Tag: drama
Now Streaming: DROPS OF GOD S2 Drops the Ball
Fleur Geffrie and Yamashita Tomohisa reprise their roles in the wine-themed family-drama series.
SACCHARINE: Independent Film Company And Shudder Acquire Sundance-Bound Body Horror
Hana, a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
Echoes: Why Do Pakistani Films Fail to Attract Audiences, Compared To Series?
Over the past decade, the Pakistani audience's taste has changed dramatically, and by dramatically, I mean the audience's attention steadily shifted to television "dramas." Pakistan's entertainment landscape has undergone a noticeable transformation as viewers now prefer television series that have...
Friday One Sheet: WUTHERING HEIGHTS
After some rather underwhelming key art for Emerald (Saltburn) Fennell's upcoming adaptation of Bronte's cult-lit classic, Wuthering Heights, the character posters come through with a cold and tactile pair of character posters. I have highlighted Margot Robbie's Catherine Earnshaw here...
A PRIVATE LIFE Review: Jodie Foster Investigates Mystery. In French, No Less.
Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira and Mathieu Amalric also star in Rebecca Zlotowski's sixth feature, a mix of situational comedy and cozy mystery.
Playback: Nia DaCosta, Life on the Edge, from LITTLE WOODS to 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE
Nia DaCosta gravitates toward stories -- whether intimate dramas, horror reinventions, literary adaptations, or major franchises -- where her characters are pushed into extreme situations. Across these films, human vulnerability and choice remain central, with complex interior lives sharpening as...
Now Streaming: STAYER, Evasive Even Elstad Has a Daughter
Aksel Hennie stars in and directs, following a rock star who must reckon with his teenage daughter (Hannah Elise Adolfsen Fjeldbraaten) after a tragedy.
Opening This Week: 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE, NIGHT PATROL, SPACE/TIME, KILLER WHALE
Plus: 'All You Need Is Kill,' 'A Useful Ghost,' 'A Private Life,' 'Sound of Falling,' 'Maldoror.'
Now Streaming: TEHRAN S3, Spy Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Niv Sultan reprises her starring role in the thriller series, alongside Shaun Toub and Shila Omni, joined by Hugh Laurie.
SIRĀT Official Trailer: Oliver Laxe's 'Meditative And Loudly Disorienting Journey' in Cinemas February
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
SHAW-SHOCK: HORROR COLLECTION VOLUME 2 Brings More Shaw Brothers Chillers Home
Ethereal terrors haunt Imprint's new collection of Shaw Brothers horror films
Now Streaming: MARSHMALLOW, Deeper Than It Looks
Also debuting this week: strangeness in 'A Desert' on Shudder, Sydney Sweeney in 'Americana' on Starz.
FYC 2025: Daddy Issues in HAMNET, TRAIN DREAMS, JAY KELLY
For your consideration: Of absent fathers, grief, shame, and forgiveness in three notable films.
Friday One Sheet: The Best Posters of 2025
Welcome to the final Friday One Sheet column of the year. Like 2025 cinema, it was a great year for quality, but without too much thematic cohesion, so I will keep the text short and sweet. Presented in no...
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO Review: Queer Period Drama Doubles as a Call For Radical Empathy
Diego Céspedes' debut feature is Chile's official submission as Best International Feature Film.
Playback: Park Chan-wook, Pushed to the Limit, from JOINT SECURITY AREA to NO OTHER CHOICE
Park Chan-wook studies how vengeance and obsession can narrow the mind, reducing problems to a single, violent answer. The Korean director returns to characters consumed by the promise of moral clarity. Park is perhaps best known for his exacting compositions...
MARTY SUPREME Review: Timothée Chalamet Leads Stellar Cast in One of the Year's Best Films
Josh Safdie's new film stars Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Abel Ferrara, Fran Drescher, Géza Röhrig, Kevin O'Leary, Ronald Bronstein, and Tyler Okonma.
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER Review: Very Slight, Very Familiar, Very Jarmusch
Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat star in Jim Jarmusch's new film.
SONG SUNG BLUE Review: Loving Impersonation Misses the Real Thing
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star in Craig Brewer's music-infused drama, inspired by a true story.
Opening This Week: ANACONDA Bites, NO OTHER CHOICE Hunts Jobs, THE PLAGUE Plunges Into Terror
Plus: 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' 'Marty Supreme,' 'Song Sung Blue,' 'The Choral.'
