Category Archives: Drama
Devotion
Release 2022
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Director: J.D. Dillard
Writers: Jake Crane, Jonathan Stewart, Adam Makos
Stars: Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Thomas Sadoski, Daren Kagasoff
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7693316/
A pair of U.S. Navy fighter pilots risk their lives during the Korean War and become some of the Navy's most celebrated wingmen.
White Noise
Release 2022
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Director: Noah Baumbach
Writers: Noah Baumbach, Don DeLillo
Stars: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6160448/
Dramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Release 2022
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Director: Matthew Warchus
Writers: Dennis Kelly, Tim Minchin, Roald Dahl
Stars: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3447590/
An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical. Matilda tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Release 2022
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Director: Rian Johnson
Writers: Rian Johnson
Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monáe
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11564570/
Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.
Nanny
Release 2022
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Director: Nikyatu Jusu
Writers: Nikyatu Jusu
Stars: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10931784/
Immigrant nanny Aisha, piecing together a new life in New York City while caring for the child of an Upper East Side family, is forced to confront a concealed truth that threatens to shatter her precarious American Dream.
The Banshees of Inisherin
Release 2022
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Director: Martin McDonagh
Writers: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
The Fabelmans
Release 2022
Genre Drama
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
Stars: Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14208870/
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Release 2022
Genre Animation, Drama, Family
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Director: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, Carlo Collodi
Stars: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488589/
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
Athena
Release 2022
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Director: Romain Gavras
Writers: Elias Belkeddar, Romain Gavras, Ladj Ly
Stars: Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassini Embarek, Alexis Manenti
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15445056/
Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
She Said
Release 2022
Genre Drama
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Director: Maria Schrader
Writers: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
Stars: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14807308/
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation - a story that helped ignite a movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.