Tag Archives: Cate Blanchett

This Changes Everything, directed by Tom Donahue, 2018.

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Patricia Markert

documentary available on Netflix. At the beginning of the movie, as promising as the title itself, you think that something is afoot to correct the bias against women in the film industry, that Geena Davis’ institute has its finger on … Continue reading →

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Tar, directed by Todd Field

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Patricia Markert

with Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlant, Nina Hoss When you have power, you are offered opportunities to manipulate people into doing what you want. Lydia Tar wields great power until she is caught doing one too many nefarious things to her … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look Up, directed by Adam McKay, 2021.

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Patricia Markert

with Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo diCaprio, Rob Morgan, Mark Rylance, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill The most contemporary movie I’ve seen lately, Don’t Look Up features rap stars in the middle of a break up, how social media scores matter … Continue reading →

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Where’d You Go Bernadette directed by Richard Linklater. 2019.

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Patricia Markert

With Cate Blanchett, Emma Nelson, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig.   What a pleasure to take my mind off what the president has done today to bring our country to the brink of disaster. This movie answers my quest for a … Continue reading →

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Carol (dir. Todd Haynes). 2015.

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Patricia Markert

Two beautiful women fall in love with each other. Continue reading →

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Cinderella (dir. Kenneth Branagh) 2015.

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Patricia Markert

With Lily James, Cate Blanchett and James Madden.  Chris Weitz, screenwriter. Watching Cinderella’s newest version, directed by Kenneth Branagh, I was struck at how I forgot that the girl was not born into royalty and deposed, but born of relatively … Continue reading →

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