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When Schindler’s List hit theaters in 1993, it wasn’t just another war movie—it was a cinematic gut-punch. Steven Spielberg took audiences deep into the horrors of the Holocaust, crafting a black-and-white masterpiece that remains one of the most powerful films of this genre to date.

While the movie tells the story of Oskar Schindler’s efforts to save Jews from Nazi extermination, there’s another unforgettable force lurking in the film’s shadows: Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth, one of the most chilling villains ever to grace the silver screen. Fiennes is known for many villainous characters, but his portrayal of the Austrian SS-Commander remains one of the best performances of his career.

Bringing One of WWII's Most Heroic Stories to the Silver Screen

Before diving into Fiennes’ nightmarishly brilliant performance, let’s set the stage. By the early ‘90s, Spielberg had built a reputation as Hollywood’s blockbuster king,...

The Academy Awards were once the gold standard of cinematic excellence. Since then, they have spiraled into a glittery, self-important popularity contest. Now, merit takes a backseat to politics, nostalgia, and the inexplicable desire to award the most Oscar-bait performance of the year.

It’s a chaotic mix of questionable snubs, undeserving wins, and choices so baffling they make you wonder if the voters are watching the same movies as the rest of us.

Ralph Fiennes in Conclave | Credits: Focus Features

Ralph Fiennes, a man who has spent his entire career delivering performances so layered, so mesmerizing, that he should have at least three Oscars on his shelf by now. And yet, despite decades of brilliance, the Academy continues to treat him like a second-tier actor instead of the acting powerhouse he is. But this year? This year should be different.

Ralph Fiennes has been snubbed by the Academy before...

Ralph Fiennes arrives for an interview with Deadline in the cramped manager’s office at the Prince Charles Cinema just off London’s Leicester Square and it is too small to swing a cat. “Mind your head,” he calls to a visitor about to be knocked out by a low beam.

“Is this divine intervention?” I joke. It’s a pertinent point, considering Fiennes plays Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, the Dean of Cardinals, the Vatican’s most powerful figure after the pope, in Edward Berger’s Conclave.

(L-r) Director Edward Berger and Ralph Fiennes on the set of ‘Conclave’

The role was gifted to Fiennes by producer Tessa Ross and has garnered the actor his third Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actor. His first Hollywood movie saw him get a Best Supporting nod for his role as the cruel Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. And Fiennes’ first...

Ralph Fiennes had "misplaced snobbery" towards the 'Harry Potter' franchise before signing up to play Lord Voldemort.The 62-year-old actor portrayed the antagonist in five of the films based on J.K. Rowling's wizardry books but confessed that he wasn't interested in the part until his sister told him how important it was.Fiennes told The Hollywood Reporter at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival recently: "I hadn't seen the films in order to dislike them, I just hadn't seen them and I hadn't read the books. I was aware of their big success. I think I was probably guilty of a sort of totally misplaced snobbery of witches and goblins and things."I was resistant, until I told my sister Martha that I've been asked to play this Voldemort person. She said, 'Voldemort, you've been asked to play Voldemort? You have to do it! Ralph you don't realise, you don't realise'.

From Schindler’s List to The English Patient to the Harry Potter films to Conclave, Ralph Fiennes has had a celebrated career as a leading star and character actor.

The British performer, who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, is adept at playing compromised men on the big screen, such as his Austrian Nazi Amon Göth, who oversees the building of a concentration camp in Poland in Schindler’s List. In 2011, Fiennes made his big-screen directorial debut and also starred in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Coriolanus. He starred, produced and directed 2013’s The Invisible Woman, where he portrayed Charles Dickens. Most notably, Fiennes has been in several Best Picture Oscar winners including 1993’s Schindler’s List, The English Patient, and 2009’s The Hurt Locker. His 2022 movie The Menu brought him a Golden Globe nomination in the comedy/musical category. And his 2024 film Conclave, in which he plays an embattled...

