Everyone and their mothers have been boofing Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama, marking his second cancel culture comedy of this decade.

We decided to review the film (without spoilers), and then look past the aggressive marketing strategies and ask what compels the edgelord writer/director to tell these stories. Perhaps it has something to do with an essay published by the director on an age gap relationship from his past. Perhaps not, all will be revealed.

We will be taking the non-rom-coms story of secrecy and using it, as always, to look back and around the world at other films which have likewise explored the secrets and lies of it’s central characters.

We will also be looking at Michael Haneke’s classic psychosexual drama The Piano Teacher (2001), Asghar Farhadi’s divorce drama A Separation (2011), Todd Hayne’s May December (2023), and Denis Villeneuve's Incendies (2010). Music from PJ Harvey, Mess Esque, Jason Molina and more.