A very violent, dark Vietnam movie written and directed by an actual Vietnam veteran, so I would say it’s high quality but your mileage may vary.
Category Archives: Drama
SHOES (1916)
A very early drama about the effects of poverty from the first famous female director.
ROCKY (1976)
A tiny boxing movie about a bunch of weirdos that became a massive cultural smash. I like some parts.
IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)
This over-the-top melodrama about mothers and daughters from director Douglas Sirk was considered populist trash at the time and is today seen as high art.
UNFORGIVEN (1992)
This most revisionist of revisionist westerns brought Clint Eastwood to the highest tier of modern directors.
AMARCORD (1974)
Federico Fellini’s exaggerated childhood memories form the basis for this story of a year in the life of a 1930s Italian small town.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943)
A truly amazing movie that takes a negative stereotype and helps us understand him, in beautiful technicolor, with some of the most interesting performances I’ve seen, all made in England during the Blitz.
THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA (1954)
A Hollywood satire decades ahead of its time, but also in my opinion a total mess as an actual movie.
DET SJUNDE INSEGLET (1957)
Ingmar Bergman’s allegorical classic about the absence of God during a plague really, really hit home with me on this viewing. Wonder why?
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)
Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” follow-up was cut-up by the studio but remains extremely impressive technically. I found myself mostly annoyed at the characters.
