Tag: drama
The Love That Remains – Film Review
My pick from this year’s Nordic Film Festival was a bittersweet drama about a fractured family, both earthy and strange, unfolding against the haunting Icelandic landscape.
The Invite – Film Review
An awkward dinner party is hell in real life, but this sharp, funny and chaotic chamber piece mines it for comedy gold and emotional insight.
The Odyssey – Film Review
As a fan of Christopher Nolan, it pains me to say that I can’t recall the last time I was this disengaged at the cinema. For me, his take on Homer’s epic was mostly a slog, with some redeeming aspects.
Sundays – Film Review
A pick from the Spanish & Latin American Film Festival, this quiet, thoughtful and engaging family drama about religious calling is also an unusual coming-of-age story.
The Stranger – Film Review
I never read the original 1942 French novella by Albert Camus, but this stylish, beautiful and unsettling adaptation casts a haunting spell of its own.
Read moreWitness for the Prosecution (1957) – Film Review
This excellent courtroom drama, based on Agatha Christie’s short story and later play, is widely considered to be one of the very best Christie film adaptations. It’s also my first time seeing the magnetic Marlene Dietrich onscreen.
Blue Moon – Film Review
This bittersweet character study is all about the pleasure of witty dialogue and Ethan Hawke’s knockout performance as Broadway musical legend Lorenz Hart.
Hamnet – Film Review
Can a disappointing film be redeemed at the last stretch by a powerful ending that finally gets to you? In case of Chloé Zhao’s historical drama about the possible heart-rending origin of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, I’d have to say, not really.
No Other Choice, The Handmaiden – Film Review
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