Interview with the Vampire
A San Francisco journalist (Christian Slater) meets with Louis (Brad Pitt), a man claiming to be a centuries old vampire. Louis recounts the remarkable tale of how he was created […]
Tag Archives: drama
The Farewell
Lula Wang’s The Farewell concerns a Chinese-American family keeping its matriarch’s terminal illness a secret from her, like Goodbye Lenin but set in the real world. “Based on an actual […]
Indiscreet
An actress (Ingrid Bergman) encounters a dapper NATO diplomat (Cary Grant) who’s charming but trapped in a loveless marriage. The story follows the couple’s relationship as it blossoms, accompanied by […]
Beautiful Thing
This is the story of Jamie (Glen Berry), a teenage boy in 1990s Bermondsey, as he comes to terms with his sexual orientation through the affections of Ste (Scott Neal) […]
Quiz Call: Harvard Man
A response to the question ‘Films with “Man” in the title‘, Harvard Man has the distinction of actually having the word ‘man’ in the title, unlike The Truman Show, The […]
Family Business
Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick star as three generations of a mixed-heritage family with history in organised crime. Grandpa Jesse (Connery) raised his son Vito (Hoffman) to follow […]
Still Walking
This intimate drama follows three generations of the Yokoyama family who get together to remember the life of oldest son Junpei who died several years earlier. Through this set-up it […]
Eighth Grade
Written and directed by Bo Burnham (or Mo Mowlam if you’re The Trap), this acclaimed indie follows awkward 14-year-old Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) as she navigates the daily horrors of […]
This Happy Breed
Set in London between 1919 and 1939, This Happy Breed follows the Gibbons family enjoying two decades of peace between the world wars, against a backdrop of growing social unrest […]
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) is born in a workhouse under the cruel management of Mr Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan), a sort of Victorian Mike Ashley. When Oliver runs away […]
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