For over 30 years, Ralph Fiennes has been one of the most reliable leading men in Hollywood, anchoring everything from big-budget fantasy epics to grounded dramas with characteristic grace and sly humor. But for all his accolades, one particular honor has eluded him: an Academy Award. Fiennes earned his first nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for his breakout role as Nazi officer Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, the embodiment of the banality of evil. He received a second nomination just three years later, this time for Best Actor for his starring role in Anthony Minghella's historical romance The English Patient, and this year, he's up for Best Actor again for his work in Edward Berger's closed-doors Catholic drama Conclave.

It's some of his best work yet, a subtle and deeply affecting performance well-deserving of a golden statuette, not just for the performance itself, but for...

While The Godfather contains many villainous figures, the lack of one true main antagonist remains a hallmark of Francis Ford Coppola's genre-defining gangster movie. Since releasing in 1972, The Godfather's reputation has aged like a fine Sicilian wine, and the first chapter of the Corleone family trilogy continues to be considered a leading contender when debating the greatest movies ever made. That same debate often yields the line "a movie is only as good as its villain," and that pearl of wisdom has been proven right on many occasions.

Heath Ledger's Joker was crucial to The Dark Knight, Ralph Fiennes' Amon Göth cut an unforgettably sinister presence in Schindler's List, and the Good and Ugly would have been a lot less interesting without the Bad. Curiously, The Godfather stands apart. Plenty of nefarious figures are littered throughout the story, but pinning down one main villain from The Godfather's cast is far from straightforward.

Ralph Fiennes plays one of the most menacing characters in film history in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and, despite the evil of the character, Fiennes could not refuse the part. Arguably one of the greatest movies of Steven Spielberg's vaunted career, Schindler's List is a historical drama based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist whose efforts during the Holocaust saved more than 1000 Polish-Jewish refugees. Released back-to-back with Jurassic Park, Schindler's List showed that Spielberg had not lost his sense of drama for spectacle.

Spielberg shopped the movie around to several directors before determining that if he wanted the story made, he would need to do it himself (via SlashFilm). Spielberg didn't take a salary for the film, considering it, "blood money". As a Jewish man, the story was obviously a personal one for him, and the harrowing, unblinking movie effectively puts audiences in the hopeless...

As one of the most acclaimed movies of all time, there are always plenty of viewers curious about where they can watch Schindler's List. Director Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed historical drama is a haunting vision of the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as one man's effort to save as many lives as possible. Liam Neeson stars as the Nazi industrialist-turned-humanitarian Oskar Schindler, with Ben Kingsley as his account Itzhak Stern, and Ralph Fiennes as the formidable concentration camp commandant Amon Göth.

Though Spielberg was already a renowned filmmaker in Hollywood thanks to movies like Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, this was a monumental achievement in his career. Schindler's List earned Spielberg his first Best Director Oscar while winning seven other Oscars, including Best Picture. Despite being a three-hour black-and-white drama, the film was also a box office success, earning over $300 million and still...

Get ready to hear a lot of talk this awards season about how baffling it is that Ralph Fiennes only has two Oscar nominations to his name, with his expected Best Actor nomination for Conclave on the horizon. Despite his continuing to give us indelible characters like M. Gustave, Chef Slowik, and lego Alfred Pennyworth, he's received barely any notable accolades. His best chance at winning an Oscar was when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing Amon Göth in Schindler's List, a fresh face immortalized as one of the great villains in World War II cinema history. But, alas, he lost to Tommy Lee Jones for The Fugitive, a loss that has increasingly looked more egregious the longer time has gone on.

Ralph Fiennes' new mystery-thriller with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, and is a serious Oscar contender, has become a streaming success. The English actor, widely considered one of the most famous and beloved thespians in all of Britain, is perhaps best known to audiences for his portrayal of the primary antagonist, Lord Voldemort, in the Harry Potter movies. Fiennes has also played M in Daniel Craig's James Bond movies – Skyfall, Spectre, and No Time to Die.

