Affliction Articles

Lynn Redgrave in Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters (top); Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe in Paul Schrader's Affliction (middle); Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira in Walter Salles' Central Station (bottom) Richard Farnsworth: Oscar Veterans 1999 Lynn Redgrave Lynn Redgrave was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as James Whale's opinionated German maid in Bill Condon's Gods and Monsters. She lost the Oscar [...]

AFFLICTION (1998) Direction: Paul Schrader Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True, Marian Seldes Screenplay: Paul Schrader; from Russell Banks' novel Oscar Movies Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Sissy Spacek, Affliction Set in a snowy New England town, Affliction could have been an excellent depiction of a dysfunctional family's cycle of violence and how that is affected [...]