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
The Emperor's Shadow (1996)	A beautiful intimate epic	2024-03-03	Simon
The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994)	Smart, stylish and funny	2024-01-01	Simon
Rang De Basanti (2006)	Hits way harder than I was expecting	2022-07-24	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
Law Of Desire (1987)	Almodovar in full melodrama mode	2021-12-15	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
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)	Beautiful and harrowing	2021-08-08	Simon
Suzhou River (2000)	Drifting along	2021-08-03	Simon
Last Life in the Universe (2003)	A more conventionally arthouse film than the director's earlier work	2021-06-27	Simon
Lost And Found (1996)	Really quite moving	2021-06-13	Simon
Mother (2009)	No memories of murder	2021-05-31	Simon
Last Letter (2018)	Another gem from Shunji Iwai	2021-05-30	Simon
Miss Zombie (2013)	The PARASITE of zombie films	2021-04-10	Simon
Rage (2016)	...read review...	2020-11-01	Simon
Helter Skelter (2012)	It's certainly convenient to be pretty	2020-08-15	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
Boiling Point (1990)	Stylish and whimsical	2020-07-24	Simon
Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)	One of the finest sequels ever made?	2020-03-27	Simon
Metro Manila (2013)	Poverty and corruption	2014-10-19	Simon
Melancholia (2011)	A strangely beautiful film about being depressed	2012-11-29	Simon
Running On Karma (2003)	Repeat viewings mandatory	2012-10-12	Simon
The Scarlet Letter (2004)	Intense and painful, full of dark emotions	2012-05-25	Simon
Visitor Q (2001)	Definitely not a film for the easily offended.	2012-05-22	Simon
Ugetsu (1953)	Recommended	2012-05-22	Simon
Face (Kao) (2000)	fascinating and unpredictable	2006-09-28	Simon
Sons Of Good Earth (1965)	Solid debut from one of cinema's masters	2006-04-24	Simon
Hanging Garden (2005)	Complex and rich, defying easy description or summary	2006-02-09	Simon
Love Battlefield (2004)	Best HK film of 2004	2006-01-08	Simon