This is a drama with an all-Black cast, set deep in Louisiana. I wanted to like it more than I actually did.
Tag Archives: Drama
CHINATOWN (1974)
The definitive neo-noir, a movie I love, now inextricably linked with the crimes of its director.
SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)
Maybe the definitive movie about one of the worst events in human history.
THE ICE STORM (1997)
Ang Lee directs a “comedy of manners” about two families crashing into each other over Thanksgiving weekend.
THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE (1994)
The story of women trapped and exploited in a gilded cage, the first film by a female director to come out of the Arab World.
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)
A Soviet propaganda film that basically invented the modern action sequence.
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
A surprisingly universal and human story of three soldiers returning to their home town after World War II, from decades before “PTSD” was a term.
BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991)
John Singleton’s slice-of-life drama about young men dealing with life South Central Los Angeles received wide acclaim and maybe changed Hollywood a little.
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
Showbiz is an eternal, elemental struggle in one of the greatest of all satires.
LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (1959)
Francois Truffaut’s debut about his own wayward childhood still feels fresh today.
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