Posts Tagged ‘Rylance’

The Seven Wisconsin Angles You’ll Meet on Oscar Night

Posted by Duane Dudek
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By my count there are seven (7) Wisconsin connections in this Sunday’s Oscar awards ceremony.

Six are film related and one of them is corporate. To recap.

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 The list is front loaded by three local connections to the Oscar nominated stop-motion animated film “Anomalisa.”

Kenosha native and University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee film department Caroline Kastelic oversaw puppet fabrication for the film by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson.

After college Kastelic worked at Starburns Industries, the animation production company co-founded by Milwaukee native Dan Harmon, creator of “Community.”

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Oscar Nominees With Wisconsin Ties, Snubs

Posted by Duane Dudek

Kenosha native Mark Ruffalo and former Milwaukeean Mark Rylance were nominated for Oscars as best supporting actor Thursday.

Ruffalo appears in best picture nominee “Spotlight,” Rylance in “Bridge of Spies.”

Documentary nominees “Cartel Land” and “The Look of Silence” and foreign language nominees “Embrace the Serpent” and “Theeb” played at the Milwaukee Film Festival.

Stop motion animated film nominee “Anomalisa,” opens Friday at the Oriental Theater.

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Critics Choice Nominees From Wisconsin Make Their Mark

Posted by Duane Dudek
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Could two performers with Wisconsin ties compete against each other come Oscar time?

If the Critics Choice awards nominations are any indication, both Mark Rylance and Mark Ruffalo could face off in the supporting actor category.

Rylance, an acclaimed stage actor, was born in England, and moved to the Milwaukee area in 1969.

His father taught at University School, and Rylance appeared in stage productions while a student there.

He was nominated for a Critics Choice award for his performance as a Russian spy in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.” He won Tony Awards in 2008 and in 2011.

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“Bridge Of Spies” Another History Class from Spielberg And Hanks

Posted by Duane Dudek
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“Bridge of Spies” is Capra-esque / John LeCarre mythmaking with Tom Hanks as equal parts Mr. Smith and one of Smiley’s people and Steven Spielberg applying the flawless visual touches he brought to films like “Lincoln.”

History class is again in session.

This time Spielberg and Hanks, who revived interest in the greatest generation with “Saving Private Ryan” set the way back machine for a Cold War espionage tale about superpower surrogates that unfolds against the backdrop of the division of Germany and building of the Berlin Wall.

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