Drama

The rich human condition told with a straight face, this is the mother of all genres. So if it doesn't fit snugly anywhere else it's usually Drama...

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Tina (2024): Dir. Miki Magasiva
Feat. Anapela Polataivao, Nicole Whippy, Beulah Koale…; Anapela Polataivao is superb in this local smash-hit tearjerker set in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake. She plays Mareta, a sassy but broken-hearted Samoan mother and teacher who mentors a fledgling youth choir from a private school to the finale of The Big Sing competition.
Brutalist, The (2024): Dir. Brady Corbet
Feat. Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce…; Lauded 3.5-hour epic starring Adrien Brody as a holocaust survivor who travels to the USA, where he succeeds as an architect but struggles with traumatic memories and drug addiction. Nominated for ten Academy Awards, of which it won Best Actor, Score and Cinematography.
Queer (2025): Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Daniel Craig; Daniel Craig is drop dead brilliant as the alter ego of William S. Burroughs in this drama based on the author’s 1985 novella about an American émigré looking for meaningful romantic connection in 1950’s Mexico City. Billed as “a Luca Guadagnino love story”, the Italian director of Call Me By…
Last Showgirl, The (2025): Dir. Gia Coppola
Feat. Pamela Anderson, Kiernan Shipka, Jamie Lee Curtis…; A middle-aged Pamela Anderson glitters in more ways than one in this moving portrait of seasoned Las Vegas showgirl in career crisis, directed by Gia Coppola. When the Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, she must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the…
Room Next Door, The (2024): Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro…; A chamber drama starring Swinton and Moore as Close friends who are reunited after of being out of touch for years. Meeting again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. Eccentric Spanish director Almodovar’s English-language debut is a deliberately downplayed take on the euthanasia discussion.
Ka Whawhai Tonu (2024): Dir. Mike Jonathan
Feat. Paku Fernandez, Hinerangi Harawira-Nicholas, Temuera Morrison…; A deeply felt and impressively rendered action-drama centred on two rangitahi caught in a crucial conflict between Maori and colonial soldiers in 1864. Beautifully scripted in Te Reo Maori, and brought to life by a universally excellent cast and sensuous cinematography that doesn’t simply focus on the…
Anora (2024): Dir. Sean Baker
Feat. Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yuriy Borisov; Writer-director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket) returns with his most lauded comedy-drama yet - winner of both the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the…