Tag: drama

TRANSCENDENCE

By: debbie lynn elias While there are many moments in which I was hoping to transcend the experience of screening TRANSCENDENCE, long after the credits

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THE RAILWAY MAN

By: debbie lynn elias Based on the true story of former WWII Japanese prisoner of war Eric Lomax and script adaptation by Frank Cottrell Boyce

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ROB THE MOB

By: debbie lynn elias Thomas “Tommy” Uva lived a life of crime.  Petty stuff committed in Queens, New York during a time when the City

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IN SECRET

By: debbie lynn elias One of the beauteous elements of Emile Zola’s work is that, when done properly, story adaptations can be transported from one

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THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL

By: debbie lynn elias Being a fan of director Francesca Gregorini’s freshman directorial effort with co-director Tatiana von Furstenberg, Tanner Hall, I was more than

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HOW I LIVE NOW

By: debbie lynn elias Adapted from the young adult novel by Meg Rosoff, screenwriters Jeremy Brock and Tony Grisoni bring this apocalyptic coming-of-age dystopian drama

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THE PAST ( Le Passe)

By: debbie lynn elias With THE PAST, Iran’s official submission for this year’s Best Foreign Language Oscar, writer/director Asghar Farhadi once again taps into the

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