Maybe the classic Old Hollywood movie, made at the height of World War II and maybe one big metaphor for the war itself.
Tag Archives: Drama
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985)
Daniel Day-Lewis had his first starring role in this low-key 1980s British LGBT romance.
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971)
Cloris Leachman won an Oscar for her performance in this drama about teenagers in what Roger Ebert called “a town that should not exist.”
JALSAGHAR (1958)
In which a king sacrifices basically everything that matters for the sake of his own pride, manifested through giving Indian classical music parties, as you do.
WAITING TO EXHALE (1995)
Some people are perfectly happy to watch movies where a bunch of women get together and complain about men and then get together or do not get together with those men. It’s not my thing.
SOUNDER (1972)
The great actress Cicely Tyson received her only Oscar nomination for her role in this family drama about 1930s Black sharecroppers, and also their dog.
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
A story where three very grizzled dudes find gold in the wilderness and it drives them all nuts. A manly man’s parable about greed.
8 ½ (1963)
Federico Fellini couldn’t figure out how to make a movie and made a movie about not being able to make a movie. I’m still trying to figure it out.
HIGH NOON (1952)
A western parable in which Gary Cooper is very convinced he is right and everyone else is wrong. He would have fit right in on Twitter.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
An “ultra-violent” discussion of free will, human nature, and what it means to be good. At least, I think that’s what’s happening?
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