Best Actor: Clarence Maclin

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Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2024: Results

10. Denzel Washington in Gladiator II - Washington gives an entertaining performance that offers some much needed gravitas to his film though he is limited by the film's weaknesses.

Best Scene: Protecting Dondus.

9. Richard Roundtree in Thelma - Roundtree gives an endearing performance that offers the right straight man contrast to Squib's lead performance.

Best Scene: Argument with Thelma.

8. Jason Bateman in Carry-On - Bateman gives an entertaining though also menacing portrayal of a particularly caustic mercenary.

Best Scene: Woke up.

7. David Jonsson - Jonsson elevates his film best he can by giving an endearing yet appropriately synthetic portrayal of both the best companion and a more enigmatic sinister presence.

Best Scene: Back to himself.

6. Karren Karagulian in Anora - Karagulian gives a consistently hilarious portrayal of constant intense frustration though just a hint of growth in there as well.

Best Scene: Home invasion

5. Franz Rogowski in Bird - Rogowski is going out an extreme limb and makes his off-beat character feel absolutely real and human.

Best Scene: Arm twist.

4. Austin Butler in Dune Part II - Butler brings such tremendous bravado to make a memorable sadist though also remarkably finds nuance within the type.

Best Scene: "May thy knife chip and shatter"

3. Simon McBurney in Nosferatu - McBurney finally gets his chance to do more than his usual type and runs away with his chance through his captivating portrayal of a very particular religious fervor.

Best Scene: First scene in the mad house.

2. Adam Pearson in A Different Man - Adam Pearson gives a distinctly larger than life, approachable, charming, humble, hilarious, yet earnest, likeable performance though also successfully as a very particular tormentor.

Best Scene: Unexpected arrival with Edward's work friends.

1. Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing - Good predictions Luke, Bryan, Jonathan, A, Tony, Emi Grant, Razor, Perfectionist, Calvin, Matt, Ytrewq, John Smith, RatedRStar & Brazinterma. Maclin gives my favorite male supporting performance of the year as he manages to give both a layered portrayal of a man finding his voice as an actor, while also giving an incredibly moving and heartwarming portrayal of a prisoner finding purpose and so convincingly becoming a better man.

Best Scene: "To Be Or Not To Be"

Overall Ranking:

Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing
Guy Pearce in The Brutalist
Adam Pearson in A Different Man
Yura Borisov in Anora
Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice - 5
Selton Mello in I'm Still Here
Simon McBurney in Nosferatu
Austin Butler in Dune Part II
Franz Rogowski in Bird
Willem Dafoe in Nosferatu
Bill Skarsgård in Nosferatu
Karren Karagulian in Anora
Dennis Quaid in The Substance
David Jonsson in Alien Romulus
Jason Bateman in Carry-On
Richard Roundtree in Thelma - 4.5
Vache Tovmasyan in Anora
Sean San José in Sing Sing
Javier Bardem in Dune Part II
Robert Gwisdek in Dying
Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown
Jay O. Sanders in His Three Daughters
Samuel L. Jackson in The Piano Lesson
Peter Macon in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Tom Burke in Furiosa
Raghav Juyal in Kill
Paul Raci in Sing Sing
Sean Dino Johnson in Sing Sing
Mosi Eagle in Sing Sing
David Giraudy in Sing Sing
Patrick Griffin in Sing Sing
James Williams in Sing Sing
Joe Alwyn in The Brutalist
Denzel Washington in Gladiator II
Cory Michael Smith in Saturday Night
Mark Eydelshteyn in Anora
Stephen McKinley Henderson in Civil War
Malcolm McDowell in Thelma
Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness
Ben Chaplin in September 5
Ashish Vidyarthi in Kill
Alessandro Nivola in The Brutalist
Antonio Banderas in Babygirl
Dylan O'Brien in Saturday Night
Arthur Conti in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Jesse Plemons in Civil War
Barry Keoghan in Bird
Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine
Don Johnson in Rebel Ridge
Harris Dickinson in Babygirl
Lamorne Morris in Saturday Night
Martin Donovan in The Apprentice
Pedro Pascal in The Wild Robot
Kodi Smit-McPhee in Memoir of a Snail
Ravi Kishan in Laapataa Ladies
Ralph Ineson in Nosferatu
Brendan Gleeson in Joker Folie A Deux
Ronald Zehrfeld in Dying
Tommy Dewey in Saturday Night
Pierfrancesco Favino in Maria
Kesav Binoy Kiron in Girls Will Be Girls
Guilherme Silveira in I'm Still Here
Danny McCarthy in Good One
Antonio Savoia in I'm Still Here
Michael Fassbender in Kneecap - 4
Robbie Williams in Better Man
Leigh Gill in Joker Folie a Deux
Sergio Castellitto in Conclave
Corey Hawkins in The Piano Lesson
Kevin Bacon in Maxxxine
Josh Brolin in Dune Part II
Benjamin Clementine in Blitz
Nicholas Podany in Saturday Night
Michael Shannon in The Bikeriders
Stellan Skarsgård in Dune Part II
Ed Harris in Love Lies Bleeding
Steve Pemberton in Better Man
Peter Sarsgaard in September 5
Isaach de Bankolé in The Brutalist
David Webber in Hard Truths
Scoot McNairy in A Complete Unknown
Matthew Rhys in Saturday Night
Kevin Bacon in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa
Haluk Bilginer in Maria
Victor Slezak in The Order
Jonathan Bailey in Wicked
Hans-Uwe Bauer in Dying
Jonathan Hyde in The Brutalist
Michael Potts in The Piano Lesson
Alexander Karim in Gladiator II
Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Timothy Spall in Wicked Little Letters
Kit Connor in The Wild Robot
Aleksei Serebryakov in Anora
Raul Dial in Didi
Carlos Diehz in Conclave
Tuwaine Barrett in Hard Truths
Charlie Carrick in The Apprentice
J.K. Simmons in Saturday Night
Winston Duke in The Fall Guy
Channing Tatum in Blink Twice
Lucian Msamati in Conclave
Mamoudou Athie in Kinds of Kindness
Damon Herriman in The Bikeriders
Blair Underwood in Longlegs
Kevin Durand in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Jeff Goldblum in Wicked
Jon Hamm in Transformers One
Damon Herriman in Better Man
Jeff Fahey in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Ralph Ineson in The First Omen
Kiefer Sutherland in Juror No. 2
Jovan Adepo in His Three Daughters
Will Sharpe in A Real Pain
Shia Labeouf in Megalopolis
Cooper Hoffman in Saturday Night
Jason Schwartzman in The Last Showgirl
Norman Reedus in The Bikeriders
Antonio Banderas in Paddington in Peru
Anand Sami in All We Imagine As Light
Dave Merheje in Sometimes I Think About Dying
Bill Nighy in The Wild Robot
Brian F. O'Byrne in Conclave
Sam Worthington in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Alex Wolff in A Quiet Place Day One
Chris Messina in Juror No. 2
Reece Shearsmith in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Dave Bautista in The Last Showgirl
Motell Foster in La cocina
Hugh Bonneville in Paddington in Peru
Marc Maron in The Order
Masahiro Motoki in Touch
Pierfrancesco Favino in The Count of Monte Cristo
Keegan-Michael Key in Transformers One
Peter Dinklage in Wicked - 3.5
Dave Bautista in Dune Part II
Pitobash in Monkey Man
Channing Tatum in Deadpool & Wolverine
