Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
“Can’t tell a fool nothin’.” Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom gives us so much to reconcile, to consider, to wrestle with. The co-leading duo of quite literal masterful performances both sport […]
Tag Archives: Drama
Our Friend (2021)
“You’re not as alone as you think you are.” Broader than a standard chamber piece yet more dialed back and refined than most dramas, Our Friend essentially starts at the ultimate […]
To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
“There is nothing worse than nothing feeling chosen.” The To All the Boys trilogy – rounded out by an excellent and sweet third course – shares a similar trajectory to the […]
One Night in Miami (2020)
“I think this would be a wonderful chance to reflect on what happened tonight.” Over the course of the captivating and expertly calculated One Night in Miami, four cultural titans […]
The Little Things (2021)
“Who says that bad guys don’t return to the scene of the crime?” Tacit and thrilling. Tactical and a bit too taut. The Little Things is a modestly enjoyable murder […]
Palmer (2021)
“You just gotta get yourself back out there.” There were a few moving moments and flourishes the first time I sat through the sensitive yet seriously overwrought Palmer, and I […]
i’m thinking of ending things (2020)
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions. Their lives a mimicry. Their passions a quotation.” The wind’s chiming as I type these words. I hear the […]
Promising Young Woman (2020)
“You know, they put themselves in danger… girls like that.” Somewhat flawed in its messaging yet more tantalizing than just about any film to be born from the laborious 2020, Promising […]
Sound of Metal (2020)
“The hearing that you have lost is not coming back.” Guitar static lingers and anticipation awaits in the opening sequence of Sound of Metal, quite possibly the best and most […]
Sylvie’s Love (2020)
“You’re not ordinary to me.” Sylvie’s Love feels like the kind of rare, finely aged, backroom bottle you’d have to ask a sommelier to bring to the table instead of […]
