Tag: drama

Admit it. Everyone loves their fair share of drama, usually on the big screen or on Netflix, but I believe in the power of books.…

The first thing we see is a group of young teenagers playing some form of soccer while blindfolded. They’re in the mountains, a crumbling brutalist…

Rarely is there such a strong dissonance between marketing for a film and the film itself as there is with “The Goldfinch.” I remember when…

Tessa Thompson is taking the world by storm. She broke into the mainstream in 2014 when she appeared in the Oscar-nominated “Selma” and then quickly…

The first word that came to mind while watching the film “A Star Is Born” was organic. From the minute Jackson (Bradley Cooper) walked in…

Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give” is an award winning young adult novel about police brutality that transcends the genre’s audience. It elegantly handles difficult…

So far, early reviews of the new movie “Life Itself” have been tanking the movie. Some have even gone so far as to call it…

Satire isn’t easy. As Malcolm Gladwell discusses on “The Satire Paradox,” an episode of his podcast, “The Revisionist History,” some satirists like Stephen Colbert have…

“Love, Simon” is more than your average young adult novel adaptation. It’s one of those rare cases where the film actually elevates the original work.…

Sean Baker’s 2015 film “Tangerine” gained attention at Sundance primarily for the way it was filmed: using two iPhone 5S phones with additional lenses. A…