Drama Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Bombay (1995)	Heavy handed but hits its target	2022-08-25	Simon
Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)	Extraordinary	2022-08-19	Simon
800 Bullets (2002)	A nostalgic Meta-Western	2022-08-04	Simon
Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012)	Not clear what purpose this serves	2022-07-27	Simon
Rang De Basanti (2006)	Hits way harder than I was expecting	2022-07-24	Simon
The Ages of Lulu (1990)	Provocative	2022-06-23	Simon
Chasuke's Journey (2015)	Another unique film from Sabu	2022-06-18	Simon
Pain and Glory (2019)	Clearly Almodóvar's most personal film	2022-04-28	Simon
Bad Education (2004)	A film for lovers of film	2022-04-14	Simon
Roja (1992)	Disappointing	2022-03-19	Simon
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000)	Commercial cinema at its finest.	2022-03-06	Simon
Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2 (1972)	...read review...	2022-01-29	Simon
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)	The Meiko Kaji reboot	2022-01-25	Simon
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)	Fine, if a little insubstantial	2022-01-22	Simon
Broken Embraces (2009)	One of Almodóvar's more grown up films	2022-01-12	Simon
Project S (1993)	Decent cops & robbers banger	2021-12-18	Simon
Law Of Desire (1987)	Almodovar in full melodrama mode	2021-12-15	Simon
Jamon Jamon (1992)	...read review...	2021-11-27	Simon
All About My Mother (1999)	Extraordinary	2021-11-03	Simon
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002)	Less interesting than Fukasaku's original	2021-10-05	Simon
Graveyard of Honour (Fukasaku) (1975)	A reminder that Yakuza are generally not nice people	2021-10-03	Simon
Jam (2018)	A bit of a Sabu throwback	2021-09-29	Simon
Han Gong-ju (2013)	All the more potent for being understated	2021-09-22	Simon
Expect The Unexpected (1998)	Expect a challenging and thoughtful film	2021-09-12	Simon
Blues Harp (1998)	A subtle and complex work	2021-08-24	Simon
Happiness (2016)	Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet	2021-08-22	Simon
Samui Song (2017)	Tries too hard to confound the audience	2021-08-15	Simon
Ley Lines (1999)	One of Miike's least plot-driven film	2021-08-12	Simon
Hana-Bi (1997)	Close to cinematic perfection	2021-08-10	Simon
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)	Beautiful and harrowing	2021-08-08	Simon