All posts by Cate Marquis
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WOMAN AT WAR – Review
In the Icelandic film WOMAN AT WAR, a lively, independent middle-aged woman named Halla (Hallora Geirhardsdottir) lives a...
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BIRDS OF PASSAGE – Review
From the makers of the Oscar-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, comes BIRDS OF PASSAGE (Pajaros De Verano), another...
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ARCTIC – Review
The Arctic is among the most extreme environments found on earth, at the limits of where mankind can...
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EVERYBODY KNOWS – Review
Penelope Cruz plays a Spanish-born woman who returns with her two children to the rural Spanish village where...
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NEVER LOOK AWAY – Review
Art and history meld in the Oscar-nominated NEVER LOOK AWAY, a German-language epic tale that begins in 1937...
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HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U – Review
In time for Valentine’s Day comes HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U, a sequel to the 2017 horror/comedy HAPPY DEATH...
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WHAT MEN WANT – Review
Taraji P. Hensen plays an ambitious sports agent trying to make partner at an agency dominated by white...
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CAPERNAUM – Review
The title of Lebanese drama CAPERNAUM can be translated as “chaos,” a word that describes the life of...
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THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD – Review
When director Peter Jackson, the director and visual effects wizard behind the LORD OF THE RINGS series, was...
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AT ETERNITY’S GATE – Review
Willem Dafoe gives an amazing performance as Vincent Van Gogh is Julian Schnabel impressionistic biopic AT ETERNITY’S GATE....
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COLD WAR – Review
The Oscar-nominated COLD WAR is a brilliant, beautiful film about a passionate romance between two mismatched people, set...
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DESTROYER – Review
This is not how we are used to seeing Nicole Kidman. Kidman plays snarling, violent, even grizzled...
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WAMG speaks to DESTROYER director Karyn Kusama and co-writer Phil Hay – Interview
The crime drama DESTROYER stars Nicole Kidman as a hardened L.A. policewoman bent on vengeance, in a gritty...
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THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD – Review
When director Peter Jackson was asked if he could do something with old archival footage of World War...
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VICE – Review
Adam McKay, who brought us THE BIG SHORT, takes on Dick Chaney in the hilariously satiric biopic VICE....
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SECOND ACT – Review
While the holiday season packs theaters with awards-hopeful films, J-Lo offers her fans a lighter option with SECOND...
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ROMA – Review
Oscar-winning writer/director Alfonso Cuaron (GRAVITY, CHILDREN OF MEN) crafts his most personal film, a realist drama set in...
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS – Review
Of the two historical films opening this week, this is the one with grand, epic drama. Saoirse...
