Sally Potter’s fierce and funny The Party, shot in sharp black and white with a total run time of 71 minutes (bless), moves and feels like a one-act play. Its stars an international slate of actors, as many films do, but the members of this small cast—Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall and Emily Mortimer (British), […]
Patricia Clarkson
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Patricia Clarkson steps into leading light
The leading lady’s got it all. There’s brains, beauty and backstory all balled up into one towering film figure. But first, consider her other onscreen presence, one of a smaller scale: the female character actor has long played a sort of handmaid to the leading lady—the best friend, sister, mother or lover who brings nuance […]