Drama — Movie Reviews

‘Die My Love’ Review: A Fragmented Look at a Woman at the End of Her Rope

Jennifer Lawrence gives the best performance of her career in Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die My Love’. However, the fragmented structure of the movie may prove alienating for audiences, especially as it purposefully antagonizes at almost every turn.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentNovember 7, 2025Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay, Movie Reviews, DramaComment

‘Train Dreams’ Review: An Elegy on the Search for Meaning

Joel Edgerton delivers his best performance to date in Clint Bentley’s ‘Train Dreams’, a complex and emotionally powerful elegy for a lost soul searching for meaning in a life that has left him and the contributions he made to society behind.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentNovember 7, 2025Train Dreams, Clint Bentley, Movie Reviews, DramaComment

'Is This Thing On?' Review: A Stripped Back, Tender Winner

Director Bradley Cooper has decided to scale things back for his third feature film ‘Is This Thing On?’, a tender and often very funny comedy that makes great use of its talented cast and emotionally accessible story.

Comedy, DramaTom ChatalbashNovember 2, 2025is this thing on, bradley cooper, is this thing on review, laura dern, movie reviewComment

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Review: The Boss Deserves Better

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ may be the worst biopic of the decade thus far. Inert in ways that few movies on “tortured artists” are, the movie is entirely disinterested on the singer’s struggles with depression and the making of his ultimate masterpiece.

‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Jafar Panahi’s Most Essential Act of Resistance

Jafar Panahi crafts his most daring film yet with the Palme d’Or-winning ‘It Was Just an Accident.’ With an admittedly simple premise, the Iranian filmmaker defies authority with simple gestures that speak louder than a thousand words.

Movie Review, Festival Review, DramaMaxance VincentOctober 25, 2025It was Just an Accident, jafar panahi, iranian film, iranComment

‘Blue Moon’ Review: Richard Linklater’s Latest Misfire

More exhausting than it is compelling, Richard Linklater fails to meaningfully illustrate who Lorenz Hart is in his chamber piece, ‘Blue Moon’.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentOctober 24, 2025Blue Moon, Richard Linklater, Drama, Movie ReviewComment

‘After the Hunt’ Review: Luca Guadagnino Confronts Your Conception of Cinema

‘After the Hunt’ may be the most contemptuous movie of the year, and that’s precisely why it works. Luca Guadagnino confronts the audience’s conception of the truth and forces them to rethink how they perceive and view movies as he rejects dialogue to focus on the strongest images of his career.

‘Anemone’ Review: A Muted Return to the Screen for Daniel Day-Lewis

‘Anemone’ should only be watched by those craving another performance from Daniel Day-Lewis, because the film surrounding his incredible, controlled turn does not work at all.

Movie Review, DramaMaxance VincentOctober 5, 2025Anemone, Ronan Day-Lewis, Drama, Movie ReviewComment

‘The Ice Tower’ Review: Lucile Hadžihalilović's Hypnotizing Fantasy Drama

Thanks to a painterly sense of image-making and captivating turns from Marion Cotillard and Clara Pacini, Lucile Hadžihalilović creates a unique atmosphere with ‘The Ice Tower’, blending the artifice of cinema with the trauma-inducing dread of a child’s fantasy.

Movie Review, DramaMaxance VincentOctober 3, 2025The Ice Tower, lucile hadzihalilovic, Drama, Movie ReviewsComment

‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Benny Safdie’s Anti-Safdie Docudrama

Benny Safdie breaks the aesthetics that he developed over the years with his brother Josh to craft a surprisingly patient, often discordant docudrama in ‘The Smashing Machine’, which sets his solo directorial career on exciting horizons.

Review, DramaMaxance VincentOctober 1, 2025The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie, Drama, ReviewsComment

'Tell Me What You Want' Review: It Stands There, Looks Pretty, and That's About It

For anyone who’s read even a smattering of smut in their lives, ‘Tell Me What You Want’ will offer precious few surprises.

Drama, RomanceKyle ClimansSeptember 30, 2025Warner Bros., Erotic, Spanish, DramaComment

'All Of You' Review: A Meditation On Quantifiable Companionship

On the surface level, ‘All of You’ is a film about how often technology distracts us from connection, but it also works as a lesson that true love is measured by the lengths we go to protect the relationships that matter most.

'One Battle After Another' Review: A Thrilling And Hilarious Gem

At long last, director Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio collaborate for ‘One Battle After Another’, an offbeat, thrilling, and often hilarious adventure that earns its keep in the talented director’s already stunning filmography.

Action, Comedy, DramaTom ChatalbashSeptember 26, 2025one battle after another, paul thomas anderson, leonardo dicaprio, sean penn, benicio del toroComment

'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' Review: A Big Bold Misfire

Romance stories are a dime a dozen, but Kogonada’s ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ dares to be different. However, despite the star power of its two considerably talented stars, this unconventional love story fails to leave a mark.

Comedy, Drama, RomanceTom ChatalbashSeptember 16, 2025a big bold beautiful journey, movie review, movie reviews, colin farrell, margot robbieComment

‘Hedda’ Review: Simply Nia DaCosta’s Best Film [TIFF 25]

Thanks to its assured sense of style and magnifying performances from Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss, director Nia DaCosta crafts her best-ever film with a modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and takes ‘Hedda’ in more daring directions than its original author ever envisioned.

TIFF, Festival Review, DramaMaxance VincentSeptember 13, 2025Hedda, Review, Nia DaCosta, Drama, TIFF 2025 Comment

‘The History of Sound’ Review: Oliver Hermanus’ Meandering Love Story

While Oliver Hermanus stuns with its patient visual language and soul-shocking musical sequences, ‘The History of Sound’s structure — and a miscast Paul Mescal — leaves a lot to be desired by the time the movie reaches its admittedly devastating epilogue.

LGBTQ+, Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentSeptember 12, 2025The History of Sound, Review, Drama, Oliver HermanusComment

‘Frankenstein’ Review: Del Toro’s Creature Comfort Film [TIFF 25]

Guillermo del Toro and Toronto have a special relationship, and debuting the filmmaker’s passion project, ‘Frankenstein’, at Toronto’s festival just seems fitting.

'Roofman' Review: Doesn't Quite Stick The Landing [TIFF 25]

For Channing Tatum fans, this is definitely not a film to miss – as always, he is a standout as his natural charisma brings a lot of life to ‘Roofman’ and makes the film more than worthwhile. Other audience members may not be convinced.

'The Lost Bus' Review: Horror and Heroics are Balanced in an All Too Timely True Story [TIFF 25]

While ‘The Lost Bus’ follows the 2018 Northern California Camp Fire, the prevalence and recency of what seems to be an evermore common occurrence of mass wildfires in California makes the timely release of this project all the more topical.

‘Sirāt’ Review: Óliver Laxe’s Descent into Hell [TIFF 25]

Óliver Laxe crafts an unrelentingly cruel picture with the explosive ‘Sirāt’, questioning human morality at the center of his scorching, pulse-pounding thriller.

Festival Review, TIFF, DramaMaxance VincentSeptember 7, 2025Sirat, Oliver Laxe, Thriller, TIFF 2025, ReviewComment