Posts tagged fact-based drama
Widow Clicquot: Fact-Based Drama About Champagne's Chief Woman (Ahem) Sparkles
Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara Offers Uneven Telling of Amazing True Tale
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekKidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, Marco Bellocchio, TIFF 23, Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, fact-based drama, Italian, 18th century, Catholic church
Hit Man: Richard Linklater’s Easygoing Modern Noir Ponders Identity
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekHit Man, Richard Linklater, TIFF 23, Glenn Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Rette, Sanjay Rao, Drama, Comedy, fact-based drama
Next Goal Wins: Fact-Based Taika Waititi Sports Comedy Fails to Score
By Chris Knight
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Bones of Crows: Fact-Based Drama Depicts the Horrors of Residential Schools
ReviewJim SlotekBones of Crows, Marie Clements, TIFF 2022, Grace Dove, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Rémy Girard, Karine Vanasse, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, Michelle Thrush, Cara Gee, Carla Rae, Gail Maurice, Alanis Obomsawin, indigenous films, Residential Schools, Drama, fact-based drama
Flag Day: Con In The Family Features Sean Penn and His Daughter In Cathartic Drama
12 Mighty Orphans: If Success Has Many Parents, This Film Is the Opposite
ReviewJim Slotek12 Mighty Orphans, fact-based drama, Luke Wilson, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Ty Roberts, Texas, Sports movies, Wayne Knight, Depression-era
Crisis: Drama About the Opioid Calamity Less Intense than Real Headlines
Review, PreviewJim SlotekCrisis, Drama, Opioid crisis, Nicholas Jarecki, Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Lily-Rose Depp, Michelle Rodriguez, Kid Cudi, fact-based drama
The Last Full Measure: Vietnam War Drama Uplifts a Real-Life Hero, Applauds America
ReviewThe Last Full Measure, Sebastian Stan, William Hurt, Ed Harris, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Fonda, Diane Ladd, Christopher Plummer, Vietnam War, War movie, Jeremy Irvine, Todd Robinson, fact-based drama
Dark Waters: Todd Haynes Drama Strips the Teflon Off Dupont's Record of Toxic Sludge
Stockholm: Ethan Hawke Comic Thriller Is a (Ahem) Slog Day Afternoon
ReviewChristopher Heyerdahl, Shanti Roney, Thorbjørn Harr, Bea Santos, Mark Elov, Robert Budreau, Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, fact-based drama, Canadian, Born to Be Blue, Dog Day Afternoon, Derivitive
Hotel Mumbai: Intense Docudrama Delivers Horror of Terrorism, Tropes of Disaster Pics
ReviewHotel Mumbai, Anthony Maras, Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, TIFF 2018, Terrorism, disaster movie, fact-based drama, Jason Isaacs, Nazanin Boniadi
American Animals: Fact-Based Heist Drama Blurs Fact and Fiction, Comes Up Short
Backstabbing for Beginners: Fact-based Drama About Aid Scandal Gone Sideways Does Same
The Rider: Art Imitates Life Imitating Art in Brilliant, Luminous New Drama