Anthony Ramos in Twisters
Simon Rex in Blink Twice
John Ashton in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
Mike Faist in The Bikeriders
John Lithgow in Conclave
Matt Berry in The Wild Robot
Kurt Egyiawan in A Real Pain
Kyle MacLachlan in Blink Twice
Bill Camp in Drive Away Dolls
Emory Cohen in The Bikeriders
William H. Macy in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Boyd Holbrook in The Bikeriders
Gabriel Basso in Juror No. 1
Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
Willem Dafoe in Saturday Night
Mark Hamill in The Wild Robot
Elias Koteas in Janet Planet
Sikandar Kher in Monkey Man
Boyd Holbrook in A Complete Unknown
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F
Stanley Tucci in Conclave
J.K. Simmons in Juror No. 2
Joe Alwyn in Kinds of Kindness
Michael Shannon in A Different Man
Giancarlo Esposito in Maxxxine
Michael Rooker in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Bobby Cannavale in Maxxine
Brandon Perea in Twisters
Leigh Gill in Blitz
Kodi Smit-McPhee in Maria
Dean Norris in Carry-On
Laurence Fishburne in Transformers One
Pedro Pascal in Gladiator II
Chris Evans in Deadpool & Wolverine
Paapa Essiedu in The Outrun
Wesley Snipes in Deadpool & Wolverine
Ed Begley Jr. in Strange Darling
Charles Dance in The First Omen
Ethan Slater in Wicked
Will Patton in Janet Planet
Peter Kay in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Matthew MacFadyen in Deadpool & Wolverine
Stephen Graham in Young Woman and the Sea
Aaron Chang in Didi
David Denman in Rebel Ridge
Willem Dafoe in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Louis Black in Inside Out 2
Robert Smigel in Between The temples
Bill Nighy in The First Omen
Arturo Castro in Roadhouse
Paul Weller in Blitz
Emory Cohen in Rebel Ridge
Steve Coogan in Joker Folie a Deux
Shea Whigham in Fancy Dance
Ian Bliss in Late Night with the Devil
M. Emmett Walsh in Brothers
Andy Samberg in Lee
Steve Buscemi in Transformers One
Daveed Diggs in Nickel Boys
Hridhu Haroon in All We Imagine As Light
Oded Fehr in La cocina
Dwayne Johnson in Moana 2
Marton Csokas in Cuckoo
Bastien Bouillon in The Count of Monte Cristo
John Turturro in The Room Next Door
Tony Hale in Inside Out 2
Tim McInnerny in The End
Michael Shannon in The End
Lennie James in The End - 3
Jason Schwartzman in Queer
Joseph Quinn in Gladiator II
Harris Dickinson in Blitz
Stephen Dillane in The Outrun
Christopher Walken in Dune Part II
Laurence Fishburne in Megalopolis
Drew Starkey in Queer
Nicholas Braun in Saturday Night
Jamie Campbell Bower in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Dave Franco in Love Lies Bleeding
Joaquim de Almeida in Roadhouse
Tim McInnerny in Gladiator II
Percy Hynes White in My Old Ass
Danny Huston in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Colman Domingo in Drive Away Dolls
Giancarlo Esposito in Megalopolis
Rhys Auteri in Late Night With the Devil
Lukas Gage in Roadhouse
Haley Joel Osment in Blink Twice
Andy Nyman in Wicked
Topher Grace in Heretic
Matt Damon in Drive Away Dolls
Fred Hechinger in Thelma
Christopher Eccleston in Young Woman and the Sea
Harry Lawtey in Joker Folie a Deux
Dustin Hoffman in Megalopolis
Steven Michael Quezada in Strange Darling
Justin Theroux in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Matt Wood in Saturday Night
Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Nosferatu
Douglas Hodge in We Live In Time
Dan Fogler in A Complete Unknown
Alexander Skarsgård in Lee
Aaron Stanford in Deadpool & Wolverine
Jon Batiste in Saturday Night
Edgar Ramirez in Emilia Perez
Ray Fisher in The Piano Lesson
Fred Hechinger in Nickel Boys
Gwilym Lee in Here
Scoot McNairy in Nightbitch - 2.5
Nicolas Cage in Longlegs
Dan Stevens in Cuckoo
Logan Marshall-Green in Carry-On
Jonathan Langdon in Trap
Aaron Taylor-Johnson in The Fall Guy
Luke Wilson in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Austin Amelio in Hit Man
Jon Voight in Megalopolis
John David Washington in The Piano Lesson
Hamish Linklater in Nickel Boys
Stephen Graham in Blitz
Archie Renaux in Alien Romulus
C.J. Wilson in Drive Away Dolls
Billy Magnussen in Roadhouse
Joey Slotnick in Drive Away Dolls
Tony Hale in Woman of the Hour
Mark Ivanir in Emilia Perez
Fred Hechinger in Gladiator II
Tye Sheridan in The Order
Bowen Yang in Wicked
Theo Rossi in Carry-On - 2
Brendan Fraser in Brothers
Pete Holmes in Woman of the Hour
Mathew Shear in Between The Temples
Spike Fearn in Alien Romulus
Simon Prast in Maxxxine - 1.5
Dean Norris in The Six Triple Eight
Stéphane Ly-Cuong in Emilia Perez - 1
Paul Bettany in Here - 3 Wiseaus
Connor McGregor in Roadhouse - 0

