Film Dramas (general)

Sep 4, 2008

The Illusionist: A Cunning Film

By: Rashelle Predovnik

Conneticut born filmmaker Neil Burger resorts to a classic fairy tale narrative in his film about a magician who must outwit an evil prince to win back his true love. more...

Sep 4, 2008

The Question of Evil in Cinema

By: Anne Wakefield

The 80th edition of the academy awards, had among its five nominated films, two that seem to reveal a tendency in cinema to address indirectly the bleak post-Sept 11 mora more...

Sep 4, 2008

MR BROOKS

By: Anne Wakefield

Who is narrating for us the unspeakable things that are taking place now in Iraq? Is art echoing the drums of war beating frenetically in a different, faraway continent? more...

Sep 3, 2008

Lang's Fury

By: Zachary Hughes

Fritz Lang' s Fury (1936), is a sound condemnation of mob violence and vigilante justice. more...

Sep 2, 2008

The Longshots

By: Brian Miller

In the early 90's, "misfit kids are surprisingly good at sports" movies were big box-office hits. It seemed to be only a matter of time before this proven formula was re more...

Sep 2, 2008

Imperialism and Terrorism in Gaghan's Syriana

By: Emanuela Puosi

The oil is running out and the world super-powers are getting ready to face the crisis. Gaghan's Syriana (2005, Warner Bros) is a hard analysis of the problem. more...

Aug 19, 2008

The Dead Girl With Toni Collette

By: Rashelle Predovnik

Karen Moncrieff struggles to understand the constant violence against women in our society and admits her latest movie is an attempt to answer that question. more...

Aug 19, 2008

Drama Movie Preview Fall 2008

By: Leslie Halpern

Timely dramas about returning soldiers, President George W. Bush, and a Hispanic family reuniting hit movie screens this fall. more...

Aug 9, 2008

The Happening (2008)

By: Michael LeFlem

M. Night has replaced style with heavy handedness for the last time with 2008's The Happening. If he still has any money left, he'd do well to put it in the bank. more...

Jul 26, 2008

Teenage Suicide in Films

By: Missy Frye

Permanent Record, The Chumscrubber and Charlie Bartlett approach teen suicide from different angles but they all shed light on this growing problem. more...

Jul 19, 2008

The Dark Knight Movie Review

By: Brian Nathanson

Meeting expectations is always a difficult thing to do. Somehow, The Dark Knight does that and a little more. With few flaws TDK grips and engages. more...

Jul 12, 2008

Adrienne Shelly's Waitress

By: Margaret Burke

Waitress is an unusual film, taking a freshly honest look at a woman enduring an unexpected and unwanted pregnancy. more...

Jul 6, 2008

Movie: Wild in the Streets (1968)

By: William J. Felchner

Christopher Jones is rock star Max Frost, who becomes President of the United States in Wild in the Streets. Shelley Winters, Hal Holbrook and Diane Varsi co-star. more...

Jul 5, 2008

Movie: The Candidate (1972)

By: William J. Felchner

Robert Redford is Bill McKay, a dark-horse prospect for a U.S. Senate seat, in Warner Bros'. The Candidate. Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas and Don Porter co-star. more...

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