All posts by Cate Marquis
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COLETTE – Review
Keira Knightley stars as French novelist Colette in director Wash Westmoreland’s gorgeous and gripping period biopic COLETTE. What...
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SCIENCE FAIR – Review
SCIENCE FAIR is a crowd-pleasing, entertaining look at a group of high schoolers competing for the top prize...
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I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW – Review
Peter Dinklage plays a man who has made a comfortable life alone in a post-apocalyptic world where he...
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LIZZIE – Review
Lizzie Borden and the gruesome murders of her parents remain in the public imagination, due in part to...
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SWIMMING TO FERGUSON – Review
If Henry Biggs were really swimming to Ferguson, he would have started in the Mississippi and made his...
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AMERICAN CHAOS – Review
As someone who grew up in Chicago, filmmaker James D. Stern was puzzled by the rise of Donald...
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WHITE BOY RICK – Review
WHITE BOY RICK tells the true story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teen in 1980s Detroit also known...
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THE WIFE – Review
Glenn Close gives one of the best performances of her career in THE WIFE, a drama exploring the...
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THE BOOKSHOP – Review
At first glance, THE BOOKSTORE might look to some audiences like CHOCOLAT with books instead of chocolates, but...
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THE LITTLE STRANGER – Review
The title of the historical drama THE LITTLE STRANGER is the same as an old-fashioned way to reference...
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JULIET, NAKED – Review
First off, there is no nudity in JULIET, NAKED nor is there anyone named Juliet. The title refers...
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PAPILLON – Review
PAPILLON stars Charlie Hunnam and in a remake of the highly-praised 1973 film of the same name, based...
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MEMOIR OF WAR – Review
Melanie Thierry gives a haunting performance in director Emmanuel Finkiel’s finely-crafted MEMOIR OF WAR. This powerful, beautifully-shot French-language...
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THE CAKEMAKER – Review
Israeli writer/director Ophir Raul Graizer crafts a brilliant, moving drama that touches on identity, secrets, loneliness, sexuality and...
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DARK MONEY – Review
Director Kimberly Reed’s documentary DARK MONEY is a cautionary tale on the risks to a democratic republic from...
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PUZZLE – Review
Competitive jigsaw puzzle solving does not sound exciting but the surprisingly engrossing PUZZLE is more about a woman...
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GENERATION WEALTH – Review
GENERATION WEALTH sounds like it’s about income inequality and the One Percent, but it is not. While Lauren...
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MCQUEEN – Review
For a documentary titled MCQUEEN, a question quickly springs to mind: which one? Steve McQueen, the iconic actor?...
