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Category: drama

Pieces of a Woman (2020)

January 9, 2021January 22, 2021 Dave McAllister4 Comments

"My daughter came into this world, for the time that she did. And I can’t bring her back."

Posted in drama, streamingTagged Benny Safdie, Ellen Burstyn, Iliza Shlesinger, Jimmie Fails, Kata Wéber, Martin Scorsese, Molly Parker, Sarah Snook, Shia LaBeouf, Vanessa Kirby

Mank (2020)

December 4, 2020December 5, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"What did Marion ever do to deserve this?"

Posted in cinema, drama, streamingTagged Amanda Seyfried, Arliss Howard, Atticus Ross, Charles Dance, David Fincher, David O. Selznick, Gary Oldman, Herman Mankiewicz, Jack Fincher, John Houseman, Lily Collins, Louis B. Mayer, Marion Davies, Orson Welles, Tom Burke, Trent Reznor

The Human Voice (2020)

October 15, 2020October 21, 2020 Dave McAllister1 Comment

"It made me imagine my hand was wielding a knife and I was sticking it in you"

Posted in cinema, drama, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Jean Cocteau, Pedro Almodóvar, Tilda Swinton

Siberia (2020)

October 10, 2020October 6, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Do you actually believe you'll find your own soul here?"

Posted in drama, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Abel Ferrara, Anna Ferrara, Christ Zois, Christina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Stefano Falivene, Willem Dafoe

A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura (2020)

October 10, 2020October 6, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"How things change: now you like red bean paste with bits in"

Posted in drama, London Film Festival, streaming, TVTagged Ami Takad, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Tokushi Hasegawa, Tsutomu Fujiwara

Shirley (2019)

October 9, 2020October 10, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"Maybe disappearing was the only way anyone would notice her"

Posted in cinema, drama, horror, London Film Festival, streamingTagged Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Decker, Logan Lerman, Martin Scorsese, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Orlagh Cassidy, Robert Wuhl, Shirley Jackson, Victoria Pedretti

The Disciple (2020)

October 7, 2020October 3, 2020 Dave McAllisterLeave a comment

"If you want to walk this path, learn to be lonely and hungry"

Posted in drama, London Film Festival, streaming, thriller, westernTagged Aditya Modak, Alfonso Cuarón, Arun Dravid, Chaitanya Tamhane, Kiran Yadnyopavit, Sumitra Bhave

Rocks (2019)

September 19, 2020September 29, 2020 Dave McAllister2 Comments

"There's got to be a way to sort all of this. You just can't keep going on by yourself"

Posted in cinema, dramaTagged Bukky Bakray, Claire Wilson, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, Hélène Louvart, Kosar Ali, Sarah Gavron, Theresa Ikoko
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