In addition to appearing in major film franchises, Fiennes has also received many accolades over his career. For his portrayal of the Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's Holocaust drama Schindler's List, Fiennes earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. A few years later, his performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient earned him another Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Now,...

Ralph Fiennes has long been celebrated as one of the most popular and acclaimed actors to hail from Britain, but even he has his misfires. Known for his commanding presence and intense performances, Fiennes first gained international recognition in the 1990s with his chilling portrayal of the Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, a role that earned him an Academy Award nomination and BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor. He followed this success with another Oscar-nominated performance in The English Patient, solidifying his reputation for taking on complex, dramatic characters.

Nonetheless, Fiennes' ability to balance commercial success with artistic projects has been a hallmark of his career. He brought a new energy to the iconic role of M in the James Bond franchise, beginning with Skyfall in 2012, and charmed audiences in Wes Anderson’s colorful The Grand Budapest Hotel as the whimsical and polished Gustave H.

Uberto Pasolini adapts epic poetry on an intimate scale in The Return, which loosely transposes the second half of Homer’s The Odyssey for the screen. Gone are the gods and monsters, or anything of a mythological bent, in this interpretation of Odysseus’s decades-in-the-making voyage home to Ithaca. Pasolini reduces the scale without minimizing the stakes of a husband, father, and warrior who must come to terms with small but mighty forces, from the ravages of age to the unyielding passage of time.

For a film based on one of the oldest works of literature, Pasolini leverages little in the way of words to tell his version of the story. Rather than relying on verse to have us learn about the characters’ responses to various developments, The Return often turns to its actors to convey or process information in close-ups. When talents like Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche sign...

Ralph Fiennes is an incredibly gifted actor, and his performance as Amon Göth in Schindler's List is unquestionably the best portrayal of a war movie villain. Steven Spielberg's project is widely regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time, and the 1993 motion picture is highly respected for how accurately Schindler's List's characters compare to real-life figures. Considering the film's enduring position in cinematic history, Ralph Fiennes' loss at the 1994 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor remains a glaring injustice.

Tasked with overseeing the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, Amon Göth was a high-profile SS officer. A sadistic embodiment of evil, the actor's harrowing portrayal imbues Göth with chilling authenticity. However, despite being recognized and acclaimed for his haunting performance, Fiennes did not receive the recognition many felt he deserved at the 1994 Academy Awards ceremony. 30 years on, this decision only feels more ill-judged.

Ralph Fiennes Didn't Win An Oscar For...

Ralph Fiennes is the type of actor that’s so consistently excellent that it’s paradoxically easy to take him for granted. Equally at home as a supporting player as a leading man, Fiennes has steadily been turning in great onscreen turns for three decades since his 1993 breakout, and he’s been celebrated with two Oscar nominations. But he hasn’t been recognized since the ’90s, despite a growing body of immaculate, perfectly-calibrated performances.

For many, Fiennes is most famous as a villain, utilizing his icy blue eyes for menacing effect. He broke out and received his first Oscar nomination in 1993 playing infamous Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in “Schindler’s List,” giving a pitiless and terrifying performance. In 2005, he was introduced to a whole new generation of audience members as the serpentine, ghastly, resurrected Voldemort in “Harry Potter,” which remains perhaps his best known role.

Yet Fiennes, an actor who...

Ralph Fiennes might have gone too far with his support for J.K. Rowling’s controversial comments, but the actor seemed on point during his remarks on trigger warnings for theater productions. Criticizing woke warnings, Fiennes claimed that audiences should expect to be surprised, instead of being warned beforehand about upcoming events.

Ralph Fiennes in a still from Spectre | image: Sony Pictures

After previously making headlines for going against Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson’s mutual opinions about J.K. Rowling, Ralph Fiennes seemed done with theaters posting trigger warnings for their productions. Claiming that people have gotten too soft, Fiennes noted that he would do away with trigger warnings if things were in his hands.

