Drama Reviews

Drama

Julie Johnson (2001)

Julie Johnson (2001)

This film came very close to a recommendation from me. I can’t quite put my finger on what was missing from Julie Johnson, because I actually did like the...

Linda
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

As bloated as Marlon Brando, Redux is a three-plus hour re-edited director’s cut of what is widely agreed to be a great film. We still have the basic plot...

Linda
Drift (2000)

Drift (2001)

Do you ever wonder how your life would be different if you had made different choices along the way? In Drift, three divergent destinies play out from one pivotal...

Tim
In the Mood for Love (2000)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

The setting: 1960s Hong Kong. On the same afternoon, Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) and Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) move into rooms they’ve rented in neighboring apartments. Their respective spouses...

Linda
Amores Perros (2000)

Amores Perros (2000)

I have a couple of friends who can attest to my complete and utter lack of flair for the Spanish language. While traveling with them in Spain, they would...

Linda
A Place Nearby (Her i nærheden)

A Place Nearby (Her I Naerheden) (2000)

Nørby plays a single, older mother of Brian, an autistic 20-year-old. One night, Brian comes home late with mud on his shoes, and there is news the next morning...

Linda
The Dish (2000)

The Dish (2000)

The Dish is based on the true story of an Australian antenna dish that broadcast the Apollo 11 landing.  The oddity of the dish is that it’s placed in...

Tim
Amy (1998)

Amy (1998)

Call me a bitter person, but I really don’t like singing children. No, let me rephrase that… it’s a bit unfair. I don’t like singing children who have the...

Linda
The Legend of Rita (Die Stille nach dem Schuss) (2000)

The Legend of Rita (Die Stille nach dem Schuß) (2000)

The Legend of Rita is a fictionalized story of one such terrorist, a woman named Rita Vogt (Bibiana Beglau) who in the early 1970s robs banks with her boyfriend...

Linda
Finding Forrester (2000)

Finding Forrester (2000)

First off, I declare a five-year moratorium on movie titles with active-verb-plus-noun titles. Chasing Amy was fine, clever, and original. But then came Saving Grace, Finding Forrester, the indie...

Linda
Antitrust (2001)

Antitrust (2001)

Hollywood needs to be told that computer geeks very rarely look like Sandra Bullock (The Net), Ryan Phillippe (Antitrust), or Angelina Jolie (Hackers). If these people worked in marketing,...

Linda
Before Night Falls (2000)

Before Night Falls (2000)

In this film biography, Bardem portrays Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas who was persecuted not only for being political and a writer, but for being gay in a time when...

Linda