So now the dust is settling from the 86th Academy awards and the list of awards is out in the public domain. Cate Blanchett won best actress in Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine,’ Matthew McConaughey won best actor for his body morphing role in ‘Dallas Buyer’s Club’ and the current it girl of Hollywood Lupita Nyong’o won best actress in a supporting role for ’12 Years a Slave.’
Category: Film
Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of the greatest actors of his generation. Every role, no matter how small, was a master class in character. His presence filled the screen with personality inhabiting the people he became to make you believe their emotions.
“The Big Lebowski’s” grovelling assistant, the hypnotic arrogance of “The Master”, the devious menace of “MI3’s” Owen Davian, but above all he stirred wit and flawed humanity into every performance.
Nymphomaniac (also stylized as NYMPH()MANIAC) is a 2013 two-part drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Martin Solibakke, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Christian Slater and Connie Nielsen, a cut version of the film was released on December 25, 2013 in Denmark and in the US is set to be released in two parts on March 21, 2014 and April 18, 2014.
The world premiere of the first part of the 5 and a half hour-long uncut version is scheduled to be in February 2014 at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.