Tagged: Drama

Side Out (1990)

Side Out (1990) Directed by Peter Israelson A very physical, sweaty, anodyne sports flick. Although Peter Israelson’s splashy Side Out is about beach volleyball, its athletic...

Jerry Maguire review

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Jerry Maguire (1996) Directed by Cameron Crowe Mostly superficial and rarely profound, but Cameron Crowe’s infectious cheesiness overcomes these shortcomings and makes the most of its...

While the city sleeps review

While the City Sleeps (1956)

While the City Sleeps (1956) Directed by Fritz Lang Fritz Lang’s tabloid film about tabloid reporters covering a sensational crime story is one of the coldest,...

drive review

Drive (2011)

Drive (2011) Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn’s audiovisual symphony of art and exploitation is abstracted in delicate gestures, subtle gesticulations and poignant expressions...

the revenge of Frankenstein review

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Directed by Terence Fisher Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) manages to escape his sentence on the guillotine and has now settled in...

His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)

His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi If free and easy were a movie, Nobuhiko Obayashi’s radiantly youthful His Motorbike, Her Island would be...

criss cross film review

Criss Cross (1949)

Criss Cross (1949) Directed by Robert Siodmak The quintessential noir philosophy “I didn’t get the money and I didn’t get the woman” immortalized by the dour...

Spencer (2021)

Spencer (2021) Directed by Pablo Larraín “A Fable from a Real Tragedy”, I consider it of utmost importance to open this review of what is arguably...

The Truman Show (1998)

The Truman Show (1998) Directed by Peter Weir The sobering statement against modern society’s voyeuristic mania for celebrity culture eloquently articulated in the existentialist dramedy The...

Salon Kitty (1976)

Salon Kitty (1976) Directed by Tinto Brass Tinto Brass’s infamous Salon Kitty transfigures Nazi iconography and turns it into raunchy pop art, glitzy splendorous erotica that...