Tag: Drama
Posted on January 27, 2020
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Mati Diop uses her first short, a documentary of the same name, as thematic inspiration for her first full length feature. Diop opts to write a fictional story that sits parallel to the first, which followed four young men attempting to cross the…
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Category: 2019, Film, ForeignTags: class distinctions, Drama, Islam, mati diop, Netflix, refugees, Romance, senegal, social commentary, spirituality, tradition
Posted on January 25, 2020
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With a debut film that clocks in at 3 hours and 40 minutes, it is safe to say that Hu Bo was confident in his vision: a focused and calculated piece that creates an instantly noticeable visual statement. Bo doesn’t have much hope for…
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Posted on December 23, 2019
by Jordan Dodd
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Noah Baumbach returns to the subject of divorce after first exploring the premise in The Squid and the Whale (2005), albeit from a different perspective both within the film and himself as a writer. His new offering centres around a couple who are on…
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Category: 2019, FilmTags: 2019, academy award nominees, Adam Driver, December 2019, divorce, Drama, julia greer, Laura Dern, marriage, Netflix, noah baumbach, ray liotta, relationships, Scarlett Johansson, Squid and the Whale
Posted on October 20, 2019
by Jordan Dodd
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A major step up in scope for Jennifer Kent after her excellent debut film The Babadook, this sophomore effort is a brutal, bloody but historically honest look into both the life of women and Aboriginal People during a period in Australia’s history that is…
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Category: 2018, Australia/New Zealand, FilmTags: #aboriginalcommunities, #Aboriginalpeople, #australianaboriginal, #australianaborigines, adventure, Aisling Franciosis, Australian Film, Australian History, Baykali Ganambarr, brutalscenes, David Gulpilil, Drama, jennifer kent, Screen Australia, The Babadook, The Nightingale, Thenightingale
Posted on December 23, 2016
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Ken Loach Written by Paul Laverty (screenplay) Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy This incredibly poignant film, while commenting on the UK welfare system specifically, surely will touch most Western audiences while giving them something to chuckle about. The sense of…
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Posted on December 16, 2016
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Babak Anvari Written by Babak Anvari Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi A revolution often causes more problems that it resolves, and considering the eight year war that took place after the 1979 Iranian revolution, not to mention the reasons behind…
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Category: 2016, Film, ForeignTags: 2016, Avin Manshadi, Babak Anvari, Bobby Naderi, Drama, horror, Iran, Iranian film, Narges Rashidi
Posted on August 14, 2016
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Andreas Prochaska Written by Martin Ambrosch (screenplay), Andreas Prochaska (screenplay), Thomas Willmann (novel) Starring: Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer This Austrian film played last year at a German film festival, but stupidly I was too lazy to go out and catch…
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Category: 2014, Film, ForeignTags: Andreas Prochaska, Austrian film, Drama, Martin Ambrosch, Paula Beer, revenge, Sam Riley, the alps, Tobias Moretti, western
Posted on June 4, 2016
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Jodie Foster Written by Jamie Linden (screenplay), Alan DiFiore (screenplay), Jim Kouf (screenplay) Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito When George Clooney is at his best, few can match his charisma. His character here, Lee Gates, is…
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Category: 2016, FilmTags: 2016, Alan DiFiore, comedy, Drama, economics, George Clooney, Giancarlo Esposito, hostage, Jack O'Connell, Jamie Linden, Jim Kouf, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, media manipulation, money monster, stock m arket, terrorism, thriller, wall-street
Posted on May 23, 2016
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Written by Robert Carlock (screenplay), Kim Barker (book) Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton I was sceptical about this when I read the plot synopsis; a war-based comedy, or a…
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Category: 2016, FilmTags: #war, 2016, Afghanistan, black comedy, Dark Comedy, Drama, dramedy, Iraq, Middle-East, Pakinstan, terrorism, tragicomedy, war on terror, what is it good for?, whiskey tango foxtrot, WTF
Posted on May 8, 2016
by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Nanni Moretti Written by Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, Gaia Manzini, Chiara Valerio Starring: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti *This is dedicated to my beautiful mother. Happy mother’s day, I love you Mum! Not unlike the fabulous Rams, a very…
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Category: 2015, Film, ForeignTags: 2015, Chiara Valerio, Drama, Gaia Manzini, Giulia Lazzarini, italian film, italy, john turturro, Margherita Buy, mia madre, mothers day, my mother, Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella
Tag: Drama
ATLANTICS [2019]
Posted on January 27, 2020 by Jordan Dodd
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Mati Diop uses her first short, a documentary of the same name, as thematic inspiration for her first full length feature. Diop opts to write a fictional story that sits parallel to the first, which followed four young men attempting to cross the…
