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An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity Read more

Starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, John Sharian
Director Brad Anderson
Genres Thriller

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    Bale sheds weight for new role

    • 15 Jul 2009

    Christian Bale has stunned fans with his emaciated appearance as he prepares to play drug addicted boxer Dickie Eklund in a new drama. The Batman actor was hardly recognisable on Monday (13Jul09) as he was photographed looking gaunt walking through Los Angeles, where he is filming The Fighter. Method actor Bale, who lost 63 pounds (29 kilograms) for his role in 2004's The Machinist, has apparently embarked on a severe diet to play Eklund, whose welterweight boxing career ended in 1985 because... Read more

    In Bruges

    Notes from Sundance 2008

    • 25 Jan 2008

    Inconvenient Truth "This town has no business having a film festival," my friend Jessica said to me the other day. A Sundance virgin, she was struggling to comprehend why what seems to be New York's entire film industry and a good part of LA's too should decide to decamp to Park City, Utah every January. It's cold, inconvenient and by general consensus the facilities are inadequate. A town of less than 8,000 suddenly swells to accommodate more than 50,000 on the opening weekend of the festival Read more

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