molasar. Nobody sells hot nonsense better.
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Ian McKellen - 📽️ The Keep (Michael Mann, 1983)
Mann’s gonzo horror-fantasy epic was a maligned failure that has since amassed a cult following. The early McKellen role is one of the highlights; he’s the historian entangled in doing the bidding of the demon Molasar. Nobody sells hot nonsense better.
Mann’s gonzo horror-fantasy epic was a maligned failure that has since amassed a cult following. The early McKellen role is one of the highlights; he’s the historian entangled in doing the bidding of the demon Molasar. Nobody sells hot nonsense better.
Lisa Bonet - 📽️ Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987)
This casting was the subject of much debate and controversy at the time. Revisited today, it’s clearly one of the great debuts in a major film. Bonet learned the voodoo and stood out in a film with Mickey Rourke, Charlotte Rampling, and Robert De Niro.
This casting was the subject of much debate and controversy at the time. Revisited today, it’s clearly one of the great debuts in a major film. Bonet learned the voodoo and stood out in a film with Mickey Rourke, Charlotte Rampling, and Robert De Niro.
October 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Lisa Bonet - 📽️ Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987)
This casting was the subject of much debate and controversy at the time. Revisited today, it’s clearly one of the great debuts in a major film. Bonet learned the voodoo and stood out in a film with Mickey Rourke, Charlotte Rampling, and Robert De Niro.
This casting was the subject of much debate and controversy at the time. Revisited today, it’s clearly one of the great debuts in a major film. Bonet learned the voodoo and stood out in a film with Mickey Rourke, Charlotte Rampling, and Robert De Niro.
Riley Keough - 📽️ It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shults, 2017)
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
October 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Riley Keough - 📽️ It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shults, 2017)
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
As a horror-mystery, Shults’ movie was wildly divisive. But most people would agree the cast is one of its top strengths. The always immersed Keough is best in show, and her tense talk with Kelvin Harrison Jr. is the film’s high point.
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Samantha Eggar is one of my favorite actresses, and she elevated everything she was in, and she was in a lot more than you probably know. Rest easy, angel.
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Samantha Eggar is one of my favorite actresses, and she elevated everything she was in, and she was in a lot more than you probably know. Rest easy, angel.
Diane Keaton - 📽️ Mrs. Soffel (Gillian Armstrong, 1984)
Every Keaton performance is too undeniable to call forgotten, but this is definitely one more young film fans should see. It’s a complex moral balance of tone work from a great director, and rests on her expressive face. RIP to one of the best.
Every Keaton performance is too undeniable to call forgotten, but this is definitely one more young film fans should see. It’s a complex moral balance of tone work from a great director, and rests on her expressive face. RIP to one of the best.
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Diane Keaton - 📽️ Mrs. Soffel (Gillian Armstrong, 1984)
Every Keaton performance is too undeniable to call forgotten, but this is definitely one more young film fans should see. It’s a complex moral balance of tone work from a great director, and rests on her expressive face. RIP to one of the best.
Every Keaton performance is too undeniable to call forgotten, but this is definitely one more young film fans should see. It’s a complex moral balance of tone work from a great director, and rests on her expressive face. RIP to one of the best.
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Vincent Gardenia - 📽️ Little Murders (Alan Arkin, 1971)
Arkin’s dark comic masterwork is stuffed with bananas monologues from the likes of Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, and Arkin himself. Gardenia is funniest of all, reprising his stage role as Gould’s opinionated father-in-law with batty mania.
Arkin’s dark comic masterwork is stuffed with bananas monologues from the likes of Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, and Arkin himself. Gardenia is funniest of all, reprising his stage role as Gould’s opinionated father-in-law with batty mania.
June 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Vincent Gardenia - 📽️ Little Murders (Alan Arkin, 1971)
Arkin’s dark comic masterwork is stuffed with bananas monologues from the likes of Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, and Arkin himself. Gardenia is funniest of all, reprising his stage role as Gould’s opinionated father-in-law with batty mania.
Arkin’s dark comic masterwork is stuffed with bananas monologues from the likes of Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, and Arkin himself. Gardenia is funniest of all, reprising his stage role as Gould’s opinionated father-in-law with batty mania.
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Naomi Ackie - 📽️ Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd, 2017)
Oldroyd’s period drama with tinges of thriller also launched Florence Pugh and Cosmo Jarvis. The expressive Ackie plays a housemaid who gets caught up in a struggle of violent and murderous betrayals. She’s the rare young onscreen equal to Pugh.
Oldroyd’s period drama with tinges of thriller also launched Florence Pugh and Cosmo Jarvis. The expressive Ackie plays a housemaid who gets caught up in a struggle of violent and murderous betrayals. She’s the rare young onscreen equal to Pugh.
June 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Naomi Ackie - 📽️ Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd, 2017)
Oldroyd’s period drama with tinges of thriller also launched Florence Pugh and Cosmo Jarvis. The expressive Ackie plays a housemaid who gets caught up in a struggle of violent and murderous betrayals. She’s the rare young onscreen equal to Pugh.
Oldroyd’s period drama with tinges of thriller also launched Florence Pugh and Cosmo Jarvis. The expressive Ackie plays a housemaid who gets caught up in a struggle of violent and murderous betrayals. She’s the rare young onscreen equal to Pugh.