All posts by Cate Marquis
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STOCKHOLM – Review
Ever wonder why they call the phenomenon where hostages bond with their captor “Stockholm syndrome?” The semi-comic crime...
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WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY – Review
Molly Shannon is spot-on in the serio-comic WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY, a completely different take on the personal...
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THE BRINK – Review
To those of us who thought Steve Bannon’s far-right political influence ended when he parted ways with the...
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HIGH LIFE – Review
For her first English-language film, renowned French director Claire Denis sends Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche into space...
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THE CHAPERONE – Review
The prospect of a film about the iconic silent film star Louise Brooks was so tantalizing. The star...
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ASH IS PUREST WHITE – Review
A searing epic of a gangster couple’s romance set against a backdrop of a changing China spanning near...
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DUMBO – Review
Anticipation was high for Disney’s live-action remake of its classic animated film DUMBO, particularly when Tim Burton was...
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GLORIA BELL – Review
Julianne Moore stars in GLORIA BELL, Oscar-winning Chilean writer/director Sebastian Lelio’s English-language remake of his romance/comedy/drama about a...
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YARDIE – Review
Actor Idris Elba makes his directing debut with YARDIE, a tale about a young Jamaican, haunted by his...
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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...
