While the news of an esteemed filmmaker producing a period piece heavily influenced by their own childhood and upbringing isn’t anything new, writer-director James Gray’s Armageddon Time is packed with enough passion, poignancy, and modern relevancy to set itself apart.
Jeremy Strong
The Trial of the Chicago 7, the latest from writer-director Aaron Sorkin, is a basic, but well crafted and intelligent period courtroom drama that bristles with newfound political relevance within its margins.