3 character profiles collected by: Ashleigh Plett

Burt Gurney in Hail! Caesar

Alex Woloch writes that a character is as much about what is told, or in this case shown, about a character as what’s left out. In the case…

The French Maid in Jane Eyre

Will Straw in his introduction to “Small parts, Small players dossier” writes that ‘small players’ are “reduced, much of the time, to fleeting moments or underdeveloped functions within…

The Card Game Trio from Sunset Boulevard

In Sunset Boulevard, there is a kind of juxtaposition between the character of Norma Desmond and her guests. Sunset Boulevard, an American film directed by Bill Wilder and…