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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 Five Devils

With witchcraft, racism, a lesbian interracial affair, and even a case of arson in its mix, this French Alps–based fantasy thriller has a lot of potential to start fires.

By |March 23rd, 2023|Family drama, Fantasy|0 Comments
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Rodeo

At once raw and highly stylized, Rodeo fires up a rebel-without-a-cause spirit that lets its woman warrior run free.

By |March 16th, 2023|Drama|0 Comments
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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema | 2023

Post-colonial fallout reverberates through several strong films at the 2023 edition of the annual festival.

By |March 6th, 2023|Festivals, French|0 Comments
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A Radiant Girl

Teen romance and the looming Holocaust make for bizarre bedfellows in actor Sandrine Kiberlain’s debut directorial feature.

By |February 17th, 2023|French|0 Comments
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The Blue Caftan

Melancholy and tentative hope are stitched together in a bittersweet story of a Moroccan tailor shop and the three lonely yet interwoven souls within.

By |February 9th, 2023|Family drama|0 Comments
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Full Time

This frenetic and nerve-wracking movie makes the point that for many, it’s worse than a jungle out there.

By |February 3rd, 2023|Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments
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Close

Lukas Dhont’s second feature explores the fallout from the sudden implosion of a friendship between two boys.

By |January 27th, 2023|Teen|0 Comments
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Saint Omer

A talky, heady, and metaphorical courtroom drama conceals depths of sadness beneath its intellectual and legalistic surface.

By |January 12th, 2023|Drama|0 Comments
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No Bears

Currently serving a prison sentence in his native Iran, lauded director Jafar Panahi spins two and a half tales in his latest film. None reflects well on his country’s state of mind.

By |December 21st, 2022|Foreign|0 Comments
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