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Tag: Drama

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Drama Rated R

“Phoenix gives a rigor mortis performance.”

R.M.N. (2023)

Drama Rated NR

“…suggests a rot in the human psyche that’s too far gone.”

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Drama Rated NR

“…a movie that seems to have given up on the very idea of genuine human connection, even as it aches for exactly that.”

Showing Up (2023)

Drama Rated R

“ …an argument for valuing the artistic process over the art.”

Imitation of Life (1959)

Drama Rated NR

“Melodrama with lasting, emotional heft…”

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

Drama Rated R

“…might be Schrader’s most visually bold work.”

Hardcore (1979)

Drama Rated R

“Both screed and confession…”

Rodeo (2023)

Drama Rated NR

“…like a Fast and Furious film that’s been stripped for its flashy parts.”

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Drama Rated NR

“…a humanist landmark.”

Creed III (2023)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Majors is easily the best thing in this third Rocky offshoot…”

Recent Reviews

By the Time It Gets Dark (2016)

Drama Rated NR

“While always mesmerized, I admittedly got lost amidst the layers…”

Two Minutes Late (1952)

Drama Rated NR

“… aims to be a big-screen version of a lurid pulp crime novel.”

Xiao Wu (Pickpocket) (1997)

Drama Rated NR

“… a scrappy, neo-realist tale of societal scrounging that’s paused by poetic moments of slow cinema.”


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