Cate Marquis
THE BEGUILED film review
– By Cate Marquis – Sophia Coppola’s atmospheric period thriller THE BEGUILED is a re-make of a 1971 psycho-sexual thriller starring Clint Eastwood. Coppola re-frames the Civil War story from a woman’s viewpoint, where a wounded Union soldier is taken in by a house full of Southern women and girls at a young ladies’ boarding…
BABY DRIVER film review – by Cate Marquis
Writer/director Edgar Wright (SHAUN OF THE DEAD) delivers the kind of summer movie you hope for – action-packed, light, with a bit of humor – in BABY DRIVER. Car chases and a non-stop jukebox music soundtrack help drive this highly entertaining flick, which shares its title with a Simon and Garfunkel song. This delightful summer…
MEGAN LEAVEY film review
– By Cate Marquis – MEGAN LEAVEY is a true story-based drama about young woman whose close bond with a dog changes both of their lives. Although the young woman is a Marine serving in Iraq and the dog is her bomb-sniffing teammate, this really is a touching dog story rather than a war story….
PAST LIFE – St. Louis Jewish Film Festival – film review
Tuesday, June 6 at 1 PM at Plaza Frontenac Cinema – By Cate Marquis – Two sisters uncover their father’s secret past in the true story-based Israeli mystery PAST LIFE, one of the films playing as part of the annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival. The Israeli film, in Hebrew, English German and…
KEEP QUIET – St. Louis Jewish Film Festival – film review
Thursday, June 8 at 1 PM at Plaza Frontenac Cinema – By Cate Marquis – The mind-boggling documentary KEEP QUIET is about a far-right, anti-Semitic Hungarian politician who discovers his own hidden Jewish heritage when it is revealed that his beloved grandmother is an Auschwitz survivor. Faced with this new reality, he decides…
A GRAIN OF TRUTH – St. Louis Jewish Film Festival – film review
Wednesday, June 7 at 7 PM Plaza Frontenac Cinema – By Cate Marquis – In the chilling crime thriller A GRAIN OF TRUTH, a hard-nosed prosecutor investigates a murder with bizarre and mysterious trappings, and finds himself immersed in Poland’s antisemitic past, a past that keeps resurfacing despite the modern world. Murder, mystery…
FANNY’S JOURNEY – St. Louis Jewish Film Festival – film review
Sunday, June 4 at 7 PM at Plaza Frontenac Cinema – By Cate Marquis – FANNY’S JOURNEY is a compelling true-story-inspired historical drama about a 13-year-old girl who leads a group of 11 children to safety as they flee the advancing Nazis in World War II France. Directed by Loila Doillon, it is…
DIRTY DANCING at Fox theater review
DIRTY DANCING at Fox gives fans time of their lives – By Cate Marquis – For moms who loved the movie “Dirty Dancing,” the Fox Theater has the perfect Mother’s Day treat. Moms will have the time of their lives at the delightful national tour of “Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage,” at…
THE PROMISE film review
Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars – By Cate Marquis – The Armenian genocide during World War I is the backdrop for THE PROMISE, tale of war and love starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale. A hundred years on, many people still know little about this early 20th century genocide…
THE LION KING musical at Fox theater review
THE LION KING roars into Fox again – By Cate Marquis – The Broadway musical version of Disney’s THE LION KING returned to the Fox theater greeted by an enthusiastic crowd with many delighted children. The musical is set for a run April 19-May 7. On Thursday, April 20, the theater seemed filled to…