Green Carpet

In a sense, the last three years of Christian Bale’s career have run in lockstep with the fortunes of the TV advertising market. After having put together an eclectic body of work, the actor was reduced to serving as a memetic punch line when a recording of his expletive-choked, on-set rant became the toast of the Web. But Bale turned it around in 2010, crafting his greatest performance as a washed-up boxer in David O.