Our editors pick the ten best performances of Sundance 2021, from Daniel Kaluuya to Martha Plimpton.
Performances
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Ten emerging actors to watch at Sundance 2021
Our editors pick the ten most exciting emerging actors at Sundance 2021, from Niamh Algar to Anna Cobb.
FYC: Matt Dillon’s and Lars Eidinger’s complex portraits of men in Proxima
In Proxima, Matt Dillon and Lars Eidinger play the rare male characters who are flawed, privileged, and yet still empathetic.
FYC: Théodore Pellerin continued to prove himself in 2020
23-year-old Québécois actor Théodore Pellerin delivered two standout supporting performances in 2020, in Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Souterrain.
Vanessa Kirby beautifully underplays a showy role in Pieces of a Woman
Thirty minutes into Pieces of a Woman, I was ready to declare Vanessa Kirby a future Oscar nominee for the film.
FYC: Adam Beach shines in Monkey Beach as a troubled father figure
Adam Beach appears in only a handful of scenes of Monkey Beach, but he leaves such an impression, you’re convinced he was on screen longer.