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Tag: Drama

The Whale (2022)

Drama Rated R

“Fraser’s performance relies on a gentle, even beguiling belief in dignity for all.”

TÁR (2022)

Drama Rated R

“In a masochistic way, a Blanchett character usually demands to be broken.”

CODA (2021)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…alternates between being contrived and genuinely moving.”

God’s Creatures (2022)

Drama Rated R

“Franciosi grabs the film by its shoulders and turns it into a searing, singular experience.”

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Drama Rated PG

“Ford dials up the smarm of Han Solo and the hubris of Indiana Jones…”

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

Drama Rated NR

“Davis delivers a tremulously terrifying Elizabeth…”

Blonde (2022)

Drama Rated NC-17

“…an overcorrection, an attempt to negate the gloss by burying it in bile.”

Double Indemnity (1944)

Drama Rated NR

“…it’s a thrill to watch Stanwyck go to work and assert her dominance.”

Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

Drama Rated R

“I appreciated the craft, but never felt the longing.”

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)

Drama Rated R

“Brown vacuums up the movie in a way that’s both entrancing and entirely true to the complicated character he’s playing.”

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Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“A crucial time-capsule movie…”

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“… the central idea is tantalizing and the cast is having so much fun…”

The Drama (2026)

Drama Rated R

“… inflicts a contrived construct on Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, one from which they never escape.”


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