Ralph Fiennes Criticized the Woke Culture Trend of Trigger Warnings

With a career spanning critically acclaimed films and fantasy franchises like Harry Potter, Ralph Fiennes had become a household name in Hollywood. However, apart from his celebrated performance,...

Stepping into the shoes of a menacing villain is often considered intimidating, even for the most seasoned actors—and Ralph Fiennes did it twice. Terrifying audiences with his ice-cold portrayal of SS officer Amon Göth, and later channeling similar darkness through his role as Lord Voldemort, Fiennes successfully convinced people of his onscreen sadism.

Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List | image: Universal Pictures

However, while his iconic villain roles catapulted his position in the entertainment industry and cemented him among A-listers, Ralph Fiennes had to pay a price for the preparation. According to Fiennes, he immersed himself in the Nazi material to such an extent that he ended up relating to the character. So much so, that his psychology was tampered and he was left with a lingering effect from the role, which perhaps, later appeared in the Harry Potter films.

Ralph Fiennes Found...

Asif Kapadia, the Oscar-winning director of Amy, has said he is “mortified” over his “Ill-judged” sharing of social media posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict.

In a statement, issued after Deadline revealed that he had been removed as a patron of documentary charity The Grierson Trust, Kapadia apologized for his conduct on Twitter (now X).

Kapadia said: “I’m mortified by the hurt and offence that some of my retweets have caused. I now understand that they will be seen by many as antisemitic, or in the case of one even justifying violence. That was not my intention.

“Like many I feel passionate about the fate of the Palestinian & Lebanese people and the suffering they have endured over the years, but I am equally passionate about all anti-racism and condemn all forms of antisemitism. I unequivocally apologise for these ill-judged reposts which were posted in haste with a lack of due consideration.

Update: The Grierson Trust has confirmed news broken by Deadline earlier today that it has withdrawn Asif Kapadia’s patronage following a backlash over the director sharing what it calls “antisemitic” social media posts. In a statement, the organization said:

“Since the Grierson Trust announced that Asif Kapadia had been appointed as one of our patrons, some social media posts shared by him have been drawn to our attention which are antisemitic. As a result, at an 8am board meeting this morning, we took the decision to rescind his role as patron of the Trust.

When we made the decision to appoint Mr Kapadia, the board was not aware of these posts, some of which appear to be no longer available, and we are sorry that our due diligence was not thorough enough. The Grierson Trust is deeply committed to promoting both freedom of speech and diversity and inclusion in the documentary industry.

While the world knows Ralph Fiennes for his remarkable ability to bring complex and often chilling characters to life, it’s his Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe who revealed how Fiennes’ intensity extended beyond the screen. During their collaboration on the sets of the billion-dollar franchise, Radcliffe admitted to being unnerved by the actor’s striking aura of realism.

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter | image: Warner Bros.

Well, Ralph Fiennes’ formidable presence wasn’t just limited to the sets of Harry Potter. Rumor has it that Fiennes, while gripping audiences with his performance in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, also left a lasting impression on those who encountered him. Apparently, Fiennes’ blend of fierce talent and personal intensity even left a real-life genocide survivor scared to death.

Daniel Radcliffe was Intimidated by Ralph Fiennes More Than Alan Rickman

In the cinematic history of Hollywood, few actors have cast a shadow...

28 Years Later should further explore the theme of military corruption with a new villain played by Ralph Fiennes. Ralph Fiennes' portrayal of a military man in The Hurt Locker makes him the ideal choice for the upcoming sequel. The franchise's trend of exploring flawed military leadership could continue with Fiennes' chilling performance.

