Category Archives: Drama
My Salinger Year
Release 2020
Genre Drama
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Director: Philippe Falardeau
Writers: Philippe Falardeau, Joanna Smith Rakoff
Stars: Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake, Brían F. O'Byrne
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2222052/
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Crisis
Release 2021
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Director: Nicholas Jarecki
Writer: Nicholas Jarecki
Stars: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731682/
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her...
The World to Come
Release 2020
Genre Drama
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Director: Mona Fastvold
Writers: Ron Hansen, Jim Shepard, Jim Shepard
Stars: Katherine Waterston, Casey Affleck, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, Karina Ziana Gherasim
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9738716/
Somewhere along the mid-19th century American East Coast frontier, two neighboring couples battle hardship and isolation, witnessed by a splendid yet testing landscape, challenging them both physically and psychologically.
The Mauritanian
Release 2021
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Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writers: Michael Bronner, Michael Bronner, Rory Haines
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley, Stevel Marc
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4761112/
Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Release 2021
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Director: Lee Daniels
Writers: Suzan-Lori Parks, Johann Hari
Stars: Andra Day, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Natasha Lyonne, Trevante Rhodes
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8521718/
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Gatecrash
Release 2020
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Director: Lawrence Gough
Writers: Lawrence Gough, Terry Hughes, Terry Hughes
Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Ben Cura, Anton Lesser, Samuel West
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7358576/
A dark psychological thriller which follows a couple who find themselves in a hit and run situation, with the evidence suggesting there was no accident.
Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story
Release 2020
Genre Drama
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Director: Robin Bain
Writer: Robin Bain
Stars: Dominique Swain, Cody Renee Cameron, Moxie Owens, Michelle Maylene, Brooke Haven
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10274284/
Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story offers a glimpse into the lives of women involved in the sex industry through the interconnected stories of a teen runaway, single mother and two career escorts.
To Olivia
Release 2021
Genre Drama
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Director: John Hay
Writers: John Hay, David Logan, Stephen Michael Shearer
Stars: Sam Heughan, Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville, Conleth Hill, Geoffrey Palmer
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7598106/
The story of the tumultuous marriage between actress Patricia Neal and renowned writer Roald Dahl.