Tag: drama
The Station Agent – Film Review
A sweet and quirky comedy-drama about an unlikely trio of lonely souls coming together in a small town… and trains.
Moneyball – Film Review
A film involving baseball is extremely unlikely to make it on my watch list, but this intelligent and strangely melancholy movie, with Brad Pitt in one of his finest performances, was very much worth suspending a prejudice against baseball movies.
Big Eyes – Film Review
Tim Burton dials down the gothic and the weird for this surprisingly straightforward drama based on a real-life art fraud story.
Younger – TV Review
I initially found this Stan series too annoyingly hyper and perky for its own good, but in the end it was a (near) perfect light and frothy lockdown watch.
The Girl In the Cafe – Film Review
A charmingly modest and understated movie about an unlikely relationship that starts off as a conventional meet-cute and then goes somewhere unexpected.
Babette’s Feast – Film Review
This Oscar-winning Danish drama starts off slow and restrained, but ends up as a moving celebration of food and art, with possibly the greatest seven-course meal ever put onscreen.
Nomadland – Film Review
A gentle, compassionate and intimate portrait of life on the road and the society’s margins, led by another masterful performance from Frances McDormand.
Lars and the Real Girl – Film Review
“Man buys a sex doll on the internet” is an unlikely premise for a sweet, affecting and life-affirming story, but this quirky movie with early-day Ryan Gosling (before the world decided he was hot) somehow pulls it off.
Gran Hotel – TV Review
