Great actors can take seemingly banal dialogue and make it memorable — for better or worse. We pick the best, and the most hilariously bad, line readings of 2017, and explain what makes them so unforgettable.
Performances
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Armie Hammer is more than an object of desire in Call Me by Your Name
In Call Me by Your Name, Armie Hammer’s performance as Oliver weaponizes his star persona, allowing us to misread his character in the same way that Elio does. This is the sixth piece in our Special Issue on Call Me by Your Name. Read the rest of the issue here.
Words are futile devices: On Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
In Call Me by Your Name, Timothée Chalamet conveys how words aren’t enough for Elio. His body reveals the feelings he leaves unspoken. This is an excerpt from the ebook Call Me by Your Name: A Special Issue, which is available to purchase here. To read the complete article, get your copy of the ebook […]
Bright Young Things: Introducing Jack Lowden
This is the first article of Seventh Row’s series on emerging artists, Bright Young Things. We take a look at the career of Scottish actor Jack Lowden, now starring in Dunkirk and England Is Mine. Jack Lowden’s notable, earlier supporting roles include Denial and War & Peace.
Davies’ adaptation of The Deep Blue Sea is a memory film with an unreliable narrator
In Terence Davies’ screen adaptation of Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, Davies plunges us into Hester’s memories, nudging us to accept her interpretation of events while providing the necessary evidence to doubt her perspective. This is the sixth and final feature in our Special Issue on Davies’ A Quiet Passion, which you can read in full […]
‘You do not demonstrate, you reveal’: Cynthia Nixon is exquisite in A Quiet Passion
As Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion, Cynthia Nixon reveals her depth of range and skill as a performer — emotionally, physically, and technically. This is the third feature in our Special Issue on A Quiet Passion, which can be read in full here.