Method acting, the practice of experiencing a role as opposed to merely representing it, has been maligned and venerated in equal measure. Many famous and flashy performances exist by virtue of actors ...

Should actors and actresses who go to extremes to prepare for their roles get more love from Oscars voters? This year, best actor nominees Cillian Murphy, who played nuclear physicist J. Robert ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Should actors and actresses who go to extremes to prepare for their roles get more love from Oscars voters? The already slim Murphy lost roughly 20 pounds and took up smoking fake ...

Isaac Butler’s compelling, meticulously researched book “The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act” is a glorious ode to Stanislavski, Strasberg, Adler, Meisner and their students: John ...