Next: 2024 Lead

Sunday, 9 February 2025

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2024: Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing

Clarence Maclin did not receive an Oscar nomination, despite receiving a BAFTA nomination, for portraying Divine Eye which is technically himself in Sing Sing.

It is that last bit that I think is why Maclin might’ve missed out on the final five in part, though it didn’t help that A24 barely pushed the film, though Maclin would’ve always suffered from the criticism that I see, that instantly makes me not interested in one’s opinion, which is dismissing a performer or performance for “playing themselves”. Now Maclin is literally playing himself, in that Divine Eye is his nickname, however this is the younger Maclin who was in prison who joined the prison theater program. But I guess it’s best just to go through every reason why any such criticism is ridiculous, starting with the first aspect that is the skill to naturally be one’s self, though again Maclin isn’t even that. Well Maclin certainly is that, and while he is a kind of one of a kind onscreen performer, in that you haven’t seen precisely Maclin in any way shape or form before, he is entirely his own man, he also is entirely a person you just accept as that person. There is no, “he’s good for a first timer” or any such nonsense. Maclin embodies the role without any difficulty and with such ease. But that is only the first step, of the many steps of why this performance is so much more than just him playing himself. The next thing that Maclin does here is a fascinating deconstruction of acting, while also presenting the learning of acting in a most remarkable way.

To explain, when we are first introduced to Maclin, Maclin is already playing two different parts as Divine Eye within the prison. The first being the prison drug dealer who goes about imitating one of his “subcontractors” essentially to ensure he gets proper payment out of the man. Maclin is great in the scene because he very much switches on a dime to the specified intensity, as very much owning it as this more of a gangster persona. There’s a bravado to it as the man purposefully is throwing off the other man and just completely taking him apart with an imitation by confidence as he gets the man to affirm that he’ll do what he wants. Maclin is completely convincing in playing the role of the drug dealer who is playing with his prey essentially. But immediately we see another side of him as he speaks to two of the theater committee members coming to interview him about potentially joining, Divine G (Colman Domingo) and Mike Mike (Sean San José). Where Divine G immediately calls on him about the “performance” he just saw as a drug dealer. Maclin is so charismatic in the way he plays this moment, in another different performance, which is a very exact tone of someone very much interested in something doing everything in his power to pretend he’s only slightly interested. As Maclin makes it all a joke, says everything as kind of out of the side of his mouth with a degree of disinterest. I especially love the moment where Divine G asks him to be honest, and Maclin’s way of reciting King Lear is a work of art. As he walks along it like it’s a slight inconvenience until speaking verse himself with intent and clarity, before then shrugging it off rather hilariously as though he’d just casually glance at King Lear.

The next version of Divine Eye that Maclin presents is as he’s been allowed into the program and where he, along with the other guys work on deciding what their next play should be. Maclin’s fantastic in the way he is able to create a new “performance” of Divine Eye within this theater group, that he’s not part of in his mind yet, though they have let him in. Maclin is brilliant in the way he so naturally exudes this defense mechanism within Divine Eye’s own presence, which within the prison culture is to “play tough”. Where Maclin reigns himself into a dismissing sneer, however Maclin’s work isn’t so simple. Again there’s hints of vulnerability in his eyes of really shyness and even a fear in the man trying to figure out what his place is precisely here and if he belongs at all. Even when he does finally speak, there’s a degree of hesitation within it before he starts talking, but as he starts speaking we seem to finally get to something a bit more authentically the man. Although all Divine Eye does is suggest a comedy to help prisoners get their mind off of prison life as an escape, Maclin suddenly just is right there with no bravado on top. He’s telling the truth as something he just hopes to see and even within the degree of shyness, for a man who is not shy otherwise, there is an honesty there even if still reserved overall. Through his suggestion however this leads to the group going with a very strange hodgepodge of various characters and ideas in a comedy about a time traveling prince who runs into a series of different people from Freddy Krueger to Hamlet. Leading the men to go into auditions for the various parts including to Divine G’s surprise, who thought for sure he’d play Hamlet himself, Divine Eye decides to audition for the Prince of Denmark.

