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Tag: Drama

It Was Just an Accident (2025)

Drama Rated PG-13

“… carries serious moral weight.”

Hedda (2025)

Drama Rated R

“… pushes the title character toward something demon-possessed, if not demonic.”

Reds (1981)

Drama Rated PG

“Warren Beatty cracked the biopic code…”

Blue Moon (2025)

Drama Rated R

“Another Richard Linklater talkfest featuring his favorite talker…”

The Loveless (1981)

Drama Rated R

“… curious about underbelly imagery—and the psychic pull such things can have on us.”

Out of Africa (1985)

Drama Rated PG

“It’s no coincidence that the movie came out two years after clothing retailer The Gap bought Banana Republic…”

The Way We Were (1973)

Drama Rated PG

“… fascinating as a study of Streisand and Redford’s onscreen personas.”

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)

Drama Rated NR

“There is a purity … that gives it a transcendental aura.”

La Ricotta (1963)

Drama Rated NR

“… about modernity’s failure and inability to take the crucifixion seriously—to say nothing of Jesus’ words about caring for the poor.”

One Battle After Another (2025)

Drama Rated R

“… understands the urgency of this moment.”

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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