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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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Undine

An atmospheric and modern-day take on the legend of an ill-fated water sprite.

By |June 4th, 2021|Germany|0 Comments

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Based on a semi-autobiographical novel, a German Jewish family presciently flees the Nazis in 1933.

By |May 24th, 2021|Book adaptation|0 Comments

There Is No Evil

Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof views capital punishment from four different circumstances and artistic prisms in his anthology film.

By |May 14th, 2021|Middle East|0 Comments