Tag: drama

THIS IS OURS

By: debbie lynn elias With the first frame of THIS IS OURS, one is swept up in the beauty and elegance of Jonathan Houser’s cinematography

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THE INTOUCHABLES

By: debbie lynn elias Already nominated for 9 Cezar Awards, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, THE INTOUCHABLES is, in a word, stupendous. The first real

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Virginia

By: debbie lynn elias Oscar winning screenwriter for MILK, Dustin Lance Black now jumps into the director’s chair with VIRGINIA. Debuting at TIFF two years

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GIRL IN PROGRESS

By: debbie lynn elias Director Patricia Riggen sprang to the attention of English-speaking audiences several years ago with the beautifully poignant La Misma Luna. Her

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FOOTNOTE

By: debbie lynn elias 2012 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film nominee and Film Independent Spirit Award nominee, FOOTNOTE is a poignant, witty, well crafted

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SEEKING JUSTICE

By: debbie lynn elias Anyone who knows me or who is a regular reader, knows of my unabashed admiration and respect for Nic Cage. While

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GOOD DEEDS

By: debbie lynn elias Long an admirer of Tyler Perry and his works (with a few exceptions), I was curious to see what he would

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RETURN

By: debbie lynn elias The women finally get their day with Liza Johnson’s RETURN, the moving character study of Kelli, a wife, mother and soldier

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RAMPART

By: debbie lynn elias Woody Harrelson, Oren Moverman and Ben Foster are the perfect filmmaking triumvirate. Many talk about the relationship between Johnny Depp and

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