Year: 2017
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI film review
French animated MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI is a complete charmer – By Cate Marquis – One of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Animated Feature, the French/Swiss MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI (Ma Vie en Courgette) is a complete charmer. The stop-motion children’s film focuses on a lonely boy nicknamed Zucchini (Courgette, in French)…
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING film review
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING explores flaws of memory in memorable personal drama – By Cate Marquis – Memory is a funny thing. One can feel so certain of one’s own memories that it is jarring when others’ recollection of events does not match. The tricks of memory are at the heart of the unforgettable…
CABARET theater review
Darker CABARET is must-see at FOX – By Cate Marquis – CABARET is one of the gems of musical theater, a musical that is not only filled with great music but with a story that has something to say beyond boy meets girl. Set in Berlin shortly before the Nazis take power, it is…
THE LAST WORD film review
– By Cate Marquis – In THE LAST WORD, Shirley MacLaine stars as Harriet Lauler, a successful, wealthy but not beloved retired businesswoman, who decides to write her own obituary prior to her death. To craft the perfect obit, she hires a young writer at the local newspaper, played by Amanda Seyfried, mostly for…
TABLE 19 film review
– By Cate Marquis – At the beginning of TABLE 19, we see Anna Kendrick as Eloise struggling to decide whether to RSVP yes or no to a wedding invitation. She should have said no, and that might be the best advice for audiences thinking about seeing this film. Kendrick plays Eloise, the ex-maid…
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS theater review
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS sings and soars at Fox – By Cate Marquis – The 1951 classic movie musical AN AMERICAN IN PARIS featured Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron as an American ex-soldier who falls in love with a elusive young French woman, in post-World War II Paris. The color-drenched film is packed with…
ALL MY SONS theater review
Rep’s ALL MY SONS is Miller’s searing, must-see drama about post-WWII America and the American Dream – By Cate Marquis – We tend to think of post-World War II America in sunny, idyllic terms. The “greatest generation” defeated the Nazis, the GIs came home to settle down and start the baby boom, and…