drama

Tribeca Film Festival: GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Tribeca Film Festival: GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE

In Sophie Hyde’s Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, the stigma surrounding sexuality and age are examined and pushed.

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.