All posts by Cate Marquis
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HUMAN FLOW – Review
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was the subject of a 2012 documentary titled AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY....
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JANE – Review
In 1957, famed anthropologist Louis Leakey chose three young women to study the great apes in the wild,...
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BREATHE – Review
Everyone wants to live life as they chose but in the 1950s, options were severely limited for someone...
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THE SNOWMAN – Review
Director Tomas Alfredson helmed a pair of outstanding films, the gripping ground-breaking Swedish vampire film LET THE RIGHT...
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THE FOREIGNER – Review
Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan face off in action thriller THE FOREIGNER. Director Martin Campbell...
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MANOLO: THE BOY WHO MADE SHOES FOR LIZARDS – Review
There is a quote near beginning of the documentary MANOLO: THE BOY WHO MADE SHOES FOR LIZARDS from...
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BLADE RUNNER 2049 – Review
BLADE RUNNER 2049, director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER, is a visual feast, a cinematic...
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VICTORIA AND ABDUL – Review
Director Stephen Frears’ funny, charming VICTORIA AND ABDUL was inspired by a real event late in the life...
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DOLORES – Review
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Union, the person who coined the phrase “Yes, We Can”...
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STRONGER – Review
“Boston Strong” is the phrase that came out of the remarkable, resilient response of the people of Boston...
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COLUMBUS – Review
COLUMBUS is not a film about the Italian explorer but about an American city named for him. No,...
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POLINA – Review
The French and Russian languages drama POLINA is a coming-of-age story about a promising young Russian ballerina named...
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MOTHER! – Review
Darren Aronofsky’s new film MOTHER! is a nightmare of a movie, but it is intended to be. It...
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CROWN HEIGHTS – Review
CROWN HEIGHTS is a gripping thriller/drama based on the true story of a teenage immigrant from Trinidad accused...
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PATTI CAKE$ – Review
It used to be “can a white boy sing the blues,” but now it is “can a white...
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STEP – Review
The inspirational documentary STEP follows a girls’ step dance team at a Baltimore charter high school, both in...
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THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE – Review
THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE brings back the characters of the 2014 animated film THE NUT...
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THE DARK TOWER – Review
THE DARK TOWER attempts to condense Stephen King’s wide-ranging epic book series of good versus evil into a...
