Michelle Williams

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Vera Farmiga - "Nothing But The Truth" Penélope Cruz - "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Rosemarie DeWitt - "Rachel Getting Married" Elsa Zylberstein - "I've Loved You So Long" Chiara Mastroianni - "A Christmas Tale"

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Microscopically modest, Kelly Reichardt's superb sophomore effort tracks a women besieged by poverty living on the fringes who loses her beloved dog. The emotional stakes are devastating as Wendy struggles to survive on a few hundred dollars and her last shreds of dignity. A whispering...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Here's to the Toronto Film Critics Association for ignoring the Zelig impulse, standing up like men of character and cojones and giving their Best Picture award to Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy. The two runnners-up were Rachel Getting Married and WALL*E. Wendy and Lucy's Michelle Wil...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) The rogue-ish Toronto Film Critics Association gave love to "Wendy & Lucy" which took the Best Picture prize. Best Actor and Actress went to Mickey Rourke and Michelle Williams. Rosmarie DeWitt took the Best Supporting female spot and Heath Ledger grabbed the Best Supporting Actor a...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) We all know Michelle Williams was once one of the voices and then was replaced by Lauren Ambrose, cause her voice didn't really fit. So where other actors' voices replaced as well? The original voice cast following the Williams/Ambrose change was Paul Dano, Catherine O'Hara, James Gando...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Kelly Reichardt's uber minimalist follow-up to the brilliant, "Old Joy," hits theaters this weekend. With the economy in the shithouse that it is, people keep saying "Wendy & Lucy" is all the more relevant since it chronicles the life of a despondent woman (Michelle Williams) so is l...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Our ideal 5 is this: Kristen Scott Thomas - "I've Loved You So Long" Sally Hawkins - "Happy Go Lucky" Melissa Leo - "Frozen River" Michelle Williams - "Wendy & Lucy"

By spencer.soward@gmail.com (Spencer Martin) Kelly Reichardt's latest film, "Wendy and Lucy," comes out this Friday, December 12th in select theaters in New York and L.A. Reichardt and star, Michelle Williams sat down to talk about downcast subject matter, Williams brilliant performance and the frustration that drove Reichardt t...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy & Lucy" is such a micro, minimalist piece of work and Michelle Williams is astonishing in in, but it seems so far off the mainstream radar. In short, if two more people go see this super modest, but deeply moving picture because of this interesting little inter...

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Best feature Ballast" Frozen River" Rachel Getting Married" Wendy and Lucy" The Wrestler" Best female lead Summer Bishil, "Towelhead" Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Melissa Leo, "Frozen River" Tarra Riggs, "Ballast" Michelle Williams, "Wendy and Lucy"

By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Awards Daily have the first look at the poster for Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy & Lucy." Michelle Williams definitely deserves a nomination for her amazingly interior performance in this film, but we're a little skeptical that it'll happen since the film is so tiny and working off a micr...