Drama Archives

A Face in the Crowd [1] - Success, as Woody Allen observed, only makes you more of what you already are. If you don’t believe that, just consider the case of Larry "

After the Wedding, directed by Susanne Bier [2] - “After the Wedding” could be the best film I've seen in a decade. And I say that even though I didn't see all of it --- like just abou

Alexander Nevsky, directed by Sergei Eisenstein [3] - The greatest score in all of film --- so good that it inspired John Williams' shark theme in “Jaws” and James Horner's music for “

Amadeus, directed by Milos Forman [4] - February 27, 2006: Mozart's 250th birthday. He's looking good for someone his age.

Arlington Road [5] - My Favorite Wainwright: No, not Rufus. Martha. Here's the cheat sheet.

Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by John Sturges [6] - So there I was, an unworldly teenager incarcerated at a prep school in the mid-50s, surrounded by a cluster of sophisticated, condescending, rich

Bang the Drum Slowly, directed by John Hancock [7] - I’m a sucker for author questionnaires, and Shelf Awareness --- a daily newsletter for the bookstore crowd --- has a great one.

Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo [8] - Almost every war movie stacks the deck. Enemy soldiers wear heavy boots, are unshaven, speak in accents and die in large numbers at the end.

Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, directed by Richard Linklater [9] - Before Sunrise/Before Sunset directed by Richard Linklater Videos Before Sunrise Before Sunset

Bloody Sunday, Paul Greengrass (director) [10] - It took a 12-year investigation that cost $280 million and filled 5,000 pages. But now we know. In the words of British Prime Minister David Came

Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee [11] - Brokeback Mountain directed by Ang Lee The story of two cowboys who fall in love in Wyoming in 1963 and dare not tell

Brothers, Susanne Bier (director) [12] - Once upon a time in Denmark, there was a good brother and a bad brother. When we meet them, Jannik, the bad brother, is just getting out of pri

Burn, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo [13] - How much do you love Marlon Brando? Thought so. So…have you seen the film that Brando thought had “the best acting I've ever

Closer, directed by Mike Nichol [14] - Closer directed by Mike Nichols A line from a James Tate poem kept running through my head as I watched

Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears [15] - We go to movies for many reasons. We like spectacle, so we pile into the multiplex on opening weekend to catch the latest blockbuster.

Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix [16] - I was teaching screenwriting at New York University when “Diva” reached New York theaters. Some of my students saw it.

Dodsworth, directed by William Wyler [17] - You’ll look long and hard without finding a movie about credible adults in credible relationships.

East-West, directed by Regis Wargnier [18] - If Steven Spielberg had directed "East-West," tens of millions of Americans would have seen it and critics would have proclaimed it his &quo

Elmer Gantry, directed by Richard Brooks [19] - Nobody reads Sinclair Lewis these days. I’d say that’s a shame, but most of the books that made his reputation are long and windy an

Finding Neverland, directed by Marc Forster [20] - Finding Neverland directed by Marc Forster Butler went to a screening of

Links:
[1] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/face-crowd
[2] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/after-wedding
[3] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/alexander-nevsky
[4] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/amadeus
[5] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/arlington-road
[6] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/bad-day-black-rock
[7] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/bang-drum-slowly
[8] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/battle-algiers
[9] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/sunrisebefore-sunset
[10] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/bloody-sunday
[11] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/brokeback-mountain
[12] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/brothers
[13] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/burn
[14] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/closer
[15] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/dangerous-liaisons
[16] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/diva
[17] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/dodsworth
[18] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/east-west
[19] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/elmer-gantry
[20] http://www.headbutler.com/movies/drama/finding-neverland
[21] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/movies/drama?page=1
[22] http://www.headbutler.com/archives/movies/drama?page=2