Tag: Drama
Holy Spider is a Thought Provoking, Topical, and Multifaceted Critique of Iran’s Theocracy
The fall of 2022 saw civil unrest and protest erupt in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody after she was accused of violating the country’s law regarding the proper wearing of hijabs. The nationwide uprising of…
Read More »Women Talking Struggles to Add Anything New or Unique to the Conversation (Middleburg Film Festival)
Women Talking thrusts us into a group of eight women from an isolated Mennonite colony who have learned that the men of their religious community have been drugging and raping their women, even teen girls, for years. A…
Read More »Babylon is a Bit Too Ambitious For Its Own Good
Babylon spans the pivotal era of American filmmaking in Hollywood from 1926-1952 as a host of changes were taking place both behind the camera, in the boardrooms of movie studios, and throughout American culture at large. We follow…
Read More »The Whale’s Ensemble Powers Its Emotional Themes Past an Okay Story (Middleburg Film Festival)
The Whale is a simple story packed with no simple emotions and social commentary. Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is a depressed, reclusive, online English professor who is slowly dying from obesity and resigned to his fate. As he prepares…
Read More »White Noise is Just That Despite Its Stellar Cast (Middleburg Film Festival)
Based on the 1985 novel of the same name, White Noise follows college professor Jack Gladney (Adam Driver) who lives in a comfortable suburb with his wife Babette (Greta Gerwig) and their three children. The family soon have…
Read More »Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward Elevate Empire of Light’s Simple Romance (Middleburg Film Festival)
Director Sam Mendes returns to the big screen bringing along with him actress powerhouse Olivia Colman. In Empire of Light we meet Hillary (Olivia Colman) a middle-aged manager of a movie theater in the United Kingdom in the…
Read More »Top Gun Maverick Reminds Us What Separates Blockbusters of Yesteryear From Today’s
Top Gun Maverick reunites the audience with Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) working as a test pilot of an experimental hypersonic jet that is under threat of being replaced by a drone program. In an attempt to prevent that from…
Read More »Emancipation is a Brutal Film About Perseverance and Determination
Yep, it’s another slave movie. In recent years, many consumers, of all races, have expressed fatigue over the flow of films coming from Hollywood that depict American slavery and the brutal treatment that the ancestors of African Americans…
Read More »The Fabelmans Uses Film to Teach About Family and Personal Growth
Steven Spielberg makes his return to the big screen in his most personal film yet. The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical film about the director’s childhood and love for film and directing. Even more than the movies, this film…
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Broker Uses Comedy, Drama to Examine Family and Forgiveness in the One of 2022’s Best
The latest film from director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Broker begins with two men Ha Sang-hyeon (Song Kang-ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won) who volunteer at a local church but are, in secret, baby brokers who sell infants that have anonymously been…
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