https://mrqe.com Sun, 15 Nov 2026 17:24:54 +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/nova-78-m100152995/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000 https://mrqe.com/movie/nova-78-m100152995/ East Village, New York, 1978. William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg, and other brilliant minds come together in an explosion of ideas, art, and rebellion.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/andy-warhol-a-documentary-film-m100066811/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/andy-warhol-a-documentary-film-m100066811/ Ric Burns unearths rarely seen footage and offers keen observations on the life and artistic influence of Andy Warhol. [Made for and aired on PBS’s American Masters series.]

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/thank-you-very-much-m100145370/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/thank-you-very-much-m100145370/ In his short, enigmatic life, Andy Kaufman entertained and transfixed audiences while simultaneously driving them away. His work dissolved the boundaries separating reality from fiction, and his commitment to performance, both on stage and off, rendered any distinctions between his characters and his real life useless. Was he a comic, an affable sit-com star, a washed-up lounge singer, a bus boy, a professional wrestler, a hoaxer, a provocateur or a pest? Nearly 40 years after his supposed death, one question still puzzles fans and haters alike: was that for real? Thank You Very Much is the definitive documentary look at how a shy, oddball kid from Long Island, New York, became the most polarizing performance artist of the 20th century.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/sisters-with-transistors-m100131804/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/sisters-with-transistors-m100131804/ Think of early electronic music and youll likely see men pushing buttons, knobs, and boundaries. While electronic music is often perceived as a boys’ club, the truth is that from the very beginning women have been integral in inventing the devices, techniques and tropes that would define the shape of sound for years to come.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/call-us-ishmael-m100133326/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/call-us-ishmael-m100133326/ Each and every year hundreds of people flock to New Bedford, MA in bleak mid-winter to partake in a celebration like none other. They read this single book out loud over the course of two full days without stopping. All of these people have one thing in common: they are obsessed with Moby Dick, the book that most call the Great American Novel.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/julian-schnabel-a-private-portrait-m100120500/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/julian-schnabel-a-private-portrait-m100120500/ A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/bam150-m100101132/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/bam150-m100101132/ A captivating history of the nation’s oldest performing arts center – which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing arts in 20th century America – BAM150 chronicles the vibrant past, present and future of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Through footage of recent performances, intimate interviews, and an astonishing treasure trove of 150 years’ worth of archival materials, BAM150 is a testament to the power and stamina of the institution that established Brooklyn as a cultural mecca-serving as a home to such greats as Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Merce Cunningham, Robert Wilson, Mark Morris, Laurie Anderson, and Pina Bausch.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/william-s-burroughs-a-man-within-m100089004/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/william-s-burroughs-a-man-within-m100089004/ A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as cold as an iceberg on a winter night.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/mcluhans-wake-m100022395/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/mcluhans-wake-m100022395/ A fascinating clash of philosophy, classical studies and Pop Culture, this film capsulizes a number of “Media Prophet” Marshall McLuhan’s conclusions about media.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/the-making-and-meaning-of-we-are-family-m100007693/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-making-and-meaning-of-we-are-family-m100007693/ Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, Joel Gray, Kc & the Sunshine Band, Eartha Kitt, Patti Labelle, Queen Latifah and more?

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