Indirect Address: Film Acting Today
In this ongoing column, Shonni Enelow takes a closer look at the style, technique, and meaning of contemporary screen acting.
By Shonni Enelow
| June 10, 2025
Good One's Sam is passive and withholding in her conversations with Chris and Matt. She does not expect them to pay attention to her feelings or consider her needs or experience. But Lily Collias, the actor, is thrillingly open and non-defensive.
By Shonni Enelow
| July 19, 2024
Like all cultural practices, film acting is a historical palimpsest: new affects, tones, and gestures jostle with older ones, and what makes something feel contemporary is often a matter of some contingency.