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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Different Man, A (2024): Dir. Aaron Schimberg
Feat. Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson; An unforgettable drama about a disfigured aspiring actor who undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. The plot is hinged on the inspiration and participation of Adam Pearson (Under the Skin), a British actor who in real life is disfigured by neurofibromatosis. Its…
Memoir of a Snail (2024): Dir. Adam Elliot; Another sublime stop-motion animated feature from Adam Elliot (Mary & Max) that chronicles the life of an outsider in poignant and hilarious detail. Sarah Snook (Succession) voices Grace Pudel, a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age,…
Apprentice, The (2024): Dir. Ali Abbasi
Feat. Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Martin Donovan…; A riveting drama that charts the apprenticeship of Donald Trump as a young huckster in the 1970s and 80s who is mentored in business chicanery by the notoriously crooked lawyer and political fixer, Roy Cohn. Sebastian Stan is excellent in an un-caricatured portrait of Trump, as is Succession’s Jeremy…
We Were Dangerous (2024): Dir. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
Feat. Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall…; A striking Kiwi fable about three teenage girls who plot to escape an oppressive school for delinquents on an isolated island in the 1950s, it's the debut of director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, whose keen eye for composition is matched by a special affinity with the three wonderful young actors (Erana James,…
Bob Marley: One Love (2024): Dir. Reinaldo Marcus Green
Feat. Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, Tosin Cole…; Director Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) directs this stirring biopic of Bob Marley, the Jamaican music icon whose genius brought reggae to the global masses and who inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity.
Aftersun (2022): Dir. Charlotte Wells
Feat. Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio; This quietly devastating story of a father and daughter that share holiday time in the 90's assembles its remembered and video-recorded fragments in a way that lingers long after the credits roll. Young Frankie Corio is beautifully naturalistic and Paul Mescal (Normal People) hits the marks of a deeply…
Convert, The (2024): Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Guy Pearce, Jacqueline McKenzie, Te Kohe Tuhaka…; A British lay preacher finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes in this vivid colonialist epic from dir. Lee Tamahori.