Hidden Figures
By Phil Guie December 19, 2017
It’s the triumphant historical drama we all need right now.
It’s the triumphant historical drama we all need right now.
The three-person dynamic involving Wonder Woman creator William Marston; his wife, Elizabeth; and their assistant-turned-mutual lover, Olive Byrne.
How many alternative history stories have there been of the attempts to assassinate Hitler?
The adaptation of David Grann’s 2009 nonfiction best seller centers on Percy Fawcett, the British mapmaker who searched for an ancient city that he believed thrived with advanced technology.
A biopic of Emily Dickinson that delves into the poet’s life of self-restraint. It’s not just a character study but a look at a bygone era.
The biopic of businessman Roy Kroc, a movie that, like fast food, faithfully follows a recipe.
An equally straightforward title for this biopic could be Deconstructing Jackie.
In so many ways, Loving is this year’s Spotlight, another re-creation of the righting of a wrong—the movies focus on different issues but have a similarly hushed, just-the-facts, plainspoken approach.
Chilean director Pablo Larraín turns a standard biopic inside out in this stylish thriller with a literary bent.