The cast of 28 Years Later includes an ideal replacement for the villains of 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. Although 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later have many differences, both horror movies serve as sharp condemnations of unchecked military power. 28 Years Laters story is likely to be very different again, as the sequel is set years after the original movies in the series. Despite this, the upcoming sequel 28 Years Later can and should add to the franchises complex portrayal of flawed military leaders and the havoc they can wreak on civilian populations.

In many ways, the military is the...

The Holocaust was a horrifying event in world history that resulted in the genocide of millions of Jews under Adolf Hitler’s regime during World War 2. While many were unaware of the true extent of the atrocities inflicted, films like The Diary of Anne Frank, Judgement at Nuremberg, and others gave audiences a glimpse into these dark times.

Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg

The film like many other World War epics, hit front and center with fans across the world for the impact it created through its depiction of the horrors of war and the Holocaust, and the way it affected millions of innocent people. More significantly, it portrayed a character who stood for humanity and chose to protect, when he could easily have chosen to destroy, given his cultural background.

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28 Years Later adds Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes to the cast. The movie is a sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. All three new cast members are well-known English performers.

28 Years Later has added three well-known English stars to the cast. The upcoming horror movie is the long-awaited sequel to 2002's 28 Days Later and 2007's 28 Weeks Later, both of which explored the results of a virulent rage virus spreading throughout England and turning its inhabitants into bloodthirsty zombie-like creatures. The upcoming movie will reteam director Danny Boyle with writer Alex Garland and original 28 Days star Cillian Murphy, who joins the duo as an executive producer and has so far not been set to reprise his role as Jim.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes have joined the cast of the upcoming 28 Years Later. No information has been released...

There were movies about the Holocaust long before "Schindler's List." Superb movies. George Stevens' "The Diary of Anne Frank," Stanley Kramer's "Judgment at Nuremberg," Alan J. Pakula's "Sophie's Choice," and Paul Mazursky's "Enemies, a Love Story" (to name but a few) grappled with this staggeringly evil, carefully coordinated campaign of genocide so that moviegoers could, hopefully, comprehend how ordinary people could become bigoted, bloodthirsty monsters. The answers weren't comforting, but we couldn't move forward as a species without them.

Aside from the "how," there was another agonizing question that needed to be answered, one that was not as easy to dramatize: why didn't more people step up to stop this?

It doesn't take a great deal of research to realize that most good people were paralyzed by a mixture of cowardice and self-preservation. And while it is vital that we keep hammering home this observation for future generations,...

Spielberg proudly calls Schindler's List his best work, surpassing classics like Jaws and E.T. The filmmaker wasn't sure he could adapt the riveting book, Schindler's Ark, for the big screen. Schindler's List was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won 7 Oscars.

Schindler’s List is the movie Steven Spielberg is “proudest of.” Spielberg’s storied filmmaking career spans over 50 years, and he’s amassed some of the most memorable titles of all time. He endowed fans with the first summer blockbuster, which was Jaws (1975), the Indiana Jones franchise, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and even the critically praised remake of West Side Story — too bad the movie musical opened during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cinema history wouldn’t have Jurassic Park if not for Spielberg, not to mention 2022’s The Fabelmans. During a sit-down with The Hollywood Reporter, for the Schindler’s List: An Oral History of a Masterpiece feature, Spielberg declared...

“Schindler’s List was never a cure for antisemitism,” emphasizes Steven Spielberg. “It was a reminder of the symptoms of it.”

These days, tragically, antisemitism is all over the headlines: Neo-Nazis chanting “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville. The Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that claimed the lives of some 1,200 Jews, the largest slaughter since the Holocaust. Not to mention a former and possibly future American president using Hitler-like language at his Nuremberg-esque rallies, referring to immigrants as “vermin” who are “poisoning the blood” of America.

Liam Neeson and Steven Spielberg were photographed Jan. 5 at Quixote Studios West Hollywood.

All of which is why, 30 years after Spielberg won best picture and best director for his movie about Oskar Schindler, the German businessman who saved 1,200 Jews from the Nazis during World War II, THR is revisiting his film with an oral history...

