Posts Tagged: Drama
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Cary Fukunaga’s war drama Beasts of No Nation is an outstanding contribution to cinema. Absorption of the film’s devastating content leaves one emotionally and spiritually ravaged. Nevertheless, experiencing the storyteller’s art is exhilarating, inspiring. Sublime cinematography and sound design; compelling
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Cary Fukunaga’s war drama Beasts of No Nation is an outstanding contribution to cinema. Absorption of the film’s devastating content leaves one emotionally and spiritually ravaged. Nevertheless, experiencing the storyteller’s art is exhilarating, inspiring. Sublime cinematography and sound design; compelling
Red White & Blue (2010)
Drama; thriller; horror. Simon Rumley’s challenging and disturbing Red White & Blue morphs slowly from one genre to another, building intimacy and empathy towards its characters as it crescends towards its terrifying denouement. The script, simultaneously compassionate and threatening, thrives
Red White & Blue (2010)
Drama; thriller; horror. Simon Rumley’s challenging and disturbing Red White & Blue morphs slowly from one genre to another, building intimacy and empathy towards its characters as it crescends towards its terrifying denouement. The script, simultaneously compassionate and threatening, thrives
The Selfish Giant (2013)
Beauty can be painfully raw and hopeless … in the hands of the right writer/director. Clio Barnard has put together a very strong piece of cinema whose images keep popping back into your head weeks after watching it. The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant (2013)
Beauty can be painfully raw and hopeless … in the hands of the right writer/director. Clio Barnard has put together a very strong piece of cinema whose images keep popping back into your head weeks after watching it. The Selfish Giant
Locke (2013)
Depending on the culture of your country and the management of your local cinema, intermissions are either the accepted norm or an atypical occurrence reserved for very long films. Depending on the subject matter, the viewer’s connection with a film may be negatively impacted by
Locke (2013)
Depending on the culture of your country and the management of your local cinema, intermissions are either the accepted norm or an atypical occurrence reserved for very long films. Depending on the subject matter, the viewer’s connection with a film may be negatively impacted by
Zodiac (2007)
There are very few films I can watch again and again. Se7en is one of them. Zodiac is another. I love these two films because they are very well written and produced, and marry my favourite film genre – thrillers –
Zodiac (2007)
There are very few films I can watch again and again. Se7en is one of them. Zodiac is another. I love these two films because they are very well written and produced, and marry my favourite film genre – thrillers –
The Silence (2010)
This excellent police procedural thriller from Germany assembles a group of fully fleshed-out and highly interesting characters, and drops them into a fine criminal drama. The Silence feels original mostly because, as a foreign piece of work, it avoids the clichés we
The Silence (2010)
This excellent police procedural thriller from Germany assembles a group of fully fleshed-out and highly interesting characters, and drops them into a fine criminal drama. The Silence feels original mostly because, as a foreign piece of work, it avoids the clichés we
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Somehow, for me, Jacob’s Ladder has always gone hand-in-hand with Angel Heart (1987). Maybe director Adrian Lyne and writer Bruce Joel Rubin were heavily influenced by Alan Parker’s masterpiece? It would not surprise me at all. No matter, Jacob’s Ladder can stand tall all by itself
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Somehow, for me, Jacob’s Ladder has always gone hand-in-hand with Angel Heart (1987). Maybe director Adrian Lyne and writer Bruce Joel Rubin were heavily influenced by Alan Parker’s masterpiece? It would not surprise me at all. No matter, Jacob’s Ladder can stand tall all by itself
