All posts by Cate Marquis
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PAIN AND GLORY – Review
Making a film about a movie maker is a tricky thing but thankfully, Pedro Almodovar gets it right...
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WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? – Review
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?” was the question asked of Sen. Joe McCarthy at the Army-McCarthy...
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GEMINI MAN – Review
Will Smith fans get a double dose of the star in the action thriller GEMINI MAN, where Smith...
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BRITT-MARIE WAS HERE – Review
When Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel A MAN CALLED OVE was turned into an international hit film, it seemed...
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JUDY – Review
Renee Zellweger gives a knockout performance as the legendary Judy Garland, in a biopic set in her later...
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DOWNTON ABBEY – Review
Fans of the highly-praised British historical TV series will welcome the return of DOWNTON ABBEY but this return...
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OFFICIAL SECRETS – Review
Keira Knightley takes a break from period costumes to star in the true-story based political thriller OFFICIAL SECRETS,...
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MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL – Review
Both jazz fans and those less familiar with the jazz legend will find much to like in Stanley...
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HONEYLAND – Review
HONEYLAND is a documentary but it seems more like a narrative film with its strong dramatic arc and...
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ONE CHILD NATION – Review
Sundance’s grand jury prize winning documentary ONE CHILD NATION examines the impact of China’s brutally-enforced “One Child” policy,...
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AFTER THE WEDDING – Review
AFTER THE WEDDING cleverly switches the genders on the Oscar-nominated Danish film of the same name, transforming it...
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THE NIGHTINGALE – Review
The writer/director of THE BABADOOK, Jennifer Kent, follows up the chilling horror film with a gripping drama set...
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DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME – Review
David Crosby has a golden voice and has had a storied career as part of Crosby, Stills, Nash...
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THE KITCHEN – Review
You’ll want to stay out of THE KITCHEN, not due to the heat but because of the stink....
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SWORD OF TRUST – Review
There’s a sword but not much trust at the start of Lynn Shelton’s oddball indie comedy SWORD OF...
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MARIANNE AND LEONARD: WORDS OF LOVE – Review
Leonard Cohen and his one-time lover and muse Marianne Ihlen are the subject of the documentary MARIANNE AND...
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MAIDEN – Review
Surprisingly exciting, with the narrative drive of a fiction film, the documentary MAIDEN tells the epic tale of...
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TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM – Review
This biographical documentary has an advantage most documentaries about a literary giant lack: the living artist herself. And...
