Author: catemarquis

 – By Cate Marquis – ‘Son of Saul’ is a powerful, difficult trip into Auschwitz “Son of Saul” is a powerful, cinematically brilliant drama that takes viewers into a first-person experience of the Auschwitz concentration camp. It is an impressive film debut for Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes, a descendant of Shoah survivors. The film won…

– By Cate Marquis – Musical “Georama” brings tale of once-famous moving panorama painting and artist What did people do for entertainment in the 19th century, before the invention of photography, movies, and all the media we have now? One thing they did was go to live shows like a famous one featuring a “georama”…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has released the nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards, the Oscars for 2015 films. The winners will be announced Feb. 28, 2016. Below are the nominees.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, an international organization of women film critics and journalists, announced the winners of their annual EDA Awards for 2015 films. More information about AWFJ and the EDA Awards can be found at their website http://awfj.org. AWFJ released the statement below January 13, 2016. 2015 EDA Award Winners With sincerest…

– By Cate Marquis – DiCaprio is gripping in epic wilderness survival tale ‘The Revenant’ Leonardo DiCaprio gives a gripping, Oscar-worthy performance in “The Revenant,” director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s thrilling, raw tale of wilderness survival in a landscape that is at once beautiful and unforgiving. Loosely based on the 1823 true tale of frontiersman Hugh…

‘Spotlight,’ ‘Big Short’ among the Top 15 films for 2015 – By Cate Marquis – This year turned out to be a good one for cinema. Some years it is a struggle to find ten worthy films for a list of the year’s best. Not so this year. In fact, 2015 offered so many good…

Although 2015 brought many good films, there were stinkers too – By Cate Marquis – Even a year full of good films, like 2015, still has some movies that are not-so-good, even some true stinkers. Although there were bad films I did not see, here are my choices for the worst films of the year…

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists announces nominees for 2015 EDA Awards. “Carol” leads with nine noms, followed by “Mad Max: Fury Road” with six, “Room” and “Spotlight” with five each, and “The Martian” with four. The winners of the 2015 EDA Awards will be announced on January 12, 2016. 2015 EDA Award Nominees With…

– By Cate Marquis – Comedy ‘Sisters’ takes Fey and Poehler where you expect but it is one fun trip “Sisters” stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as two sisters who decide to cope with their parents’ decision to sell their childhood home by throwing one last high school-style party. The Ellis sisters, Maura and…

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ re-awakens spirit of Lucas’ original – Film Review By Cate Marquis – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” brings back the magic that George Lucas created long ago in his galaxy far, far away. The film, which is both Episode 7 and the seventh one, brings back original stars Harrison Ford,…