The actor gives an astonishing, awards-worthy performance as a stage star with dementia in a slight yet powerful TV movie There's an almighty performance super-powering HBO's mysteriously handled TV movie The Great Lillian Hall, an elegant Broadway-set drama blessed with an all-consuming Jessica Lange. It's her first film lead since 2006 (even before then it was in 1998) and it's one that almost wasn't hers to have. …