Cate Blanchett doesn’t just act, she transforms the screen. In each film, she breaks molds, challenges genres, and reminds us why she is one of the most fascinating performers of our time. Here you’ll find her most iconic roles, her boldest risks, and the stories that shaped her career.
A little girl is born with a tail that expresses her emotions. As a child, her parents celebrate their daughter’s uniqueness and her tail inspires magical make-believe adventures with her friends. As she grows up, however, the young woman faces pressure to fit in, and must choose between conformity and self-expression. A Cautionary Tail is […]
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The film from Steven Soderbergh, centers on a theater owner couple named Lottie and Ned, played by Essie Davis and Rhys Muldoon, who are described as “a stylish blonde and a writer who is adapting a Chekhov play” and is likely inspired by the Sydney Theatre Company’s owners, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. Lead Muldoon
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Winner of the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion, Jim Jarmusch’s perceptive study in familial dynamics stars Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat, Tom Waits, and Charlotte Rampling. For years, Jim Jarmusch has written, directed, and produced delicate, character-driven films, including Stranger Than Paradise (NYFF22), Down by Law (NYFF24 Opening Night), Only Lovers Left Alive (NYFF51),
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Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett play George and Kathryn, a married couple who work together in the Secret Intelligence Service: there’s a very New Spy moment when George, for inscrutable reasons of his own, smuggles his own ID card into his wife’s bag over breakfast and then has to wear a temp card on a lanyard. Also:
In the adaptation of Eli Roth’s video game ‘Borderlands,’ Cate Blanchett plays Lilith, one of the four characters from the original game who has remained a supporting character in the franchise ever since. In the video game universe, Lilith is one of the six Sirens, a group of women with incredible powers. Furthermore, the director
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Rumours presents itself as a satire that blends comedy and horror, delivering a scathing critique of political incompetence. It opens with a captivating description comparing the film to Night of the Living Dead and Dr. Strangelove, setting the stage for the annual G7 summit, where the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies meet. During
In a remote monastery in 1940s Australia, a mission for Aboriginal children is run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett). A new charge (Aswan Reid) is delivered in the dead of night – a boy who appears to have special powers. When the monastery takes possession of a precious relic, a large carving
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At the closing of the Berlin Film Festival, Todd Field and Cate Blanchett attended the premiere of their short film “The Fundraiser,” set in the “Tár universe.” While presenting the film with its cast, Field confirmed that the short would not be screened again. Although attendees have already seen the film, little is known about
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Cate Blanchett has joined the cast of Netflix’s fantasy film “The School for Good and Evil,” alongside stars Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron and Michelle Yeoh, filmmaker Paul Feig said during a conversation at the 6th Annual Women in Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles. The Bridesmaids filmmaker revealed the Australian actress will be recording the film’s
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“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is a stop-motion animated musical film available on Netflix since December 9, 2022. This new production, directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, adapts the classic fairy tale based on the Italian novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi. The dark fantasy film marks Del Toro’s debut as a