best performances

natalie portman

jesse eisenberg

justin timberlake & andrew garfield

javier bardem

julianne moore

mila kunis

annette bening

jeff bridges

helena bonham carter

michael douglas

jonah hill

dakota fanning

nicole kidman

robert duvall (with wife luciana pedraza)

elle fanning

colin firth

vincent cassel

melissa leo

mark ruffalo

best performances photographed by inez van lamsweerde & vinoodh matadin & styled by melanie ward for w magazine, february 2011.  i didn't even recognize some of them!

the scene makers: actors who defined cinema in 2010

jesse eisenberg, chloë moretz, vincent cassel, james franco, noomi rapace, tilda swinton, natalie portman, javier bardem, matt damon, michael douglas, jennifer lawrence, anthony mackie, robert duvall & lesley manville photographed & directed by sølve sundsbø for the new york times magazine. see video clips of the actors acting here.