The Film Comment Letter: Free Spirits 🦅

April 26, 2024 The Film Comment Letter: Free Spirits 🦅 Film at Lincoln Center View in browser   |   filmcomment.com April 26, 2024 WEBSITE   |   PODCAST   |   LATEST Dear Readers,  This is a special time at Film at Lincoln Center. Next Monday, we host our annual Chaplin Award Gala, and this year's honoree is a beloved screen icon: the Dude, the Starman, the legend—Jeff Bridges.  Today's Letter opens with a lovely tribute to Bridges's decades-long career by critic Bilge Ebiri, who notes that he is one of the rare actors who brings something of himself to every role, and yet has resisted being typecast in any single "persona." On the Podcast, Devika interviews Bridges about several of his defining films—including The Last Picture Show , Tron , and Crazy Heart —and the idiosyncratic choices the actor has made over the years, resulting in a read