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Mark Rylance
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Biography
Sir David Mark Rylance Waters (born 18 January 1960 in Ashford, Kent, England) is an English actor, theatre director, and playwright. He was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, between 1995 and 2005. His film appearances include Prospero's Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Institute Benjamenta (1996), and Intimacy (2001). Rylance won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Rudolf Abel in Bridge of Spies (2015). Rylance played the title role in Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016), a live-action film adaptation of the children's book by Roald Dahl, and appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II. He appeared as James Halliday in Spielberg's 2018 film Ready Player One, based on the novel of the same name.
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Game On: Cinematic Journeys Through Digital Worlds
From arcade nostalgia to virtual reality epics, these films explore the thrill and terror of living inside the game.
8 films
The Last Picture Shows
In an age of digital gloss, a new generation of filmmakers has returned to celluloid for its warmth, grain, and honesty. This chain follows the medium's resurge...
8 films
It was Miss Scarlet, in the cinema...
Celebrating Lesley Ann Warren's 80th birthday with a journey through board game adaptations, from the witty whodunit of Clue to the explosive naval warfare of B...
8 films
The Art of Listening
From the whisper of a surveillance tape to the roar of a wartime beach, these eight films prove that sound is not just heard, it is felt. A chain of masterpiece...
7 films
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Don't Look Up
2021 · Peter Isherwell
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · William Kunstler
Waiting for the Barbarians
2020 · The Magistrate
Ready Player One
2018 · Anorak / Halliday
Dunkirk
2017 · Mr. Dawson
The BFG
2016 · The BFG
Bridge of Spies
2015 · Rudolf Abel
Blitz
2011 · Roberts
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008 · Sir Thomas Boleyn