Queen of Diamonds

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Queen of Diamonds

Released Apr 26, 2019

1h 17m

Drama

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A blackjack dealer ponders the fate of her missing husband while her next-door neighbors deal in mutual abuse.

Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Even at a terse 76 minutes, "Queen of Diamonds" is not an easy film. But it's an essential one.

Apr 25, 2019

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Dave Giannini

InSession Film

The visuals are impressive, but not in a shocking, bombastic way. Queen of Diamonds is pure hypnosis on film.

Feb 23, 2024

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Erika Balsom

Cinema Scope

Queen of Diamonds-refreshingly, vitally, radically-is part of another women's cinema, one that knows that any feminism worthy of the name cannot be grounded in an ideology of individual achievement...

Feb 7, 2020

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Lee Jutton

Film Inquiry

In the years that have passed since its initial release, Menkes' perfectly crafted images and soundscapes have lost none of their bleak poetry.

May 8, 2019

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Sarah Resnick

4Columns

In Queen of Diamonds, Menkes offers a trance-inducing tour of an overdeveloped city-a stand-in for our overdeveloped country-by fixing her camera precisely on the castoffs of conspicuous consumption.

Apr 26, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

In this interesting, feminist indie from Nina Menkes, we get a complex portrait of a woman who may be both a victim and onlooker.

Rated: B

Jun 14, 2011

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This is a movie that takes its time, more about ennui mood and finding art in the ordinary and tacky glitz than plot. There's a long scenes lingering on a building that looks run-down, for instance. The longer the camera lingers, the more we can see it as a kind of Mondrian art. Many such scenes like this. If it's action you're looking for, this ain't it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

A blackjack dealer ponders the fate of her missing husband while her next-door neighbors deal in mutual abuse.

Director: Nina Menkes
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2019, Limited
Runtime: 1h 17m