Steven Spielberg had tackled serious subjects before, but none of his previous work had the power and artistic vision of “Schindler’s List,” which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Based on the book by Thomas Keneally, “Schindler’s List” relates the true story of Nazi party member and war profiteer Oskar Schindler, who ended up saving 1,000 Jews from the Nazi death camps during World War II. Shot in black-and-white-save for a little girl wearig red coat- ‘Schindler’s List” is often a difficult watch, but it’s message of “Never Forget” is particularly relevant today with the rise of anti-Semitism and the white power movement. The epic stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ben Kingsley as the Jewish manager of Schindler’s factor and Ralph Fiennes, terrifying as a ruthless Nazi commandant Amon Goth.

The reviews were laudatory and despite its length — 3 hours 15 minutes — “Schindler’s List” made over $322 million worldwide. Nominated for 12 Oscars...

Schindler's List is recognized as one of the best Holocaust movies ever made, based on the true story of Oskar Schindler. The film was shot in Krakow, Poland, where the real events took place, adding to its authenticity and making it a popular location for walking tours. The movie showcases significant locations such as Schindler's factory, 7 Straszewskiego Street, Szeroka Street, and 12 Jozefa Street, which were pivotal in portraying the atrocities faced by the Jews during World War II.

The 1993 historical drama film Schindler's List is regarded as one of the best Holocaust movies ever made, and it was filmed in areas that remained faithful to its real story. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List tells the true story of a German industrialist and businessperson, Oskar Schindler, who establishes an enamels factory and, under advice from the Nazi party, uses Jewish workers during the war. As the war progresses, however, Schindler...

Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” is a sumptuous feast for the eyes according to film critics who just saw the film. The movie, detailing the life of the Emperor Napoleon (played by Joaquin Phoenix) and his relationship as both a ruler and a husband to Empress Josephine (Vanessa Kirby) is “a lot of movie” according to critic and writer William Bibbiani.

The film will premiere in a truncated two hour and 38 minute cut in theaters, while debuting a four-hour cut on Apple TV+.

Many critics cited the biggest flaw was that it felt like the time had been condensed. According to IndieWire’s David Ehrlich, “Napoleon definitely feels like a 4-hour movie that’s been cut to ribbons, but it’s So funny during the first half when it’s all about Ridley Scott just reading Napoleon for filth and laughing at how embarrassing it is to be a man with ambitions.

Wes Anderson brings his signature whimsy to his adaptation of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, collaborating with renowned actors like Benedict Cumberbatch. The cast of the film is filled with recognizable faces, including Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley, who bring colorful characters to life. Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the role of Henry Sugar, a wealthy narcissist who uses his newfound ability to cheat in card games. Cumberbatch is known for his performances in Sherlock and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Wes Anderson’s whimsical adaptation of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar sees the quirky auteur teaming up with such renowned actors as Benedict Cumberbatch. Clocking in at just 39 minutes, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is the first of a series of shorts that Anderson has made for Netflix, all based on Dahl’s work. It revolves around a vain, self-centered, very wealthy Englishman named Henry Sugar who learns...

Schindler's List is a movie that depicts the true story of Oskar Schindler and how he saved over 1,200 Jews from Nazi execution in World War II. The film accurately portrays real historical figures such as Amon Göth, the sadistic commandant of the Płaszów labor camp, and Itzhak Stern, Schindler's Jewish accountant and close friend. The real-life figures depicted in the movie, like Emilie Schindler and Leo Rosner, played significant roles in supporting and assisting Schindler in his mission to save Jewish lives.

Schindler’s List portrays many real historical figures within its narrative, but it doesn’t tell the whole story of its entire cast of characters. The movie depicts the true tale of how German industrialist Oskar Schindler rescued 1,200 Jews from Nazi execution in one of the most stirring acts of humanitarianism during World War II. Schindler's List begins just before the war and follows the eight-year arc that sees...

Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Netflix releases the film in select theaters on Wednesday, September 20, and it will be available to stream on Netflix on Wednesday, September 27.

Rumor had it that Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” — the first of the four Netflix shorts the filmmaker has made from Roald Dahl’s anthology book of the same name — would be such a radically faithful adaptation of its source material that it would ironically feel like something altogether new. Lucky for us, that rumor was at least half true. Two-thirds true, even.

On the matter of fidelity, there can be no question. Running 37 minutes long at a full sprint from the moment it starts, “Henry Sugar” recites Dahl’s text almost completely verbatim. It starts, as all movies should, with Ralph Fiennes muttering to himself in a miniature recreation of Dahl’s study.

Ed Skrein discusses his role as Admiral Atticus Noble, describing his character as a verbally violent villain with an arsenal of military power. Noble's motivation is driven by loyalty to the slain king and a desire for prestige and higher standing, mixed with a sadistic pleasure in carrying out his duties. Skrein underwent intense physical training and conditioning for the role, focusing on martial arts and strength training, and credits Zack Snyder for motivating and guiding him through the process.

Screen Rant visited the set of Zack Snyder's sci-fi epic Rebel Moon and spoke with Ed Skrein about his role as the film's villain, Admiral Atticus Noble. We discuss Noble's motivation, why Skrein loves working with Zack Snyder, how he got so jacked for the role, and how he relates to Rebel Moon's heroine, Sofia Boutella's Kora.

While Skrein has played multiple sinister villains in big blockbusters like Deadpool and Alita,...

In the vast tapestry of Oscar history, specific years define instants of talents converging to produce a constellation of extraordinary performances. 1993 was one such epoch when the best supporting actor lineup at the 66th Academy Awards ceremony showcased an assembly of unparalleled depth. The roster included Leonardo DiCaprio for “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” Ralph Fiennes for “Schindler’s List,” John Malkovich for “In the Line of Fire,” Pete Postlethwaite for “In the Name of the Father,” and ultimate victor, Tommy Lee Jones for “The Fugitive.”

Looking back on the 30th anniversary of Warner Bros’ taut thriller, “The Fugitive” from director Andrew Davis, Variety reflects on how Jones’ win anchored one of the single best Oscar lineups of all time.

Each nominated actor found themselves in unique career positions and created unforgettable characters that have left indelible marks in cinema. Any of them could have won the category and would stand tall...

Bad guys tend to have a good time at the Oscars. From Christoph Waltz‘s 2010 “Inglourious Basterds” win for Best Supporting Actor to Anthony Hopkins‘ iconic 1992 Best Actor win for “The Silence of the Lambs,” you can always count on Oscar voters to take notice of a villain.

While those two examples are fictional, some actors have also had Oscar luck by playing real-life killers. For example, Charlize Theron won for playing Aileen Wuornos. Wuornos murdered seven men between 1989 and 1990 while she was a prostitute in Florida. She shot and robbed the seven men, who Wuornos claimed were clients who had either raped or attempted to rape, claiming self-defense. However, she was sentenced to death and executed in 2002 for six of the murders. Theron took home the Best Actress Oscar in 2004 for her transformative performance as the killer in “Monster.”

Ralph Fiennes also played a real-life killer in his role...

In playing Nazi commandant, Amon Göth, in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Ralph Fiennes gave audiences an unforgettable depiction of genocidal evil. As a longtime member of the Nazi party, the Austrian officer would work his way through the ranks of the SS, ultimately presiding over the construction and running of the Plaszow Concentration Camp in Poland. While horrid and inhumane acts of violence, cruelty, and dehumanization were obviously the law of the land amid the Holocaust, the real-life Göth cultivated a particularly infamous reputation among Jewish prisoners for engaging in sadistic behavior. Like so many other Nazi officers, his reign of terror would end swiftly along with the war in Europe, but the trauma and historical impact of his actions would never be forgotten as a result of survivor testimony.

