https://mrqe.com Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:45:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/alice-neel-m100058732/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/alice-neel-m100058732/ The life and work of Alice Neel (1900-1984), American portrait painter. Part of the narration is chronological, part consists of interviews with friends, other artists, scholars, and family members, particularly two sons, Richard and Hartley, who are none too sanguine about their childhood and their mother’s Bohemian life, and the filmmaker himself, a grandson whose querulous voice is heard from time to time. The film also includes footage of Neel, later in life, painting, talking, appearing on television, and giving lectures. Throughout, we see her paintings, bold, frank, and direct. After years of poverty and obscurity, fame comes as she nears 70.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/pull-my-daisy-m100005960/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/pull-my-daisy-m100005960/ Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

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