The phrase
"searing drama" refers to a highly intense and emotionally powerful piece of theatrical or film production. It typically involves deeply moving and sometimes painful experiences or emotions that leave a lasting impact on the audience.
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Liam Neeson cut his teeth performing
in searing dramas, but pivoted to Death Wish - style action in his twilight years, having mowed through a variety of gangsters, thugs, and deadbeats in films like Taken, A Walk Among The Tombstones, Taken 2, Non-Stop, and Taken 3.
The screenplay, by Dani Romain and George F. Walker, vacillates wildly
between searing drama and broad comedy, resulting in a distinctly uneven tone that ultimately undermines the more effective elements within the film.
Writer David Mamet is known for his sharp and natural dialogue but when you combine this with sharp and natural actors, you get nothing less than an intense and
searing drama where every word sizzles and every performance lights up the screen.
This fall, a collection of prescient and
searing dramas examines the sins of men (and women) behaving badly and takes a closer look at their self - serving, scheming, damaged souls.
A searing drama about incest, «The War Zone» is a brave act by Roth.
Just
another searing drama about the toll the Iraq war is taking on the home front.
The private life of Nobel Prize winning author Ivan Bunin is unforgettably portrayed in
this searing drama about a love triangle between Russian Refugees in Western Europe in the 30's and 40's.
Oscar - winning writer - director Martin McDonagh beguiles with a surprising amount of wicked humor, and then darkens
this searing drama with angry despair and unrepentant vengeance, which leads to hard - earned redemption.
The battle lines are drawn: It's La La Land, a musical fantasy about white lovers in Hollywood, versus Moonlight,
a searing drama about black youth surviving on the streets of Miami.
From Chinese writer - director Vivian Qu comes
a searing drama about sexual violence, corruption, and the seemingly inescapable wrongs done to women by men with the slightest amount of power.
But more importantly,
this searing drama is about a family; all the usual rules apply in terms of assuring every actor is on the same page.
Indeed, Zvyagintsev compares his new film «Loveless,»
a searing drama about a couple going through a bitter divorce, with Ingmar Bergman's «Scenes from a Marriage.»
Check out the new trailer below for a glimpse at
this searing drama.
Also new:
the searing drama The Hunt (Denmark, 2012) with Mads Mikkelson (reviewed on Stream On Demand here) and action thriller District B13 (France, 2006) with eye - popping stunt work (reviewed on Stream On Demand)(all rated R, with subtitles).
Grief is given a hefty workout in Rabbit Hole,
a searing drama that charts the parallel paths a married couple take after the death of their only child.
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a searing drama that charts the parallel paths a married couple take after the death of their only child.
The 2018 BAFTA Awards picked Martin McDonagh's
searing drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as their film of the year.
One of the attendees was Cami Delavigne, the co-writer of «Blue Valentine» —
a searing drama, starring Michelle Williams, that was distributed by the Weinstein Co..
Celebrated for
his searing dramas in theatre and in the novel, Pintauro has earned renown for his...