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This episode, we\u2019re looking at 2010\u2032s\u00a0Conviction\u00a0<\/i>starring Hilary Swank as Betty Anne Waters, a real life Massachusetts woman who earned a law degree to fight for the innocense of her brother wrongly convicted of murder. With a cast that includes Minnie Driver, Peter Gallagher, and Sam Rockwell as Betty\u2019s jailed brother Kenny, the film received a middling festival reaction and fizzled at the box office before getting buried among Fox Searchlight\u2019s bigger contenders. Though Swank and Rockwell respectively earned SAG and Critics Choice nominations, the film disappeared quickly.<\/p>\n
Perhaps\u00a0Conviction<\/i>\u2019s biggest stamp on Oscar culture was Swank\u2019s appearance in that year\u2019s formative Hollywood Reporter Actress roundtable. This episode, we unpack what makes that year\u2019s roundtable a high bar for actress obsessives and go deep on the history of the THR Actress Roundtable. We also get into Rockwell\u2019s unfortunate recent typecasting and the brief and impressive performances by Juliette Lewis and Clea Duvall in the film.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Melissa Leo\u2019s Oscar-triumphant 2010, the Oscar history of Swank vs. Bening, and Helena Bonham-Carter becoming one with her many bangles.<\/p>\n
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