All posts by Cate Marquis
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THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES – Review
A walk in the woods is a lovely thing but when it is nature tour is led by...
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THE LONELIEST WHALE: THE SEARCH FOR 52 – Review
A whale, apparently the only one of its kind, wandering the Pacific and persistently calling with no answer,...
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TRUMAN AND TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION – Review
Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams were literary giants of the mid-20th century but they were also friends. TRUMAN...
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FATHOM – Review
Fathom is a word that can mean a measurement of sea depth or a struggle to understand a...
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12 MIGHTY ORPHANS – Review
This true-story film is a feel-good lesson in brains over brawn and the value of persistence, a Depression-era...
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HERE WE ARE – Review
The soundtrack to Charlie Chaplin’s THE KID opens the father-son tale HERE WE ARE, award-winning Israeli director Nir...
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BREAKING BREAD – JFF Review
The Israeli documentary BREAKING BREAD, which is part of the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, June 5-13, begins...
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UNDINE – Review
A strange, suspenseful tale of love, betrayal and tragedy, UNDINE is a re-imagining of a fairy-tale myth, set...
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CRUELLA – Review
Dueling Emmas face off in a battle of fashionistas behaving badly, in CRUELLA, in which Emma Thompson’s Anna...
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THE HUMAN FACTOR – Review
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most intractable the world has seen. THE HUMAN FACTOR focuses on...
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LIMBO – Review
A young Syrian musician and a motley collection of other refugees wait on a remote Scottish island while...
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THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS – Review
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS opens with a camera slowly zooming in on a wooded hill side, with trees twinged...
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SIX MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT – Review
A Nazi-run boarding school for girls on the British coast? Sound preposterous but in fact there really was...
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THE COURIER – Review
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the true-story THE COURIER, an entertaining Cold War-era spy tale told in a pleasingly...
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CRISIS – Review
The crisis at the center of writer/director Nicholas Jarecki’s thriller CRISIS is the opioid crisis. The fact-inspired thriller...
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THE MAURITANIAN – Review
Golden Globe nominations went to Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster for their excellent performances in the true-story Gitmo...
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PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN – Review
Carey Mulligan gives a fearless, powerhouse performance as a once-promising young woman who now spends her nights prowling...
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MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM – Review
Chadwick Boseman’s last performance is opposite Viola Davis in a gripping drama based on August Wilson’s play, “Ma...