The moment Divine Eye is going in for the audition is one of my favorites in the film as Divine G calls him out on his inconsistency of promoting the idea of doing a comedy only for him to audition for the one serious part in the piece, to which Divine Eye replies that he didn’t want to get yawned off the stage as a man said, comedy is hard. Maclin’s delivery is absolutely hilarious in just the quickness of it, but also the rather flagrant lie of it, however in very much a good nature as the man goes in with his ample charisma into the audition. Where Divine Eye gets the part of Hamlet and we begin the performance within the performance. That's incredible on Maclin’s part because even as approaching Hamlet, what he is also doing is showing all that Divine Eye is doing to kind of get in his way within this process. As the first scene where each actor needs to introduce themselves as their character, Maclin does two performances, first as Divine Eye of just saying he’s the Prince of Denmark but with the “above it all” dismissiveness of the prison drug dealer, before they urge him to try again, and Maclin fancies a little bit of overly dramatic manner while saying a light accent that he’s Hamlet. Maclin playing the start of the performance as something that needs to go a lot further. Even more so you see the anxiety of the idea of bringing Hamlet to life fill his expression as we see the self-doubts so naturally within Maclin’s performance. Something that he shows as part of what we see in the follow-up scenes where you see a coldness, of the man trying to present himself as the uncaring prisoner and nothing more than that, but within it the real fear of the man below it not wanting to look as a fool as he says “fuck this shit” to rehearsing his part.

Following this there is the real start of the relationship between the Divines, as G tries to offer some advice while also calling out Eye for bringing in a knife into the rehearsal hall that could destroy the program. Maclin again is playing the layers of each role within Divine Eye’s prison presentation of himself. From first just bringing that callousness again in dismissing the acting warmups, then to something more severe and intense when G mentions the knife, where Maclin turns it up to be fully intimidating as how Divine Eye would threaten anyone in prison who he thinks is trying to put power over him in any way. There’s more though as he continues noting the troubles in his life as part of the reason why he doesn’t want someone telling him what to do, Maclin is amazing in bringing the striking undercurrent of real emotion that exists in the man, that while the threat to an extent is posturing his hurt is very raw and wholly real. Although to this G only corrects Eye on the use of the “N” word as inappropriate, where G shows no fear, and Maclin brings it down back to the callousness however without any sense of power against G in the moment. However Eye continues as the rehearsals continue, where Eye just pushes back against everyone to get into conflict to avoid the risk of performance. And what Maclin shows in these moments is the thinness of the posturing, there is the man just trying to put up the defense, not the reality, and just keep the edge to not get hurt himself. Maclin brings the intensity but not a reality beyond just using the surface anger to hide the truths about himself. That is until another one of the men gives an impassioned speech about his previous time in that same anger and the purpose of the acting, where in this moment, you see real greatness from Maclin with something that makes one forget anything about “playing himself” or first film, which is his silence. Maclin nonverbal reaction just speaks it all as you see the way he takes in the words, it breaks down that surface protection and from here on we start seeing the man hidden within the prisoner.

One of the most important steps in this transformation is now Diving Eye seeking out Divine G as both an acting mentor but also as a friend. Maclin's way of playing with sincerity has nuance even within that because you see the tough guy, ease up into speaking with quiet earnestness at first in just asking a few more questions. Maclin’s straightforward, brief, blunt, just letting out a bit, before then speaking about his own son. Maclin deliveries become more articulated, more emotion is being presented forward, as he tells that his son is in prison just like him, Maclin is starting to show Divine Eye revealing more of himself and just honestly let himself out a bit in a very moving start to his transformation. Before then asking G what is the “trick” to remembering lines, now without callousness just real interest. We start getting such wonderful chemistry between Domingo and Maclin. The warmth feels so easy between them as they start chatting with one another as people. But Maclin never makes it simple. When G gets more person, asking about a parole hearing, Maclin brings a little bit of the shade of closing up for a moment again as a man still struggling to just be completely real with him. This coincides with his bringing Hamlet to life, which we see the same struggle there as Maclin’s shoulders are down, his delivery just enough effort or even that in terms of getting by in the part. When G wants him not to be the prisoner with his head down but royalty, Maclin obliges pitch perfectly as his posture changes, his manner goes up, and we see him channel his “drug dealer” bravado but now funneled through to be Hamlet. Maclin starts bringing the sense of rhythm, the way he listens to every suggestion with keen interest, and wanting to take that next step to really be Hamlet.

