All posts tagged "Drama"
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Cate Marquis | November 4, 2017
SLIFF 2017 Review – TANNA
TANNA will screen at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac, MO 63131) as part of...
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Cate Marquis | October 20, 2017
BREATHE – Review
Everyone wants to live life as they chose but in the 1950s, options were severely limited for someone...
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Cate Marquis | September 22, 2017
STRONGER – Review
“Boston Strong” is the phrase that came out of the remarkable, resilient response of the people of Boston...
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Cate Marquis | September 22, 2017
COLUMBUS – Review
COLUMBUS is not a film about the Italian explorer but about an American city named for him. No,...
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Cate Marquis | September 15, 2017
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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Cate Marquis | September 15, 2017
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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Cate Marquis | September 8, 2017
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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Cate Marquis | August 30, 2017
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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Cate Marquis | July 28, 2017
THE MIDWIFE – Review
Two great Catherines – Deneuve and Frot – star in THE MIDWIFE, a thoughtful French-language tale of family,...
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Cate Marquis | June 30, 2017
THE HERO – Review
Sometimes one role can define an actor’s career. Sam Elliott plays such an actor in late life, facing...
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Cate Marquis | June 9, 2017
MEGAN LEAVEY – Review
MEGAN LEAVEY is a true story-based drama about young woman whose close bond with a dog changes both...
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Cate Marquis | June 2, 2017
FANNY’S JOURNEY – St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Review
Sunday, June 4, at 7 PM, Plaza Frontenac Cinema Belgium; in French and German with English subtitles; 94...
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Cate Marquis | May 12, 2017
A QUIET PASSION – Review
Early in A QUIET PASSION, we see the young Emily Dickinson being expelled from a women’s college for...
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Cate Marquis | May 5, 2017
THE DINNER – Review
Richard Gere stars as Stan Lohman, a congressman running for governor, who invites his brother Paul (Steve Coogan)...
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Cate Marquis | April 28, 2017
GRADUATION – Review
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu grabbed international attention and the Palme d’Or with his 2007 pregnancy drama FOUR MONTHS,...
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Cate Marquis | April 21, 2017
CEZANNE ET MOI – Review
The French film CEZANNE ET MOI (“Cezanne and I”) focuses on the real life-long, if sometimes stormy, friendship...
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Cate Marquis | April 14, 2017
TOMMY’S HONOUR – Review
TOMMY’S HONOUR focuses on the mid-19th century founding of modern golf by a Scottish father and son, but...
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Cate Marquis | April 7, 2017
FRANTZ – Review
The French drama FRANTZ is film about secrets, lies, mourning and the aftermath of World War I rather...