A new season of the Supporting Actress Smackdown is upon us. We'll begin with the current season, honoring the films of 2021.
- Buckley, The Lost Daughter
- DeBose, West Side Story
- Dench, Belfast
- Dunst Power of the Dog
- Ellis, King Richard
So email your votes ranking each nominated Supporting Actress performance on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (perfection) by this Sunday March 20th. Your votes will count toward the final outcome. Now, let's meet your fellow voters who we'll be chatting with you on the podcast.
REBECCA ALTER
Rebecca Alter is a Staff Writer at Vulture covering pop culture, ranging from awards season contenders to bad celebrity shenanigans. She thinks Malignant deserved more. [Twitter | Letterboxd]
Ryan McQuade
Ryan McQuade is a Latinx, film-obsessed writer located in San Antonio, Texas. Raised on musicals, westerns, and James Bond, his taste in cinema is extremely versatile. He.is the Executive Editor at AwardsWatch, where he reviews new films, interview various talent, and everything in-between. He also co-hosts three podcast: Extra Film, Chasing the Gold, and Busting the Block. [Twitter | Letterboxd]
CLAUDIO ALVES
Cláudio is a Portuguese film critic as well as a set and costume designer for the stage. He's worked in several small productions including a recent show inspired by Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides. Claudio also writes regularly for The Film Experience, Photogénie, and the Portuguese entertainment website Magazine.HD. Formerly, he's written for the streaming service Filmin, the Portuguese blog for Sundance TV, and participated in the Young Critics' Workshop at Film Fest Ghent 2017. He's openly gay, a fashion history geek with a passion for cinema, and the proud owner of a feline angel by the name of Maggie The Cat. [Twitter | Letterboxd | Claudio's articles]
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NATHANIEL ROGERS
Nathaniel is the creator and owner of The Film Experience. He is a member of The Critics Choice Association and the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and a longtime Oscar pundit here at TFE. His writing has also appeared at other publications including Vanity Fair, Vulture, Slate, Towleroad, Tribeca Film, and Winq.
If you are a working actor, a renowned critic, film historian, a novelist, a comedian, or an arts professional of some kind, chances are good that he has meant to invite you to a Smackdown panel, or would have if he happened to know you were obsessed with actresses. [Twitter | Contact | Instagram | Nathaniel's Articles]