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Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
White Boy Rick
A true-life tale of coke, corruption, and betrayal
"...that occurred might have made for a more involving drama. As is, White Boy Rick is a one-trick pony...."
Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Where Hands Touch
Interracial romance against the rise of Nazi Germany
"...Not reviewed at press time. Period drama about a biracial girl (Stenberg) growing up in prewar..."
Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review
Let the Corpses Tan
Deliciously lurid crime drama is pulp in all the best ways
"...that drew narrative cues from Left Bank philosophers, pulp dramas, and Grand Guignol histrionics in equal measures...."
Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Operation Finale
Nazi hunting history may be accurate, but lacks tension or gravity
"...looking for Inglourious Basterds redux, then this bloodless historical drama isn’t for you. Despite a pair of steely performances..."
Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
McQueen
The triumphs and tragedies of the late bad boy of British fashion
"...ears. The effect is brooding and provocative. It’s pure drama. It’s perfectly Alexander McQueen...."
Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Captain
A bleak warning from Nazi Germany carries modern resonance
"...It's a dramatic shift in tone and direction for director Robert Schwentke...."
Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Custody
A disturbingly honest portrayal of abuse and divorce
"...assurance of contemporary French cinema with a grounded kitchen-sink drama sensibility, evocative of Ken Loach at his most incisive...."
Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The paternity mystery is solved, but the ABBA hits keep coming
"...and “Angel Eyes” jumpstart plot points in a dual-timeline drama. In the present-day thread, Sophie (Seyfried) is planning a..."
July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
American Animals
Truth, lies, and self-deception in this remarkable true-crime docudrama
"...Blurring the border between documentary and high-stakes crime drama, American Animals offers a unique take on the Transy..."
June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
The Seagull
Chekhov's tale of Muscovite misery takes unsteady flight.
"...Konstantin a piece of tough-love advice about his unconventional dramaturgy: “But nothing happens in your plays!” she tells him,..."
June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Disobedience
Rachel Weisz explores the complexities and joys of choice in Britain's Jewish communities.
"...such as Orthodox Judaism, an inequity that informs the drama precipitated by the unexpected reappearance of the deceased rabbi’s..."
May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Little Pink House
Courtroom drama makes dry property rights personal.
"...emotional core to what could be a tedious courtroom drama...."
May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Traffik
Sleazy modern exploitation falls off its poorly staked moral high ground.
"...exploitation pervades Traffik, which begins as a meandering relationship drama and ends up a lurid pseudo-thriller about the sex..."
April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Rangasthalam
Indian drama catches middle man in a class struggle.
"...Prakash Raj. Not reviewed at press time. Indian Telugu drama about a partially deaf maritime engineer (Charan) caught between..."
March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Red Sparrow
Erotic spy thriller is Fifty Shades of Gorky Park.
"...on every front page, making a neo-Cold War spy drama seems like a zeitgeist necessity. But Red Sparrow is..."
March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Insult
Lebanon's internecine crises as courtroom drama
"...and physical aggression, and then grows into a courtroom drama midway through as the case grips the nation and..."
Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Downsizing
Alexander Payne creates a small word with big ambitions
"...its accomplishments. Story elements blend science fiction, comedy, and drama to create tones and a trajectory that wobble in..."
Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman disappears into the role of the beloved English statesman
"...appeasement to a reviled Adolf Hitler. In the historical drama Darkest Hour, an unrecognizable Gary Oldman slips into Churchill’s..."
Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Hello Again
A sexy musical that spans time falls flat
"...An updated version (of sorts) of Arthur Schnitzler’s 1897 drama La Ronde set to music (it’s based on Michael..."
Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
All I See Is You
A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently
"...bummed to discover there’s some false packaging wrapped around “drama/thriller” All I See Is You. It’s not exactly suspenseful..."
Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White
The Mountain Between Us
This is what a boring plane crash movie looks like
"...Abu-Assad simply can’t seem to build up much hardcore drama from a story that seems tailor-made for heartstopping peril..."
Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Lemon
"...bearded and balding Isaac Lachmann, a socially awkward, fortysomething drama teacher whose every utterance seems calculated to either irritate..."
Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Menashe
In an Orthodox Jewish community, a father struggles to retain custody of his son
"...Talmudic law. And that’s the sum total of the drama here, but Menashe the film is so intimate and..."
Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Shot Caller
The metamorphosis of the prison system
"...a wallop. Shot Caller, the new real life-meets-prison, life drama-cum-actioner from director Waugh (Snitch) fits the latter adjective to..."
Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Landline
The team behind Obvious Child is back
"...is wonderful (as expected), navigating the humor and the drama of the story like a pro, just as she..."
Aug. 4, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Past Life
Avi Nesher's film is a thoughtful examination of forgiveness
"...An Israeli drama inspired by true events, Past Life begins by gesturing..."
June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Sleight
A street magician must save his kidnapped sister
"...an improbably buoyant love story, a (relatively) violent crime drama, and a decidedly unique indie-superhero flick all in one...."
May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Lost City of Z
A futile quest for an extraordinary place
"...a sane man mad, but in the meandering historical drama The Lost City of Z, the lofty vision of..."
April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Promise
The Armenian Genocide as seen through a love triangle
"...history, reprises the formula here, again finding the human drama amid a modern genocidal atrocity. If the formula doesn’t..."
