https://mrqe.com Tue, 19 May 2026 09:16:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/shadows-m100000138/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/shadows-m100000138/ The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelias darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/opening-night-m100012885/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/opening-night-m100012885/ Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle’s fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star’s attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/big-trouble-m100035433/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/big-trouble-m100035433/ Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn’t making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he’ll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/love-streams-m100007273/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/love-streams-m100007273/ Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/gloria-m100048008/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/gloria-m100048008/ When a young boy’s family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/the-killing-of-a-chinese-bookie-m100004254/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-killing-of-a-chinese-bookie-m100004254/ Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn’t able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/a-woman-under-the-influence-m100000618/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/a-woman-under-the-influence-m100000618/ Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/faces-m100057506/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/faces-m100057506/ Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they’ve lost — love, excitement, passion — this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/minnie-and-moskowitz-m100014385/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/minnie-and-moskowitz-m100014385/ Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she’ll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/a-child-is-waiting-m100009102/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/a-child-is-waiting-m100009102/ Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark’s stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.

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