Willem Dafoe
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Motherless Brooklyn: Edward Norton’s overlong vanity project
- Film
- December 4, 2019, 05:00
What’s that they say to artists? Kill your babies? It’s particularly important to hack ruthlessly at potential indulgences when directing, producing, (...)

‘I don’t look the way Hollywood has decided Irish people look’
- Film
- November 23, 2019, 06:00
When Katy Davis took her first professional pay cheque at the age of 12, it was playing the orphan Annie opposite Twink’s Miss Hannigan at the Olympia(...)

Robert Pattinson: ‘People are very angry about Twilight. I never understood it’
- Film
- October 18, 2019, 10:40
When Robert Pattinson signed on to play the antagonistic dauphin of France in Netflix’s medieval epic The King, he knew it was a juicy role that would(...)

Tarantino, Almódovar and Loach head the old brat pack at Cannes
- Film
- May 24, 2019, 05:00
“Have you had a good Cannes?” That question is being asked in every queue and on every escalator. The answer depends on which average you’re using. (...)

Here it is, 25 years to the day since Pulp Fiction Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pit(...)

Cannes 2019: A busload of auteurs and pizzazz aplenty
- Film
- May 10, 2019, 06:00
Pedro Almodóvar, Ken Loach, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino and Terrence Malick are in competition. Werner Herzog and Abel Ferrara are also offering n(...)

Vox Lux: A monstrous star turn from Natalie Portman
- Film
- May 3, 2019, 06:30
In the eight months since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the second film from Brady Corbet – follow-up to his dazzlingly ambitious The Chil(...)

At Eternity’s Gate: Willem Dafoe captures the anguish and elation of Van Gogh
- Film
- March 27, 2019, 05:00
For more than a few decades – most recently in the beautiful, but pointless Loving Vincent – filmmakers have addressed the Van Gogh aesthetic by(...)

Willem Dafoe: A portrait of the artist as a young man
- Film
- March 23, 2019, 05:00
From blockbusters to art house, Willem Dafoe throws himself into every part. But he makes sure to have fun doing it, and doesn’t mind playing a cha(...)

Oscars 2019: Donald Clarke’s guide – Who will win? And who should?
- Film
- February 23, 2019, 05:00
Between the writing of this piece and its publication, the Academy will, no doubt, have suggested settling best actress with a nude mud-wrestling matc(...)