Are there any actors whose output you follow closely?

i'm guessing you were right before and those imdb nerds just 1. see a lot of movies 2. act like the pop culture authorities they consider themselves to be which means acting like an expert on tom hanks minutiae

on the splendid French actress Adele Haenel

https://www.artforum.com/print/201806/melissa-anderson-on-adele-haenel-75512

I enjoyed her performance in The Unknown Girl, and was pleased when I recognised her wonderfully sulky mouth again in BPM.

Frank Grillo

Michelle Williams
Kristen Stewart
Amy Adams
Elle and Dakota Fanning
Laura Dern
Reese Witherspoon
Rooney Mara
Joaquin Phoenix
Julianne Moore
PSH (rip I really still can't believe he's dead)

recently become obsessed with the work of Teresa Wright (Shadow of a Doubt, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Pride of the Yankees), trying to see as many of her movies as possible. always great even in total shit like Casanova Brown. I have the Donald Spoto bio, waiting to read further until i see more of her work, but as I understand she was essentially blackballed after very publicly removing herself from a lousy contract (circa 1950). a few lesser known movies that she's great in:

Pursued (1947) - a Western with heat stroke. Robert Mitchum stars alongside TW, who is his love interest & step sister... hallucinatory in parts, but mostly a drag, cool-ish curio though, even if TW isn't in it enough.
The Men (1950) - Marlon Brando's screen debut. OK movie, short, worth checking out for that novelty & TW.
Something to Live For (1952) - Such a strange movie. Ostensibly about AA, but not really - Ray Milland is a louse, cheats on his wife (TW), and is never punished/reprimanded for it. TW never finds out.
The Steel Trap (1952) - Joseph Cotten and TW reunite 9 years after Shadow of a Doubt. another very strange movie, weirdly clinical/procedural, worth watching though. TW is blonde, afaik only time she changed her hair color for a role.

jason statham

obviously

I'll watch most movies that Patricia Clarkson is in

Oscar Isaac
Ben Mendelsohn

Lesley Sharp