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 Turning (2013)
6/10
Director: Robert Connolly, Tony Ayres, Anthony Lucas, Jonathan auf der Heide, Warwick Thornton, Claire McCarthy, Justin Kurzel, Marieka Walsh, Jub Clerc, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page, Shaun Gladwell, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, David Wenham, Yaron Lifschitz, Ian Meadows
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, Rose Byrne
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni... Read more
The Turning ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6/10
Director: Robert Connolly, Tony Ayres, Anthony Lucas, Jonathan auf der Heide, Warwick Thornton, Claire McCarthy, Justin Kurzel, Marieka Walsh, Jub Clerc, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page, Shaun Gladwell, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, David Wenham, Yaron Lifschitz, Ian Meadows
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, Rose Byrne
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni... Read more
The Turning Point (1977)
6.9/10
Director: Herbert Ross
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Tom Skerrit...
Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft are estranged friends and dancers at the end of their careers, but they are brought back together by MacLaine's dau... Read more
The Two of Us (1967)
7.8/10
Director: Claude Berri
Starring: Michel Simon, Alain Cohen
A Jewish boy living in Nazi-occupied Paris is sent by his parents to the countryside to live with an elderly Catholic couple until France's liberation... Read more
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (Blu-ray) (1979)
6.9/10
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray, Henry Wilcoxon
Jennie Logan discovers an antique dress in her attic that allows her to travel back in time. Soon she's torn between life with her philandering husban... Read more
The Ugly American (1963)
6.8/10
Director: George Englund
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jocelyn Brando, Pat Hingle, Eiji Okuda, Arthur Hill, Sandra Churc...
Marlon Brando is magnificent as the American ambassador whose presence in a Southeast Asian nation stirs up conflict between democratic and communist... Read more
The Undoing (2020)
7.4/10
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Noah Jupe, Edgar Ramirez, Lily Rabe, Donald Sutherlan...
A modern twist to a classical "whodunnit" tale, when the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved... Read more
The Unguarded Moment (1956)
6.3/10
Director: Harry Keller
Starring: Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon, Edward Andrews, Les Tremayne, Jack Al...
A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect. A woman has recently been... Read more
The Unholy (2021)
5.2/10
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, William Sadler, Cary Elwes, Diogo Morgado
A hearing-impaired girl is visited by the Virgin Mary and can suddenly hear, speak, and heal the sick. As people flock to witness her miracles, terrif... Read more
The Unholy (Blu-ray) (2021)
5.2/10
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, William Sadler, Cary Elwes, Diogo Morgado
A hearing-impaired girl is visited by the Virgin Mary and can suddenly hear, speak, and heal the sick. As people flock to witness her miracles, terrif... Read more