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Tag: Drama

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Drama Rated R

“…less about the wheels on the asphalt and more about the headspace that driving can put you in.”

In the Mood for Love (2000)

Drama Rated PG

“…as if you’re watching two halves of a broken heart throb.”

Nine Days (2021)

Drama Rated R

“…a pensive, existential thought experiment that blossoms into something cinematic.”

Respect (2021)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Jennifer Hudson gets as close to the Queen of Soul’s fearless vocals as possible.”

Happy Together (1997)

Drama Rated NR

“…contains perhaps the most heartbreaking moment in all of Wong’s heartbreak cinema.”

Pig (2021)

Drama Rated R

“Does Pig want to be a movie starring Nicolas Cage, or a NICOLAS CAGE movie?”

The Green Knight (2021)

Drama Rated R

“…about the very idea of legends: how they grow, what they reveal, what they conceal.”

Chungking Express (1994)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Whatever ineffable thing Wong Wong Kar-wai does—let’s call it despondent extravagance—he distilled it into its purest form here.”

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Drama Rated R

“How deep is sin’s hold — on Alex, and on us?”

As Tears Go By (1988)

Drama Rated NR

“Color is character.”

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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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