Family Drama Articles

J'ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother (2009) Direction and Screenplay: Xavier Dolan Cast: Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément     Xavier Dolan’s semi-autobiographical J'ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother has been getting a lot of attention, mostly because Dolan is 19 and has won three awards at Cannes for his first film. A former child actor, [...]

Tokyo Sonata (2008) Direction: Kyoshi Kurosawa Screenplay: Kyoshi Kurosawa, Max Mannix, Tachiko Tanaka Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Inowaki Kai, Yû Koyanagi, Kôji Yakusho, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kogima     Some reviews and commentaries describe Tokyo Sonata, winner of this year's Asian Film Awards for best film and best screenplay, as showing the disintegration of an "ordinary" Japanese family after the husband-father gets [...]

The Astronaut Farmer (2007) Direction: Michael Polish Screenplay: Michael and Mark Polish Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Tim Blake Nelson, Jon Gries, Max Thieriot   Billy Bob Thornton in The Astronaut Farmer   The Astronaut Farmer is considerably more than the story of a guy who builds a rocket. In truth, writer/director Michael Polish and co-screenwriter Mark Polish have concocted a tale [...]