Tag: Drama
In Thoroughly Examining Our Political Past, Vice Provides a Peek at America’s Future
“You chose me, and I did what you asked.” Vice is a retelling of the political rise of former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney (Christian Bale), from his Wyoming roots with wife Lynne Cheney (Amy…
Read More »Much Like Its Setting, Green Book Feels Like a Backward Glance at a Bygone Era
Green Book follows a 1962 concert tour through the south for Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class black pianist being chauffeured for the duration by Tony “Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), a tough, boisterous bouncer with mob ties…
Read More »Roma Examines The Societal Barriers That Separate Women and What Can Unite Them
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “We are alone. No matter what they tell you, we women, we are always alone.” Roma follows a wealthy family and their nanny Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) in 1970s Mexico City as both try to…
Read More »Cold War Depicts an All-Too Common Tainted Love Affair
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** “You’re the drug running through my veins……and the crash right after.” Cold War follows the relationship between two Polish lovers, Zula (Joanna Kulig) and Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) in postwar Europe. The pair embark upon…
Read More »The Favourite Explores The Nexus of Power, Sex, and Love
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** The Favourite finds us in 18th century England during a time of war with the French. Leading England at this time is Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), a sick and impressionable queen lacking self confidence,…
Read More »Burning’s Intriguing Mystery Cannot Overcome It’s Overwhelmingly Slow Pace
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Burning follows a young Korean man named Lee Jong-soo (Ah-In Yoo) who works as a delivery boy to make ends meet while his farmer father stands trial for an assault case. While making deliveries,…
Read More »Widows Spins a Thrilling Heist Film into Social Commentary about Grief and the Mistreatment of Women
“The only thing that matters is to survive. Look around you, it’s like Custer’s last stand; kill, or be killed.” Widows follows three women in Chicago, Veronica (Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), and Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) after a…
Read More »Boy Erased Explores the Crossroads of Love and Religious Repression
Boy Erased is a film based on the true story of Garrard Eamons (Lucas Hedges), the son of a small-town Baptist pastor Marshall (Russell Crowe), who is struggling with his burgeoning homosexuality and how it squares with the…
Read More »An Emotional Portrait of Addiction, Beautiful Boy Captures Our American Moment
************************This review contains a mild spoiler**************************** “When I discovered drugs my world went from black and white to technicolor. I can never give that up.” Beautiful Boy is based on the real-life memoirs of father and son David…
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Shoplifters is a Superb Family Drama Full of Mystery and Uneasy Moral Questions
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Family plays an indelible mark in who we are as individuals. A good one can set a person up for life before they ever even leave the womb while being born to bad circumstances…
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