Growing up, when I would throw a tantrum or be upset, my parents would always tell me not to be "melodramatic," which roughly translated into "stop being a brat." But what if I told you there was a ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Emotion Pictures: International ...
The Brussels European Film Festival opens June 28 with the world premiere of “Melodrama Habibi,” a comedy from Paris-based Lebanese helmer Hany Tamba. It features Patrick Chesnais as a forgotten ...
The biggest possibility for melodrama comes when a stranger (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) asks Romain if he would consider impregnating her; she and her husband can’t conceive. In the hands of Ron Howard, ...
It would be nice to report that Wash Westmoreland’s “Earthquake Bird” was, well, anything really. It’s almost a romantic melodrama, but it’s emotionally inert. It’s almost a biting statement about ...
Within the first ten minutes of Nicholas Ray’s unimpeachable classic Rebel Without a Cause Jim Stark (James Dean) wails, “You’re tearing me apart!!!!!” This is not an instance where the film ...