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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On the Basis of Sex (2018): Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux…; Following on from the recent documentary, RBG, the story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is given the Hollywood biopic treatment here, detailing her professional fight for equal rights for women and the obstacles she had to overcome in order to eventually become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018): Dir. Barry Jenkins
Feat. Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo…; The acclaimed follow-up to MOONLIGHT from director Barry Jenkins is a passionate romantic drama based on the James Baldwin novel of the same name. A young black couple living in 1970's New York contend with racial harassment in their community and the conservative views of their families just as they are on…
Vox Lux (2018): Dir. Brady Corbet
Feat. Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Stacy Martin…; A glittering, daring music drama starring Natalie Portman as a music prodigy who achieved pop stardom in the wake of a deadly school shooting and finds her comeback trail eighteen years later complicated with scandal, personal struggle, motherhood, and the pitfalls of fame. Features original songs by Sia.
A Private War (2018): Dir. Matthew Heineman
Feat. Rosamund Pike, Greg Wise, Alexandra Moen; Rosamund Pike is a stand out in this powerful thriller based on the true story of the fearless and celebrated war correspondent Marie Colvin. Having been exposed to countless traumatic events her personal life is taking a toll, as she embarks on the most dangerous assignment of her career in the besieged…
Vice (2018): Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell…; Christian Bale provides another stunningly transformative performance, playing the insidious and power hungry Dick Cheney, Vice President to George W. Bush. Bitingly clever or clumsy and crass depending on who you ask, this is a polarising film about a figure who reshaped world politics in ways that…
First Reformed (2017): Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric The Entertainer; Ethan Hawke plays a 46-year old pastor of a historic First Reformed church in upstate New York whose existential troubles span questions of faith, morality, modernity and environmentalism. Elements of the plot and character are inspired by the novel The Diary of a Country Priest, made into the 1950 film…
Colette (2018): Dir. Wash Westmoreland
Feat. Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Eleanor Tomlinson; A playful and spirited biopic about the extraordinary, uncompromising life of French novelist Colette (Keira Knightley). Set in Paris at the end of the 19th Century, where Colette is discovering her talent as a writer, using the pseudonym Claudine to tell semi-autobiographical tales of her boundary-pushing…