Login

Drama

The denotative aspects of drama from Aristotle's "Poetics" include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance. In theatre, drama usually takes on the scope of dealing with matters of a serious nature. Drama is Alice's largest section and a treasure trove of great drama catering for every taste. The bulk of the "Drama" section (generally made since 1965 and include psychological dramas) is listed below, however you may also choose from the "Classic Drama" sub-section (generally made before 1965), in blue on left. Also helpful may be "Alices Playhouse", "True Stories" and "Shakespeare" features. Right: Scene from Kubrick's beautifully mounted "Barry Lyndon"

Mind the Gap (2007)

5.1/10
Director: Helena Bergstrom
Starring: Rakel Warmlander, Nina Zanjani, Dan Ekborg, Birgitte Sondergaard, Korhan Abay, Z...

AKA 'Se Upp For Dararna'. Veteran Swedish actress Helena Bergstrom ('House of Angels') makes an assured directorial debut with this comic drama about... Read more

Mindscape (2013)

8.1/10
Director: Jorge Dorado
Starring: Brian Cox, Indira Varma, Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Barden

AKA "Anna" In the near future, an elite group of private 'memory detectives' have the ability to enter people's minds and recall the events in their p... Read more

Mindscape (Blu-ray) (2013)

8.1/10
Director: Jorge Dorado
Starring: Brian Cox, Indira Varma, Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Jessica Barden

AKA "Anna" In the near future, an elite group of private 'memory detectives' have the ability to enter people's minds and recall the events in their p... Read more

Minette Walters: The Dark Room (1999)

Director: Graham Theakston
Starring: Paul Freeman, Dervla Kirwan, James Wilby

In hospital, photographer Jinx Kingsley wakes from a coma after a car crash - a failed suicide attempt, prompted by her fiance Leo jilting her to elop... Read more

Minette Walters: The Echo (1998)

7.5/10
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Starring: Joely Richardson, Clive Owen

Mike Deacon, a tough, lone-wolf reporter discovers that things are not quite what they seem when a tramp is found dead in the garage of a beautiful wo... Read more

Minette Walters: The Ice House (1997)

7.5/10
Director: Tim Fywell
Starring: Corin Redgrave, Kitty Aldridge, Frances Barber, Daniel Craig

The peaceful, secluded, country hideaway of three diverse, lonely, supposedly lesbian, women is suddenly shattered when their gardener discovers a par... Read more

Minette Walters: The Scold's Bridle (1998)

7.5/10
Director: David Thacker
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Bob Peck, Virginia McKenna

Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle. Read more

Minette Walters: The Sculptress (1996)

7.5/10
Director: Stuart Orme
Starring: Pauline Quirke, Caroline Goodall, Christopher Fulford

Olive Martin (Quirke), a heavily overweight young woman is convicted of killing and butchering her mother and sister and sentenced to life imprisonmen... Read more

Minor Mishaps (2001)

6.6/10
Director: Annette K Olesen
Starring: Jorgen Kiil, Maria Wurgler Rich, Jannie Faurschou

Annette K Olesen's entertaining comedy drama combines filmmaking elements from the Dogme manifesto with Mike Leigh's improvisational method. Following... Read more

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

6/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: Valentina Cervi, Derek Luke, Pierfrancesco Favino, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Oma...

An African-American WWII veteran's (Laz Alonso) breakdown opens a powerful window into the past, when, in 1944, his "Buffalo Soldiers" Army unit becam... Read more