We're excited to bring you a new super-sized season of the Supporting Actress Smackdown. We just celebrated 1981 with an awesome panel and we're not slowing down. 1947 is our current topic: we're talking the Best Picture winner Gentleman's Agreement, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, the noir Crossfire, and the countrified comedy The Egg and I . We've gathered a panel of actors, industry types, and cinephiles for you. Ready? Let's meet the panel.
RETURNING TO THE SMACKDOWN ...
DANA DELANY
Dana Delany is a quarantined actor who finally has an excuse to stay home and watch old movies all day. Her 10 year old self would be thrilled. [Twitter]
ANGELICA JADE BASTIÉN
Angelica Jade Bastién is a cultural critic and essayist for New York Magazine's site, Vulture. She lives in Chicago with her two cats, Professor Butch Cassidy and Paul Newman. [Twitter]
AND PLEASE WELCOME
PATRICK VAILL
Patrick Vaill is a New York based actor most recently seen on Broadway as Jud in the Tony Award winning revival of Oklahoma! Later this year you can see him in Netflix's Dash & Lily and, when things come back, much more. [Twitter | Instagram ]
THOMAS MIZER
Thomas Mizer is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared on stages and screens of various sizes and shapes around the country. As a lyricist and librettist, he was awarded the Fred Ebb Award, one of the highest honors for excellence in theater songwriting, and was the recipient of a Jonathan Larson Grant from the American Theatre Wing — both for his musical collaborations with Curtis Moore. Their credits together include 5 original songs for the third season of the Emmy-winning series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He is currently working on four new pieces, including new musicals for Universal Theatrical Group and Grove/Whitman Commissions (producers of Fun Home & The Band’s Visit). [Official Site | Twitter]
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HOSTED BY...
NATHANIEL ROGERS
Nathaniel is the creator and owner of The Film Experience. He is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association ("Critics Choice") and The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics ("GALECA") and a longtime Oscar pundit here at TFE. His writing has also appeared at other publications including Vanity Fair, Vulture, Show-Score, Slate, Towleroad, Esquire, and Winq. Nathaniel regularly serves on international festival juries and has appeared as an on-air Oscar pundit for CNNi. [Twitter | Contact | Instagram]