A wildly popular, theoretically inspirational prison drama slash… allegory? metaphor? daydream?
Category Archives: Drama
ÉL (1953)
At one time one of the lesser-known films of the great director Luis Buñuel, this melodrama about abuse and privilege now seems decades ahead of its time.
GANJA & HESS (1973)
An “experimental” horror movie that’s about vampires, sort of, and… other things? What things you ask? I’m not sure.
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
A movie that looks deep into its own soul and finds only horror.
GLADIATOR (2000)
A big old sword and sandals epic that revived the genre and became a personal favorite of mine.
LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000)
A very different kind of sports movie, or maybe a very different kind of romance.
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000)
An absolutely gorgeous romance about missed opportunities set in 1960s Hong Kong.
ALMOST FAMOUS (2000)
This comedy/drama about a teenage Rolling Stone writer hanging out with a 1970s rock band is probably the 2000 movie I’ve watched the greatest number of times.
THE GODFATHER PART III (1990)
Francis Ford Coppola recently released a re-edited version of the least-acclaimed film of his famous mafia trilogy, but how much of a difference does it make?
SOPHIE’S CHOICE (1982)
Meryl Streep’s all-timer of a performance can’t make me ever want to watch this movie again.
