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Drama Movies

A thoughtful and engaging destination for film enthusiasts who crave deep storytelling. Insightful critiques that explore the emotional depth, character development and narrative complexity that define the best dramas. A mix of reviews on both mainstream hits and indie treasures, analyzing the performances, direction and cinematography that bring these stories to life. Expect a blend of sharp analysis, contextual background and thoughtful commentary for discerning viewers who appreciate the power of drama to move, challenge, and inspire. Read more Movie Reviews.

Elizabeth Holmes, deep in conversation with Nathan Fielder.

From Sam Altman to Elizabeth Holmes, Hollywood’s Big Tech Obsession Goes Viral

Mark Zuckerberg is back on the big screen. Sam Altman is getting the Luca Guadagnino treatment. Elizabeth Holmes and Elon
By Saleah Blancaflor

Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s ‘The Beloved’ Stages a Father-Daughter Reckoning That Doesn’t Quite Cohere

The Cannes competition title and TIFF Special Presentation raises, then quickly drops, intriguing questions about the connection between its director protagonist's colonial-era period piece and personal reckoning with fatherhood.
By Siddhant Adlakha
Four people sit together on a picnic blanket in a grassy field beneath a yellow-and-white striped umbrella.

Screening at TIFF: Arie and Chuko Esiri’s ‘Clarissa’

Novelistic and abstruse, the film—named for Woolf's nostalgic middle-aged socialite, Clarissa Dalloway—unfolds with the very same stream-of-consciousness telling as the original text.
By Siddhant Adlakha
Woman seated alone at a dining table in a dimly lit room, with breakfast dishes arranged before her.

Screening at Venice: May el-Toukhy’s ‘Woman Unknown’

By Siddhant Adlakha
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival - Premieres

Director Florian Zeller Says Casting a Real Couple Brought ‘Bunker’ Closer to Truth

By Stephen Garrett
Woman running through a narrow stone alley, wearing dark tactical clothing and carrying gear.

Screening at Venice: Halkawt Mustafa’s ‘No Paradise If You Are Killed By a Woman’

By Siddhant Adlakha
Close-up of a woman and man seated together, both looking tense and serious.

Screening at Venice: Nicolas Pariser’s ‘One Minute to Midnight’

By Siddhant Adlakha
Men in hardcore medical masks and carrying weapons lead a handcuffed man in a yellow shirt through a dark, misty forest

Screening at Venice: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s ‘The Burning Giants’

By Siddhant Adlakha
A woman wearing a dark outfit sits at a table in a dimly lit room, with a bald man in a suit in the background, captured in black and white.

In Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland,’ Thomas Mann’s Divided Germany Is a Study of Artistic Compromise and Family Rupture

By Siddhant Adlakha
A close up film still of an out of focus man's face in the foreground and a pensive woman's face in the background

Rachel Rose’s ‘The Last Day’ Is a Powerful Rumination on Modernity

By Siddhant Adlakha
A dimly lit image of bunch beds where people covered in angular purple sheets lay

Michael Gallagher’s ‘The Leader’ Drops the Ball Dramatically

By Siddhant Adlakha
A close-up film still shows a group of young men in military-style uniforms crowded tightly together, shouting and laughing around a central figure.

Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ Renders Queer Desire Against the Machinery of War

By Siddhant Adlakha
Two teenagers descend an outdoor staircase in Italy.

Screening at Cannes: Marine Atlan’s ‘La Gradiva’

By Siddhant Adlakha
A close-up of two people sitting on a green sofa, a woman in a red top on the left and another woman in a light green sweater on the right, both looking directly at the camera with serious expressions, with blurred background furniture and a red flower vase.

Screening at Cannes: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Bitter Christmas’

By Stephen Garrett
A family poses in front of a Nordic landscape

Screening at Cannes: Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’

By Siddhant Adlakha
A nun in a white habit kneels beneath a crucifix inside a stark tiled chapel surrounded by rows of other nuns.

Screening at Cannes: Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’

By Stephen Garrett
A man and a woman in wedding garb react jubilantly while holding hands in front of a red car in what appears to be a paused video

Screening at the Berlin Film Festival: Alain Gomis’s ‘Dao’

By Siddhant Adlakha
A black and white image of a woman in a hat and high-necked coat with a piece of straw stuck in her mouth

Screening at the Berlin Film Festival: Markus Schleinzer’s ‘Rose’

By Siddhant Adlakha
A man on the left and a woman on the right gaze into each other's eyes

Screening at Sundance: Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’

By Siddhant Adlakha

The Best Documentaries of 2025

By Siddhant Adlakha
A young man in a military uniform stands in front of posters depicting Nazi soldiers, looking thoughtful and concerned.

‘Truth & Treason’ Is a Sobering Drama About the Youngest Victim of the Third Reich’s Brutality

By Rex Reed
A man in a white dress shirt and a woman in a wedding dress sit at the open back of a white van in the middle of a rocky desert, while another man stands nearby in jeans and a blue T-shirt.

Now Screening: Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’

By Oliver Jones
A woman leans her head on a man's shoulder as they sit on the floor and look together at a medium-size brown envelope.

Screening at NYFF: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’

By Siddhant Adlakha
A man and a woman sit facing each other in a dimly lit wooden room, appearing to argue or have an intense conversation on a bed.

Screening at NYFF: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’

By Siddhant Adlakha
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