We start seeing the progress and honestly one of my absolute favorite moments of 2024 is just Divine Eye helping to do a wind prop, and the sheer joy in his face has so much meaning within the gesture. Maclin shows the loss of any of his performance to defend himself from the group essentially, to now accepting their help, his place and becoming himself as just a man having fun in an acting troupe. Maclin portrays the growing emotional intelligence as he starts to honestly contemplate his life and uses the acting to reflect himself. The growing camaraderie with Domingo is so winning, as they just become fun in their time together, and just two guys hanging out, a seemingly simple thing that has such power to it because we’ve seen where Maclin came from being so closed off, to this man offering a lot of himself in order to truly act by understanding himself. The next time we come in as he is delivering his rendition of To Be or Not to Be, Maclin is riveting as we see the man channeling the genuine emotion of Hamlet’s intentions, his power as a person and the real depth of the words. Maclin has the bravado, but now it is funneled into specifically a more regal manner though just as charismatic. His words now flow with ease of a man’s own words but the dignity of a classic contemplation. The words themselves nuanced with the precise emotions of that contemplation and the emotional undercurrent of the melancholy, indecision but also betrayal that fuels Hamlet. It is all the more powerful because Maclin has shown us so genuinely this step by step process, showing the pitfalls, showing the trips ups, making his success feel so earned, particularly when we too see the power from his performance.

As we see Eye and G chat keep going towards trying to actually be paroled, which Maclin’s so great at being so much more open in his performance as even when he puts doubts out, and reasons why not to try, it isn’t with any attack, no anger, just honest hesitation and reservations from someone who has come to learn to accept prison. When he decides to allow G to help him, the simplicity of the switch I absolutely love as just now it is a casual ask because Maclin makes it one friend just asking another for help at this point. If that wasn’t enough, Maclin is able to take one step which is to go from the man going through the process to the man eventually selling the process himself, as we see G end up being the one brought down by life after he loses a friend and gets his parole denied in short succession, which comes to an explosive head in the dress rehearsal for the play. Which just before that Eye gets his own parole, where Maclin is outstanding in the quiet way you see him taking it in, with the years of weight, the struggle of what he’s going to do next, but also the earnest appreciation for his friend in G. And I adore what Maclin does during the performance, not the performance itself, though he excels with that too, but his reactions as he notices something he is wrong with G. Maclin is pitch perfect and so moving in showing the growth in Eye’s emotional intelligence as now he’s the way bringing so much empathy to every moment, and you don’t see just a healthier man in terms of viewing himself but a far greater man truly caring about what his friend is going through just as G has a complete breakdown during the performance. Where it becomes Eye the one coming to call G out later on, and Maclin is perfect in this scene. Because we see the next step in the transformation as he’s the one with the words of wisdom, each that he speaks with so much heart, so much clarity, but also directness in stating so matter-of-factly that G screwed up but all of them are here for him regardless. It is so incredibly moving because Maclin has shown us every little step to this place for the originally angry drug dealer to caring artist. Though the button on the scene really sells it the most, as he’s still Divine Eye in his best ways, as he brings his comedic bravado one more time as he jokes with G that he has to admit just how great his Hamlet was. This is truly a great performance, as Maclin is so open and honest, offering some nuance and detail to this life experience. He plays convincingly not himself, but every version of himself he might've ever presented while in prison, offering different layers all in a single scene that all speak to revealing such raw fundamental truths within his story. Where while Maclin's own performance is immaculate he let's us treasure each moment in the process of showing how Divine Eye made each step of his change throughout the film. Granting us a true understanding but also the real impact of the process at the center of this film. He shows us with such power, such humor, such poignancy, such heart, such detail of the step by step transformation of becoming the actor but also towards self-actualization.

Sunday, 2 February 2025

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2024

And the Nominees Were Not:

Adam Pearson in A Different Man

Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing

Simon McBurney in Nosferatu

Richard Roundtree in Thelma

Franz Rogowski in Bird

Feel free to predict These Five, Those Five, Or Both.

David Jonsson in Alien Romulus

Jason Bateman in Carry-on

Karren Karagulian in Anora

Austin Butler in Dune Part II

Denzel Washington in Gladiator II

Best Actor