Tag Archives: Melodrama

January 22

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

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Painful battles with inner demons made bearable by outstanding performances

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January 01

Things to Come (2016)

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Post-divorce trauma has great cinematic potential but it goes nowhere in this story.

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November 10

The Light Between Oceans (2016)

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An epically beautiful melodrama about morality and love

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May 20

Mia Madre (My Mother) (2015)

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For audiences willing to vicariously experience a slow and dense melodrama about loss.

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February 01

45 Years (2015)

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While it is about life-cycles and memories and marriage, it is also a gendered probe into how differently men and women are emotionally constructed.

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