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Category: 2019, Film, ForeignTags: class distinctions, Drama, Islam, mati diop, Netflix, refugees, Romance, senegal, social commentary, spirituality, tradition
AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL (DA XIANG XI DI ER ZUO) [2019]
Posted on January 25, 2020 by Jordan Dodd
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With a debut film that clocks in at 3 hours and 40 minutes, it is safe to say that Hu Bo was confident in his vision: a focused and calculated piece that creates an instantly noticeable visual statement. Bo doesn’t have much hope for…
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Category: 2019, Film, ForeignTags: China, Chinese film, Drama, foreign film, Hu Bo, political commentary, suicide, unbroken takes
MARRIAGE STORY [2019]
Posted on December 23, 2019 by Jordan Dodd
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Noah Baumbach returns to the subject of divorce after first exploring the premise in The Squid and the Whale (2005), albeit from a different perspective both within the film and himself as a writer. His new offering centres around a couple who are on…
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Category: 2019, FilmTags: 2019, academy award nominees, Adam Driver, December 2019, divorce, Drama, julia greer, Laura Dern, marriage, Netflix, noah baumbach, ray liotta, relationships, Scarlett Johansson, Squid and the Whale
THE NIGHTINGALE [2018]
Posted on October 20, 2019 by Jordan Dodd
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A major step up in scope for Jennifer Kent after her excellent debut film The Babadook, this sophomore effort is a brutal, bloody but historically honest look into both the life of women and Aboriginal People during a period in Australia’s history that is…
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Category: 2018, Australia/New Zealand, FilmTags: #aboriginalcommunities, #Aboriginalpeople, #australianaboriginal, #australianaborigines, adventure, Aisling Franciosis, Australian Film, Australian History, Baykali Ganambarr, brutalscenes, David Gulpilil, Drama, jennifer kent, Screen Australia, The Babadook, The Nightingale, Thenightingale
I, DANIEL BLAKE [2016]
Posted on December 23, 2016 by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Ken Loach Written by Paul Laverty (screenplay) Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy This incredibly poignant film, while commenting on the UK welfare system specifically, surely will touch most Western audiences while giving them something to chuckle about. The sense of…
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Category: 2016, FilmTags: Dave Johns, Drama, Hayley Squires, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, Sharon Percy, UK welfare system, welfare
UNDER THE SHADOW [2016]
Posted on December 16, 2016 by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Babak Anvari Written by Babak Anvari Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi A revolution often causes more problems that it resolves, and considering the eight year war that took place after the 1979 Iranian revolution, not to mention the reasons behind…
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Category: 2016, Film, ForeignTags: 2016, Avin Manshadi, Babak Anvari, Bobby Naderi, Drama, horror, Iran, Iranian film, Narges Rashidi
THE DARK VALLEY (Das finstere Tal) [2014]
Posted on August 14, 2016 by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Andreas Prochaska Written by Martin Ambrosch (screenplay), Andreas Prochaska (screenplay), Thomas Willmann (novel) Starring: Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer This Austrian film played last year at a German film festival, but stupidly I was too lazy to go out and catch…
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Category: 2014, Film, ForeignTags: Andreas Prochaska, Austrian film, Drama, Martin Ambrosch, Paula Beer, revenge, Sam Riley, the alps, Tobias Moretti, western
MONEY MONSTER [2016]
Posted on June 4, 2016 by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Jodie Foster Written by Jamie Linden (screenplay), Alan DiFiore (screenplay), Jim Kouf (screenplay) Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito When George Clooney is at his best, few can match his charisma. His character here, Lee Gates, is…
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Category: 2016, FilmTags: 2016, Alan DiFiore, comedy, Drama, economics, George Clooney, Giancarlo Esposito, hostage, Jack O'Connell, Jamie Linden, Jim Kouf, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts, media manipulation, money monster, stock m arket, terrorism, thriller, wall-street
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT [2016]
Posted on May 23, 2016 by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa Written by Robert Carlock (screenplay), Kim Barker (book) Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton I was sceptical about this when I read the plot synopsis; a war-based comedy, or a…
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Category: 2016, FilmTags: #war, 2016, Afghanistan, black comedy, Dark Comedy, Drama, dramedy, Iraq, Middle-East, Pakinstan, terrorism, tragicomedy, war on terror, what is it good for?, whiskey tango foxtrot, WTF
MIA MADRE (MY MOTHER) [2015]
Posted on May 8, 2016 by Jordan Dodd
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Directed by Nanni Moretti Written by Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella, Gaia Manzini, Chiara Valerio Starring: Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti *This is dedicated to my beautiful mother. Happy mother’s day, I love you Mum! Not unlike the fabulous Rams, a very…
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Category: 2015, Film, ForeignTags: 2015, Chiara Valerio, Drama, Gaia Manzini, Giulia Lazzarini, italian film, italy, john turturro, Margherita Buy, mia madre, mothers day, my mother, Nanni Moretti, Valia Santella
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