drama

VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS: Revisiting Hong Sang-soo’s Third Feature
VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS: Revisiting Hong Sang-soo’s Third Feature

Hong Sang-soo’s third feature, “Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors,” was also his last film to be made from a full script.

Tribeca Film Festival 2022: SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS
Tribeca Film Festival 2022: SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS

Ray Ramano makes his directorial debut with Somewhere In Queens, a comedy-drama about an Italian-American family.

Tribeca Film Festival 2022: BLAZE
Tribeca Film Festival 2022: BLAZE

Del Kathryn Barton’s Blaze brings intense drama to the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, as a young girl named Blaze deals with immense trauma.

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4: It Is All Upside Down
STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4: It Is All Upside Down

This entry has longer than usual episodes, making this part a deft delivery of the finality of what has been a real significant part of TV life and culture.

POSER: When Admiration Becomes Obsession
POSER: When Admiration Becomes Obsession

With two fascinating lead performances, wonderful music, and Logan Floyd’s hypnotic cinematography, there’s a lot about Poser that is worth checking out.

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE: The Beautiful & Revolting Human Form
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE: The Beautiful & Revolting Human Form

In Crimes of the Future, the horrors and beauty of the human anatomy, both inside and out, are a work of grotesque art and performance.

MIRACLE: Losing My Religion
MIRACLE: Losing My Religion

A thought-provoking exploration of morality and mortality divided neatly into two parts, Miracle isn’t clear-cut or easy to comprehend, but it is compelling.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Alice Winocour’s PARIS MEMORIES is a Mature Study of Violence and Healing
Cannes Film Festival 2022: Alice Winocour’s PARIS MEMORIES is a Mature Study of Violence and Healing

Paris Memories was the final film I saw at the fest and in its quiet, assured way, was one of the most satisfying.

Horrific Inquiry: BURIED (2010)
Horrific Inquiry: BURIED (2010)

For this Horrific Inquiry, we take a look at the 2010 horror starring Ryan Reynolds: Buried.

PLEASURE: The Pain of It All
PLEASURE: The Pain of It All

Once you remove the explicit content, there’s not that much about Pleasure that is truly revolutionary, or even rebellious.

Cannes 2022: EL AGUA: A Beguiling Mystery in Rural Spain
Cannes Film Festival 2022: EL AGUA: A Beguiling Mystery In Rural Spain

Elena López Riera’s El Agua is a slow, seductive, and assured tale of young love and mysticism in an exquisitely rendered Spanish village.

BROTHERLY LIES: An Effective Indie Drama Dealing With Harsh Truths
BROTHERLY LIES: An Effective Indie Drama Dealing With Harsh Truths

Showing that love, life, and relationships are imperfect, Mark Schwab’s Brotherly Lies is a gripping indie drama about regret, desire, and trauma.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.
Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.

R.M.N. is the work of an artist with a rare gift for transmogrifying culture, politics, and ideology into human drama.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: CORSAGE Is A Fresh, Fantastic Take On The Suffering Royal Woman Story
Cannes Film Festival 2022: CORSAGE Is A Fresh, Fantastic Take On The Suffering Royal Woman Story

Amidst a sea of dull, insipid, even sadistic takes on the beautiful, suffering royal lady story we’ve seen, Corsage breaks like the sun through the clouds.

AIR DOLL: That Empty Feeling
AIR DOLL: That Empty Feeling

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2009 fantasy-romance Air Doll is an introspective film where a blow-up doll begins to turn into a living woman.