Tag: drama
ANDOR Season Two Teaser Trailer: Everyone is Ready to Fight!
Season two of the Star Wars series, Andor, starts streaming on Disney+ on April 22nd.
LEGENDS OF THE CONDOR HEROES: THE GALLANTS Review: Tsui Hark's Irresistible Action Eye Candy
Tsui Hark adapts Jin Yong's classic story, starring Xiao Zhan and Zhuang Dafei, and Leung Ka Fai Tony.
Rotterdam 2025 Review: MEMOIR OF A SNAIL Gets You, Pacing Be Damned
Back in 2009 we were treated to one of the best films ever made about autism, and it was, surprise surprise, an animated puppet feature. That was Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot, who had previously won an Academy...
Friday One Sheet: UNDER THE BURNING SUN
Warm and desolate at the same time, Yun Xie's tight 75 minute science fiction picture, Under The Burning Sun is a road trip across the desert; a journey to an uncertain freedom by a solitary pregnant woman. The key art may...
Sundance 2025 Review: BUNNYLOVR, Gen Z Cam-Girl Faces Existential Crisis
Pace everyone’s favorite Greek philosopher, Socrates, if the unexamined life isn’t worth living, then the unexamined cam life — as in cam-girl life — is probably a close second or even a distant third. That lack of self-exploration, of...
THE LOST DAUGHTER: Vertical Acquires U.S. Rights to Fantasy Thriller
Vertical has announced that they have acquired the U.S. rights to the fantasy thriller The Lost Daughter, from writer-director duo Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes (Lord Jones is Dead). The film was an adaptation of a Scottish play called Mary...
Now Streaming: THE NIGHT AGENT S2, SATURDAY NIGHT, SAKAMOTO DAYS
Plus: 'SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night' on Peacock TV, 'Babanba Banban Vampire' and 'Castlevania: Nocturne' on Netflix.
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD Trailer: Don't Let Her In
The first trailer for Jaume Collet-Serra's horror thriller, The Woman in the Yard, bowed today. Coming to cinemas on March 28th the latest from the director of good films like this past Christmas' thriller Carry On and the Dwayne Johnson,...
EAT THE NIGHT Review: Virtual Reality Meets Gritty Crime Film
Near the end of Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel’s (Jessica Forever) initially promising, ultimately disappointing feature-length film, Eat the Night, a virtual screen within a screen — an MMORPG (massive multiplayer role-playing game) — hundreds, if not thousands, of digital...
NICKEL BOYS Review: Important Story, POV Troubles
Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor star in director RaMell Ross' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's prize-winning novel.
Friday One Sheet: UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Brutalism is back, baby! Behold the mighty Winnipeg mortar arches, and thin veneer of snow that together form one of many visual motifs in Matthew Rankin's superbly dry dramedy Universal Language. A large part of the film's delights come from...
IT'S NOT ME Review: The Best Cinematic Self-Portrait One Could Wish For
Filmmaker Leos Carax is embracing Godard again more openly, for the benefit of composing a dense, visually sumptuous self-portrait.
European Film Awards 2024: THE SUBSTANCE Leads with the Most Nominations
The European Film Awards 2024 spotlight The Substance as the frontrunner in nominations, while Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez and The Girl with the Needle shine with critical wins and nods.
PARIS HAS FALLEN Review: Staking Out Fresh New Thriller Territory
Tewfik Jallab, Ritu Arya, and epitome of evil Sean Harris star in the limited series, debuting in the U.S. on the Hulu streaming service.
GLADIATOR II Review: Ridley Scott Returns to Imperial Rome With Mixed Results
After more than two decades in development limbo, countless rejected drafts permanently memory-holed to studio vaults, and near endless studio dawdling, Ridley Scott (Napoleon, Blade Runner, Alien) seemingly inexhaustible even as his 87th birthday quickly approaches, makes a triumphant return...
THE APPRENTICE Review: Or, How To Use Film To Capture An Essence Of Donald Trump
Ali Abassi's Trump biopic is a good film, better than most will think, regardless of what politics you follow.
Camera Japan Rotterdam 2024 Review: THE COLORS WITHIN Shines With Bright Hues
Back in 2016-2017, director Yamada Naoko shook up the anime industry with her high-school bully drama A Silent Voice. The film took an uncommonly candid view of life in school, with people often doing stupid things while still totally unaware...
Friday One Sheet: THE BRUTALIST
Typography is no stranger to the design of Brady Corbet's "Monumental" new film, The Brutalist. The credits in both the film, and its recent trailer, do interesting things. This carries into this iconic poster, with the Statue of Liberty upside...
A Superb Trailer for Brady Corbet's 70mm Epic, THE BRUTALIST
One of the best films of the year gets one of the best trailers of the year. Harnessing an early scene in the film, before breaking into a montage of the celebration of artictectural form, with the joy and pain...
CALIGULA 4K Review: An Unhinged, Violent, Epic Masterpiece
Where to begin on this infamous film? Shot in 1976 and released in 1980, Caligula was directed by arthouse provocateur Tinto Brass. Written by Gore Vidal and funded by Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, Caligula became one of those unfortunate films...
