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About Caroline Ely

Caroline Ely is a TV, movie, and art lover who worked for years in the television industry. Until a few years ago, she would have described herself as well traveled, and she hopes to live up to that description again very soon. She lives in New York and often heads to the San Francisco Bay Area.

    The Nowhere Inn

    Part mockumentary, part twisted friendship story, part tour journal, and part meditation on fame.

    By |September 20th, 2021|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments
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      Ma Belle, My Beauty

      For a film about a revived passion, Ma Belle, My Beauty runs oddly low on energy and fire.

      By |August 26th, 2021|GLBT|0 Comments
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        Wildland

        This tense, unnerving tale of an orphaned girl’s entrapment in a criminal family throbs with pain and danger under a tightly controlled surface.

        By |August 19th, 2021|Family drama|0 Comments
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          The Macaluso Sisters

          Emma Dante’s intense, punishing film follows five, then four siblings from a fateful childhood day through a harsh old age.

          By |August 5th, 2021|Family drama|0 Comments
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            Charlatan

            Protagonists in movies certainly don’t have to be likeable, but is stiff-necked, high-handed, and wintrily remote any way to go through life (or a film)?

            By |July 29th, 2021|Biopic|0 Comments
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              Mama Weed

              The sight of Isabelle Huppert schlepping unwieldy blocks of dope evokes a comparison to the actress herself dragging her talents to languish in a slight, down-market caper.

              By |July 15th, 2021|Book adaptation, French|0 Comments
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                Sun Children

                A stylish and gritty story of a pugnacious homeless boy fighting to survive on the streets of Tehran.

                By |July 13th, 2021|Teen|0 Comments
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                  Summer of 85

                  Director François Ozon takes viewers on a wild ride through florid moods and bruising events.

                  By |June 18th, 2021|Drama|0 Comments
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                    My Tender Matador

                    Set during the tense, suffocating Pinochet era in 1980s Chile, this character study explores the unlikely alliance between an aging drag queen and a dashing revolutionary.

                    By |June 11th, 2021|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, GLBT|0 Comments
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