The movie: "Postcards from the Edge"
Where you can stream it: HBO Max
The pitch: Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Carrie Fisher, "Postcards from the Edge" follows actor Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep) as she deals with substance abuse issues that land her in rehab. In order to keep her contract with a film studio, Vale must stay sober and live with her mother. The problem is that her mother is Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine), a former Hollywood A-lister with a love for liquor. Much like Fisher's relationship with her own mother, Debbie Reynolds, Suzanne and Doris love one another but have almost zero understanding of or sympathy for each other. Suzanne just wants out from beneath her mother's shadow, while Doris doesn't understand why her daughter can't just behave and put on a good show.
As Suzanne struggles with sobriety and a runaway romance with...
Where you can stream it: HBO Max
The pitch: Based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Carrie Fisher, "Postcards from the Edge" follows actor Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep) as she deals with substance abuse issues that land her in rehab. In order to keep her contract with a film studio, Vale must stay sober and live with her mother. The problem is that her mother is Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine), a former Hollywood A-lister with a love for liquor. Much like Fisher's relationship with her own mother, Debbie Reynolds, Suzanne and Doris love one another but have almost zero understanding of or sympathy for each other. Suzanne just wants out from beneath her mother's shadow, while Doris doesn't understand why her daughter can't just behave and put on a good show.
As Suzanne struggles with sobriety and a runaway romance with...
- 10/1/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
John and Matthew are watching every single live-action film starring Meryl Streep.
#17 —Suzanne Vale, a recovering drug addict and B-list actress of royal Hollywood pedigree.
Matthew: It has always been impossible to escape the metatextual associations of Carrie Fisher’s Postcards from the Edge, which really means it has always been impossible to escape the shared history of two artists: Fisher and her famous mother, Debbie Reynolds, a relationship that is the very bedrock of Fisher’s 1987 novel and Mike Nichols’ subsequent screen adaptation. To watch the latter now, in a world without Fisher or Reynolds, is an experience of unavoidable and indescribable bittersweetness. It helps, however, that Fisher confronted even the most harrowing episodes of her lifelong addiction with a sly, battle-ready smirk and a tart tongue, which always ensured that she — and she alone — would get the last word. On the screen, Postcards from the Edge remains a salty,...
#17 —Suzanne Vale, a recovering drug addict and B-list actress of royal Hollywood pedigree.
Matthew: It has always been impossible to escape the metatextual associations of Carrie Fisher’s Postcards from the Edge, which really means it has always been impossible to escape the shared history of two artists: Fisher and her famous mother, Debbie Reynolds, a relationship that is the very bedrock of Fisher’s 1987 novel and Mike Nichols’ subsequent screen adaptation. To watch the latter now, in a world without Fisher or Reynolds, is an experience of unavoidable and indescribable bittersweetness. It helps, however, that Fisher confronted even the most harrowing episodes of her lifelong addiction with a sly, battle-ready smirk and a tart tongue, which always ensured that she — and she alone — would get the last word. On the screen, Postcards from the Edge remains a salty,...
- 4/26/2018
- by Matthew Eng
- FilmExperience
This has got to be a joke. Someone who claims to be Star Wars fans has launched a petition to cast Meryl Streep in the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars: Episode IX. This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard because no one could or should replace Carrie Fisher in the role of Leia. This whole thing is blasphemy! The crazy thing is... the petition has almost reached its goal of 8,000 signatures! I don't get it, but here's what the petition says:
To Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Studios, Ms. Kathleen Kennedy and Mr. J.J.Abrams,We, the undersigned, petition to have Meryl Streep as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IX.Carrie Fisher, who is well known as Princess Leia in Star Wars, passed away on 27th December 2016. Her performance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is going to be released by Lucasfilm...
To Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Studios, Ms. Kathleen Kennedy and Mr. J.J.Abrams,We, the undersigned, petition to have Meryl Streep as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode IX.Carrie Fisher, who is well known as Princess Leia in Star Wars, passed away on 27th December 2016. Her performance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is going to be released by Lucasfilm...
- 3/30/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Everyone knows that Meryl Streep, a current Best Actress nominee for “The Post,” is the Secretariat of the Oscar nominations race. Her 21 combined lead and supporting actress bids put her nine lengths ahead of runners-up Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson and 11 ahead of legends Bette Davis and Sir Laurence Olivier.
But in a race within a race that has gotten less attention, Streep has an even greater lead: in nominations for roles based on real people. The number is either 10 or 11 depending on whether you agree with the fashion world and me that she plays a thinly-veiled version of Vogue’s Queen of Mean editor Anna Wintour in “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Streep, in fact, has more nominations for playing historical figures than any other major actor has even attempted. Hepburn, the most heralded and honored actress before Streep came along, played only a half-dozen real life characters in her long career,...
But in a race within a race that has gotten less attention, Streep has an even greater lead: in nominations for roles based on real people. The number is either 10 or 11 depending on whether you agree with the fashion world and me that she plays a thinly-veiled version of Vogue’s Queen of Mean editor Anna Wintour in “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Streep, in fact, has more nominations for playing historical figures than any other major actor has even attempted. Hepburn, the most heralded and honored actress before Streep came along, played only a half-dozen real life characters in her long career,...
- 2/9/2018
- by Jack Mathews
- Gold Derby
This article marks Part 9 of the 21-part Gold Derby series Meryl Streep at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at Meryl Streep’s nominations, the performances that competed with her at the Academy Awards, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the contenders.
By 1989, Meryl Streep had graced the silver screen in 15 motion pictures. Thirteen of these were dramas, with the exceptions being “Manhattan” (1979), in which Streep had a small supporting role, and “Heartburn” (1986), a critical and financial failure. So, it was about time that Streep at last scored a leading role in a successful comedy.
“She-Devil” (1989) found Streep in the broadest, loosest form of her career. Portraying flamboyant romantic novelist Mary Fisher, opposite Roseanne Barr, Streep herself garnered positive notices but the picture flopped even harder than “Heartburn,” spending one week in the box office top 10.
Her follow-up to “She-Devil” had shades of “Heartburn” on paper.
By 1989, Meryl Streep had graced the silver screen in 15 motion pictures. Thirteen of these were dramas, with the exceptions being “Manhattan” (1979), in which Streep had a small supporting role, and “Heartburn” (1986), a critical and financial failure. So, it was about time that Streep at last scored a leading role in a successful comedy.
“She-Devil” (1989) found Streep in the broadest, loosest form of her career. Portraying flamboyant romantic novelist Mary Fisher, opposite Roseanne Barr, Streep herself garnered positive notices but the picture flopped even harder than “Heartburn,” spending one week in the box office top 10.
Her follow-up to “She-Devil” had shades of “Heartburn” on paper.
- 2/8/2018
- by Andrew Carden
- Gold Derby
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