When The Big Short hit theaters in 2015, it did more than entertain—it educated audiences about one of the most catastrophic financial disasters in modern history: the 2008 global financial …
Drama
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Film & TV
Doctor Foster: A Modern Tragedy of Love, Betrayal, and Revenge
by alan.dotchinby alan.dotchinWhen Doctor Foster first aired on BBC One in 2015, few could have predicted the cultural storm it would create. What began as a domestic drama about a successful woman …
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Adapted by screenwriter Peter Straughan from Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the BBC’s television adaptation of Wolf Hall is a six-part historical drama that …
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Film & TV
Experimenter (2015) – A Deep Dive into the Psychological Drama
by alan.dotchinby alan.dotchinReleased in 2015, Experimenter is a thought-provoking biographical drama that delves into the life and controversial experiments of Stanley Milgram, the renowned social psychologist best known for his obedience studies. …
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Film & TV
Zero Dark Thirty: The Anatomy of Obsession and the Price of Justice
by alan.dotchinby alan.dotchinKathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty is one of the most haunting, meticulous, and morally complex films of the 21st century. Released in 2012, the film dramatizes the decade-long hunt for …
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Few films capture the eerie calm before a financial collapse as effectively as Margin Call (2011). Written and directed by J.C. Chandor, this tense and meticulously crafted drama offers a …
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Film & TV
Never Let Me Go (2010): A Haunting Reflection on Humanity, Love, and the Ethics of Existence
by alan.dotchinby alan.dotchinMark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go (2010), adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize–nominated novel of the same name, is a quietly devastating film — one that lingers in the mind …
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Film & TV
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley — The Early Years of the Iron Lady
by alan.dotchinby alan.dotchinMargaret Thatcher is a figure who continues to dominate discussions of modern British history. As the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, she left an indelible mark on …
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Introduction Released in 1960, Tunes of Glory is a British drama film directed by Ronald Neame and based on the 1956 novel of the same name by James Kennaway. The …
