Dan Callahan has written about film for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Nylon, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Method and MerylJack Nicholson: Dance with the DevilWarren Beatty: Take Off Your ClothesAl Pacino: Darkness on the Edge of TownDustin Hoffman: Midnight of the MethodRobert De Niro: Born to LoseHarvey Keitel: Body ArtistGene Hackman: Keep It RealAlbert Finney: Married PeopleAnthony Hopkins: High, Wide and HandsomeDaniel ­Day-Lewis: In CharacterJeff Bridges: Straight No ChaserNick Nolte: CrucifiedSean Penn: By HimselfRiver Phoenix: Only OnceDenzel Washington: The Duke in His DomainViggo Mortensen: Set ApartChristian Bale: TransparencyLeonardo DiCaprio: Bad InfluenceMichael Fassbender: Angel Eyes That Old Devil SentBen Whishaw: Diamond in the RoughJane Fonda: The SearchFaye Dunaway: Touched to the QuickEllen Burstyn: The Shadow SelfGena Rowlands: Love StreamsMaggie Smith: The Acid QueenJulie Christie: DarlingGlenda Jackson: Tension ClenchingDiane Keaton: In the MomentSissy Spacek: Down HomeDebra Winger: Feathers in a TornadoSigourney Weaver: Above It AllGlenn Close: Command PerformancesKathleen Turner: Lust for LifeAlfre Woodard: Wait and SeeJudy Davis: High AnxietyEmma Thompson: A Star DancedJennifer Jason Leigh: Hard KnocksJulianne Moore: Lying in WaitSamantha Morton: Chaos/ControlPatricia Clarkson: On a DareConclusion: Chaos TheoryBibliographyIndex

“Anyone reading this sweeping analysis will come away with a deeper knowledge not just of styles...but a sense of what distinguishes each star. Callahan requires few words to make an observation of startling truth and clarity...Callahan has strong tastes that become more interesting and entertaining the further you read.”—Sight and Sound.

Dan Callahan has written about film for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Nylon, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Method and MerylJack Nicholson: Dance with the DevilWarren Beatty: Take Off Your ClothesAl Pacino: Darkness on the Edge of TownDustin Hoffman: Midnight of the MethodRobert De Niro: Born to LoseHarvey Keitel: Body ArtistGene Hackman: Keep It RealAlbert Finney: Married PeopleAnthony Hopkins: High, Wide and HandsomeDaniel ­Day-Lewis: In CharacterJeff Bridges: Straight No ChaserNick Nolte: CrucifiedSean Penn: By HimselfRiver Phoenix: Only OnceDenzel Washington: The Duke in His DomainViggo Mortensen: Set ApartChristian Bale: TransparencyLeonardo DiCaprio: Bad InfluenceMichael Fassbender: Angel Eyes That Old Devil SentBen Whishaw: Diamond in the RoughJane Fonda: The SearchFaye Dunaway: Touched to the QuickEllen Burstyn: The Shadow SelfGena Rowlands: Love StreamsMaggie Smith: The Acid QueenJulie Christie: DarlingGlenda Jackson: Tension ClenchingDiane Keaton: In the MomentSissy Spacek: Down HomeDebra Winger: Feathers in a TornadoSigourney Weaver: Above It AllGlenn Close: Command PerformancesKathleen Turner: Lust for LifeAlfre Woodard: Wait and SeeJudy Davis: High AnxietyEmma Thompson: A Star DancedJennifer Jason Leigh: Hard KnocksJulianne Moore: Lying in WaitSamantha Morton: Chaos/ControlPatricia Clarkson: On a DareConclusion: Chaos TheoryBibliographyIndex

“Anyone reading this sweeping analysis will come away with a deeper knowledge not just of styles...but a sense of what distinguishes each star. Callahan requires few words to make an observation of startling truth and clarity...Callahan has strong tastes that become more interesting and entertaining the further you read.”—Sight and Sound.

Dan Callahan has written about film for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Nylon, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Method and MerylJack Nicholson: Dance with the DevilWarren Beatty: Take Off Your ClothesAl Pacino: Darkness on the Edge of TownDustin Hoffman: Midnight of the MethodRobert De Niro: Born to LoseHarvey Keitel: Body ArtistGene Hackman: Keep It RealAlbert Finney: Married PeopleAnthony Hopkins: High, Wide and HandsomeDaniel ­Day-Lewis: In CharacterJeff Bridges: Straight No ChaserNick Nolte: CrucifiedSean Penn: By HimselfRiver Phoenix: Only OnceDenzel Washington: The Duke in His DomainViggo Mortensen: Set ApartChristian Bale: TransparencyLeonardo DiCaprio: Bad InfluenceMichael Fassbender: Angel Eyes That Old Devil SentBen Whishaw: Diamond in the RoughJane Fonda: The SearchFaye Dunaway: Touched to the QuickEllen Burstyn: The Shadow SelfGena Rowlands: Love StreamsMaggie Smith: The Acid QueenJulie Christie: DarlingGlenda Jackson: Tension ClenchingDiane Keaton: In the MomentSissy Spacek: Down HomeDebra Winger: Feathers in a TornadoSigourney Weaver: Above It AllGlenn Close: Command PerformancesKathleen Turner: Lust for LifeAlfre Woodard: Wait and SeeJudy Davis: High AnxietyEmma Thompson: A Star DancedJennifer Jason Leigh: Hard KnocksJulianne Moore: Lying in WaitSamantha Morton: Chaos/ControlPatricia Clarkson: On a DareConclusion: Chaos TheoryBibliographyIndex

“Anyone reading this sweeping analysis will come away with a deeper knowledge not just of styles...but a sense of what distinguishes each star. Callahan requires few words to make an observation of startling truth and clarity...Callahan has strong tastes that become more interesting and entertaining the further you read.”—Sight and Sound.