Posts with the tag 'drama'
A FANTASTIC WOMAN- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “The sudden death of her boyfriend, Orlando, devastates Marina, who in the midst of grieving is subjected to a hostile police interview. Subsequently shunned by Orlando’s family because she’s transgender, Marina is determined to exert her rights.”
11/17/17- Great reviews including an extraordinary one from the NY Times. TRDB.
3/5/178- A great movie that just won the Best Foreign Film award. TRDB. At the Theater.
Tags: drama, Foreign
November 17th, 2017
MUDBOUND- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1940s Mississippi, two families come into conflict after the white McAllan clan acquires the cotton farm lived on by the Jacksons, black tenant farmers who have tilled the land for generations.”
11/17/17- Excellent reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
11/18/17- I enjoyed this original movie from Netflix very much. TRDB. Netflix Streaming.
Tags: drama
November 17th, 2017
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “With his father paralyzed, 24-year-old Johnny Saxby has to tend the family’s sheep farm, but he doesn’t have to like it. His attitude changes, however, when he finds a friend and lover in the Romanian worker hired to help during the lambing season.”
11/15/17- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
4/15/18- To begin with there are no subtitles and there should be. What I could understand I found boring and turned it off. TRDB. Netflix Disc.
Tags: drama
November 15th, 2017
WINDOW HORSES- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Rosie Ming (voiced by Sandra Oh – Grey’s Anatomy, Sideways), a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a poetry festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather go to Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians who tell her stories that force her to confront her past: the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of poetry itself. The film is about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry.”
11/10/17- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama
November 10th, 2017
FLESH AND BLOOD- 2107. Synopsis by Netflix. “Director Mark Webber uses the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of his youth — and his family as actors — to tell the story of a young man returning home from prison to start life anew. But it’s no easy task when all the family dysfunction remains.”
11/10/17- Very good reviews from the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
November 10th, 2017
SANTA & ANDRES- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “In 1983 Cuba, gay novelist Andrés has been exiled to the countryside and barred from publishing because of his sexuality and ideology. When the government sends a “watcher” to keep tabs on him during a political rally, the two form an unlikely bond.
11/10/17- Good reviews. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
November 10th, 2017
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “When law enforcement fails to make headway on the months-long hunt for her daughter’s killer, Mildred Hayes takes the drastic step of putting up three large signs questioning the motivation of the town’s widely respected police chief.”
11/10/17- Excellent reviews by all. TRDB.
12/3/17- I enjoyed this movie– perhaps not as much as others did. Definitely recommended. Great acting too. TRDB.
Tags: drama
November 10th, 2017
MY FRIEND DAHMER- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “Based on an acclaimed graphic novel and filmed in and around the subject’s childhood home, this engrossing drama follows a teenage Jeffrey Dahmer before he begins the killing spree that will make him notorious.”
11/3/17- Good reviews from the critics and very good ones from audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
November 3rd, 2017
NO DRESS CODE REQUIRED- 2017. “This empathetic documentary chronicles the stymied wedding plans of stylists Victor and Fernando, who wage a battle for their legal rights after finding that gay couples aren’t allowed to marry in the Mexican state of Baja California.”
11/3/17- Early reviews are good. TRDB.
Tags: drama, Foreign
November 3rd, 2017
MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND- 2017. Synopsis by Netflix. “A day in the life of undocumented immigrant Luciana provides a harrowing look at the challenges of getting by in the new world as she accepts a high-paying but undefined job, only to find herself involved in a cruel and dangerous game.”
11/3/17– Great reviews by the critics and terrible ones by audiences. TRDB.
Tags: drama
November 3rd, 2017
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