MARLON BRANDO 100

Among the most enduring film stars of all time, 2024 marks 100 years since the birth of Marlon Brando. With a brand-new 4K restoration of On The Waterfront (celebrating its 70th anniversary) the time has never been better to celebrate the remarkable career of a legendary star with a selection of all-time great performances, from classics like The Godfather to Apocalypse Now and the underseen The Fugitive Kind and The Chase.

Marlon Brando was quite simply one of the most celebrated and influential screen and stage actors of the postwar era; he rewrote the rules of performing, and nothing was ever the same again. Brooding, lusty, and intense, his greatest contribution was popularizing Method acting, a highly interpretive performance style that brought unforeseen dimensions of power and depth to the craft; in comparison, most other screen icons appeared shallow, even a little silly. A combative and often contradictory man, Brando refused to play by the rules of the Hollywood game, openly expressing his loathing for the film industry and for the very nature of celebrity, yet often exploiting his fame to bring attention to political causes and later accepting any role offered him as long as the price was right. He is one of the screen’s greatest enigmas, and there will never be another quite like him.