Different Stages' The Dresser

Different Stages’ The Dresser shows where to find the juiciest drama in the theatre: backstage

"...can be, it often pales in comparison to the drama backstage. Rehearsals and performances are all too often underscored..."

July 7, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Manglehorn

Al Pacino stars in David Gordon Green's shot-in-Austin drama

"...sparseness. Nothing much happens, and when it does, the drama is low-key, the story arc subtle. Yet, there are..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Peter Murphy the Lionhearted

Bauhaus dramatist prowls Belmont with old-school noir LP

"...LP for industrial powerhouse Nettwerk. Heavy on noir – drama – Lion connects his art-punk past in Bauhaus with..."

July 29, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Spanish Tragedie

The Baron's Men make this revenge drama by one of Shakespeare's contemporaries an absolute joy to behold

"...Austin estate afford audiences the opportunity to experience Elizabethan drama with all five senses...."

Nov. 1, 2013 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

TV Eye

TV Eye breaks down the nominees for Best Drama and Best Comedy

"...The nominees for Outstanding Drama Series are True Blood (HBO), Dexter (Showtime), Mad Men..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Bring It

'Soldier of Cinema' Werner Herzog unloads on the state of short film and the ancient Greek drama that is WWF

"...phenomenon of the World Wrestling Federation and sees neo-classicist dramaturgy...."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Triangle: Act III

The Theatre's Gone, but Drama Remains

"...authors, and they hope this time they'll bring the drama to its climax without getting jeered off the stage...."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Burial

Courtroom drama saved from legal tedium by Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones

"...Legal dramas and buddy pics don’t often overlap, but with Jamie..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Rod Machen

Aporia

Judy Greer contemplates killing her own Hitler in this intriguing time-travel drama

"...Sophie and Mal confront increasingly complicated conundrums, the sci-fi drama maintains an insightful and compassionate perspective that finds a..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Passages

Often-explicit drama probes the turmoil of a lopsided love triangle

"...in 2007’s Married Life; in the semi-autobiographical 2012 addiction drama Keep the Lights On, where the heart keeps a..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Unknown Country

Lily Gladstone takes a road trip through small, meaningful stories

"...Hybrid docu-drama The Unknown Country is a contemplative film. Following the..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Miracle Club

Cutesy Irish drama about small-town scandals and music rings a hollow tune

"...the way the filmmakers rush over opportunities for genuine drama (a terrible betrayal revealed) to get to the soothing-over..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stay Awake

Low-key drama puts teenage caregivers of an adult addict first

"...welcome level of restraint permeating through the family addiction drama Stay Awake. An active avoidance of melodrama and scenes..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Review: Zach Theatre’s Roe

Revised text of the abortion rights drama proves that timing is everything

"...Roe is a well-written historical drama that focuses on the two Texas women at the..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Five Devils

Scents unlock memories and secrets in this French drama

"...the underpinning of The Five Devils, a supernatural-tinged queer drama from Ava director Léa Mysius. Initially, scent is simply..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Selfiee

A megastar and a cop clash in this action drama

"...A megastar and a cop clash in this action drama...."

Feb. 24, 2023 Movie Review

Baby Ruby

Motherhood is a nightmare in this dark drama that dips into horror

"...press time. Motherhood is a nightmare in this dark drama that dips into horror...."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review

The Son

The Father director crashes with this mental health drama

"...of them turns into a caustic affair of emotional melodrama, all due to Peter being unable to truly understand..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Saint Omer

French true-crime drama gives sharp insight into the immigrant experience

"...Omer follows the structural conventions of a typical courtroom drama. However, filmmaker Alice Diop uses those tropes to pursue..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Veera Simha Reddy (NBK107)

Telugu revenge drama with Balakrishna out for blood

"...Not reviewed at press time. Revenge drama with Telugu action icon Nandamuri Balakrishna out for blood..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review

Nr. 10

Danish stage-set dark drama descends into disappointing silliness

"...Some of this – the simplest parts, the interpersonal drama played out in the rehearsal room, the power dynamics..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nanny

Eerie migrant drama is an intriguing addition to Black horror

"...more one way or the other: either a realistic drama about the immigrant experience of America or centering the..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

My Policeman

Harry Styles' celebrity overshadows this bloodless period drama

"...and sensibility as he did in Genius, his 2016 drama about novelist Thomas Wolfe and editor Max Perkins –..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Running the Bases

Faith-based drama about locker room prayer

"...what the evangelicals are mad about now? Yup, faith-based drama about how it's not fair to not let a..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review

House of Darkness

Neil LaBute takes a smart bite out of the vampire drama

"...all, few can write this kind of acid-dripping parlor drama with as much bite as LaBute...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lifemark

Faith-based adoption drama

"...Not reviewed at press time. Faith-based adoption drama from the crew behind Birth Control: Is It Up..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review

Hawa

Magical Bangladeshi drama in which fishermen pull more than cod from the sea

"...Not reviewed at press time. Magical Bangladeshi drama in which fishermen pull more than cod from the..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review

The Immaculate Room

Sci-fi claustrophobia drama with a couple stuck in a featureless space

"...Not reviewed at press time. Sci-fi claustrophobia drama with a couple stuck in a featureless room...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review

An Ardent Heart

Spanish faith-based drama

"...Not reviewed at press time. Spanish faith-based drama about an author hunting for mystical appearances of the..."

May 27, 2022 Movie Review

Emergency

College drama breaks down the threats of casual and institutional racism

"...of snacks. Their dynamic is crucial, with the exterior drama siphoning out their own inner conflicts, like Kunle not..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

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