Tag: Kristin Dreyer Kramer (Critic)
White Noise (2022)
Dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.
Emancipation (2022)
A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him.
The Inspection (2022)
A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.
Strange World (2022)
The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest and most crucial mission.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
A darker version of the classic children’s fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
Bad Axe (2022)
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Killing Fields.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
The nation of Wakanda is pitted against intervening world powers as they mourn the loss of their king T’Challa.
Spirited (2022)
A musical version of Charles Dickens’s story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.
Armageddon Time (2022)
A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
Good Night Oppy (2022)
The film follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.
Tár (2022)
Set in the international world of classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.
The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022)
‘The Loneliest Boy in the World’ is a modern fairytale – with zombies. A satire and a celebration of family values, of the imagery of horror films, of suburban life, of the American Dream and of the ultimate taboo; death.
Amsterdam (2022)
Set in the ’30s, it follows three friends who witness a murder, become suspects themselves, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
The Good House (2021)
Life for New England realtor Hildy Good begins to unravel when she hooks up with an old flame of hers from New York. Based on Ann Leary’s ‘The Good House.’
Carmen (2022)
A modern-day reimagining of one of the classical opera ‘Carmen’.
Burial (2022)
A small group of Russian soldiers have the task of taking Hitler’s discovered remains back to Stalin in Moscow.
Breaking (2022)
A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life.
The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021)
A lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.