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"
The Aspern Papers (2018)
4.4/10
Director: Julien Landais
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson
In 19th-century Venice, Italy, ambitious editor Morton Vint tries to get his hands on poet Jeffrey Aspern's romantic letters to Juliana Bordereau -- h... Read more
Same Kind of Different As Me (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Carney
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou, Jon Voight
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams wi... Read more
Samson and Delilah ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
6.8/10
Director: Warwick Thornton
Starring: Rowan McNamara, Scott Thornton, Marissa Gibson, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson
An inside look at a world rarely, if ever, depicted on the big screen - Screen International. Samson (Rowan McNamara) is 15 years old and lives in a... Read more
Into the Forest (2015)
5.9/10
Director: Patricia Rozema
Starring: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood
Set in the near future, this riveting and suspenseful apocalyptic drama follows two sisters, Nell (Ellen Page) and Eva (Evan Rachel Wood) who live in... Read more
Holiday (Blu-Ray) (2018)
5.7/10
A love triangle featuring the trophy girlfriend of a petty drug lord, caught up in a web of luxury and violence in a modern dark gangster tale set in... Read more
Map of the Human Heart ( Blu-ray ) (1992)
7.2/10
Director: Vincent Ward
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Ben Mendelsohn, Jason Scott Lee, Jeanne Moreau, John Cusack, Pat...
When a half-Eskimo boy named Avik (Jason Scott Lee) leaves his Arctic home with a British mapmaker (Patrick Bergin) to seek medical attention in Canad... Read more
Mauri (1989)
5.7/10
Director: Merata Mita
Starring: Anzac Wallace, Eva Rickard
'Mauri' is the story of a man, Rewi, who reclaims his spirituality. Rewi is haunted by a past which threatens to engulf his future. However, his relat... Read more
A Bump Along the Way (2019)
6/10
Director: Shelly Love
Starring: Bronagh Gallagher, Lola Petticrew
A boozy 44-year-old single mother becomes pregnant from a one-night-stand, much to the shame of her buttoned-up teen daughter. Read more
Hangman (2017)
5.2/10
Starring: Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow
A homicide detective brings his partner out of retirement to help catch a serial killer whose crimes are based on the children's game Hangman. Read more
Where Hands Touch (2018)
6.4/10
Director: Amma Asante
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Amandla Stenberg, George MacKay, Christopher Eccleston, Tom Goodm...
Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amandla Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, lives in fear due to the color of her skin.... Read more