Get it Right Now, You're in Hollywood

W magazine has compiled a breathtaking collection of portraits by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vindoodh Matadin of stars whom they deemed worthy of the best performances in the last year.


Their little description encapsulates, I think, why the portraits are so powerful and the plaudits are so justified.


"The most remarkable moments in film this past year weren’t 3-D action sequences but characters so real they hurt. Here, the actors who made us believe."  More here.




Last year I think the pageantry of Avatar and major controversy surrounding one of The Hurt Locker producers and his infamous letter to members of the Academy quite frankly undermined the reason for the awards in the first place.


Another piece that really focuses on the performance rather than hype is the Fourteen Actors Acting, produced for the New York Times.  The title alone seems to satirize what a shambles the celebrities of the recent Hollywood generation have made of the film industry.  


Here's looking at you kid, good ole fashioned performance and direction.