British actor Ralph Fiennes, who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, is now in his 60s with a celebrated career as a leading star and character actor.

He often plays compromised men on the big screen such as his Austrian Nazi Amon Göth, who oversees the building of a concentration camp in Poland in “Schindler’s List.” In 2011, Fiennes made his big-screen directorial debut and also starred in Shakespeare’s tragedy “Coriolanus.” He starred, produced and directed 2013’s “The Invisible Woman,” where he portrayed Charles Dickens. Most notably, Fiennes has been in several Best Picture Oscar winners including 1993’s “Schindler’s List,” 1996’s “The English Patient” and 2009’s “The Hurt Locker.” His 2022 movie “The Menu” has already brought him a Golden Globe nomination in the comedy/musical category.

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, Antoine Fuqua’s thoroughly Oscar-pilled “Emancipation” is the kind of immaculate misfire that could only happen because Hollywood is spinning off its axis. Because the American film industry has sacrificed medium-budget programmers at the altar of monolithic franchise blockbusters, original stories can only expect to be told if they feed into the awards machine and/or manufacture a sense of cultural significance. That’s how you wind up with the director of “Olympus Has Fallen” making a stiff-jawed slavery epic that desperately wants to be something a lot smaller — and a little less important.

That was never an option. By virtue of its release date, subject matter, and star power alone, “Emancipation” was created to be seen through the same narrow lens of the system that produced it, and “The Slap” — an existential threat to any feature so dependent upon the Oscars for market enthusiasm — ironically did even more to...

Recently, /Film's own Jack Giroux had the opportunity to talk about "The Menu" with the movie's screenwriters, Will Tracy and Seth Reiss. The pair had previously mentioned that they envisioned Ralph Fiennes in the role of Julian Slowik. In "The Menu," Julian is the celebrity chef whose multi-course, theatrically-presented, ultra-expensive meal will — on this particular night — involve multiple human deaths. The chef, in his hermetic kitchen cloister, takes the conceptual elements of his cooking a few steps too far and drives himself mad with notions of class, life, death, and how they all relate to meal prep.

Julian is calm and distressingly frank when discussing the deaths of his clientele, and Fiennes' terrifyingly soft-spoken performance is a memorable one. Fiennes, of course, has a long and varied career, appearing in intense independent films, mainstream effect-based blockbusters, and large-scale Hollywood dramas. Of the many notable characters Fiennes has played, writers Tracy...

Universal Pictures will release a restored version of Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” on Dec. 7 for a limited theatrical engagement to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its opening.

“Schindler’s List” follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, played by Liam Neeson, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. The film has been remastered in 4K, Dolby Cinema, and Dolby Atmos. Spielberg supervised the restoration from the original film negative.

The film won seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best director for Spielberg. It also won Oscars for composer John Williams, screenwriter Steven Zaillian, director of photography Janusz Kaminski, art directors Allan Starski and Ewa Braun, editor Michael Kahn, and producers Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig. It was also a strong box office performer with $320 million worldwide.

Spielberg shot “Schindler’s List” in black-and-white over 72 days in Poland with the goal of giving the...

Shooting a Holocaust drama as grim as “Schindler’s List” obviously took an emotional toll on director Steven Spielberg, but it turns out the filmmaker had an unexpected lifeline to help him see the light on set. Spielberg, reuniting with cast members Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and more during a “Schindler’s List” 25th anniversary celebration at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, revealed that a weekly phone call with Robin Williams was the filmmaker’s saving grace.

“Robin knew what I was going through, and once a week, Robin would call me on schedule and he would do 15 minutes of stand-up on the phone,” Spielberg said. “I would laugh hysterically, because I had to release so much.”

Prior to “Schindler’s List,” Spielberg directed Williams in “Hook.”

“The way Robin is on the telephone, he’d always hang up on the loudest, best laugh you’d give him,” the director said.