All posts tagged "Drama"
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Jim Batts | March 29, 2018
FOXTROT (2017) – Review
Despite the title of this film’s association with the dance world, its subject is not the stuff of...
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Cate Marquis | March 16, 2018
OH LUCY – Review
Director Atsuko Hirayanagi makes a strong feature film debut with OH LUCY, a Japanese comedy/drama with a darker,...
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Cate Marquis | March 9, 2018
LOVELESS – Review
The title of director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film LOVELESS sums up the world that twelve-year old Alyosha (or Alexey...
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Cate Marquis | February 23, 2018
A FANTASTIC WOMAN – Review
Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s A FANTASTIC WOMAN is indeed a fantastic film, with a fantastic performance by its...
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Cate Marquis | February 9, 2018
FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL – Review
FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL is based on Peter Turner’s memoir of the same name, about his...
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Cate Marquis | February 9, 2018
THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN – Review
THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN has a classic Western story but with a different twist: this time the...
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Cate Marquis | February 2, 2018
THE INSULT – Review
A personal dispute between two men in Beirut, one Christian Lebanese and the other Palestinian, escalates into...
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Cate Marquis | January 29, 2018
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY – Review
GOD’S OWN COUNTRY is award-winning British independent film, a romantic drama set in a windswept rural...
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Cate Marquis | January 12, 2018
PHANTOM THREAD – Review
PHANTOM THREAD is a beautiful, seductive drama set in the rarefied world of high fashion in 1950s Britain....
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Cate Marquis | December 8, 2017
DARKEST HOUR – Review
Gary Oldman gives an amazing performance as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright DARKEST HOUR, a riveting drama...
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Cate Marquis | November 17, 2017
NOVITIATE – Review
NOVITIATE focuses on a young woman preparing to become a nun in the early 1960s, just as the...
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Cate Marquis | November 10, 2017
WONDERSTRUCK – Review
WONDERSTRUCK is a beautiful clockwork creation filled with intricate, delicate details, but a film where the parts are...
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Cate Marquis | November 9, 2017
SLIFF 2017 Review – HEAL THE LIVING
HEAL THE LIVING (Reparer les vivants) will screen at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac,...
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Cate Marquis | November 9, 2017
SLIFF 2017 Review – THE TESTAMENT
THE TESTAMENT will screen at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac, MO 63131) as part...
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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,...