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Tag: Drama

The Shrouds (2025)

Drama Rated R

“…a mournful, if macabre, meditation on losing a loved one — as only writer-director David Cronenberg could manage.”

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Drama Rated R

“Tarkovsky sets the stage for the rest of his career with Andrei Rublev…”

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

Drama Rated NR

“…has a mysticism and poeticism that would define later Tarkovsky efforts.”

Early Summer (1951)

Drama Rated NR

“For Yasujiro Ozu, domestic tranquility always sits on a razor’s edge…”

The Fishing Place (2025)

Drama Rated NR

“Aficionados of long, contemplative single takes will appreciate The Fishing Place…”

Eric LaRue (2025)

Drama Rated NR

“… interrogates the rush to healing and forgiveness that can sometimes follow tragedy in Christian communities.”

The French Connection (1971)

Drama Rated R

“Rightly remembered for a pivotal car chase…”

Scarecrow (1973)

Drama Rated R

“A treasure of the 1970s…”

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Drama Rated R

“It’s bizarre to cheer on the abuse of civil rights in a movie ostensibly about advancing civil rights.”

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2025)

Drama Rated PG-13

“There is the sense that magic is in the air, for both ill and good.”

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Toy Story 5 (2026)

Family Rated PG

“If Toy Story 5 doesn’t quite rise to the challenge of its conceit, it still offers plenty of familiar fun.”

Rose of Nevada (2026)

Horror Rated NR

“…a work of oblique horror, a ghost story that’s something of an apparition itself.”

Z (1969)

Drama Rated NR

“. . . a bitter, brilliant pill to swallow.”


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