Daily Archives: September 24, 2018

Tonight’s Screening, “Chasing the Blues,” about record-collecting, prison, and the long-awaited Jon Lovitz comeback

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Roger Moore

The trailer has hints of “Crossroads,” that Ralph Macchio/Walter Hill classic about looking for a lost Robert Johnson blue classic. This is about that preoccupation of hedonistic hipsters, vinyl collecting. And it looks cute. Opens in Oct.

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Preview, “Vita & Virginia” captures the upper class romance of Sackville-West and Woolf

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Roger Moore

Vita Sackville-West was upper class, pronounced “kloss,” to the core, a celebrated socialite and successful author. Virginia Woolf was a legend in the making, one of the great writers of the 20th century. Period piece. Torrid gay romance. “Vita & … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Uncovering the life lived at “306 Hollywood” in Newark

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Roger Moore

The nature of memory, its organization and how we hang onto recollections of lost loved ones is what “306 Hollywood” is about. It’s an almost insufferably esoteric documentary made by two siblings, dissecting, digging and reconstructive the life of their … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “Take Me” puts Taylor Schilling in bondage…again

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Roger Moore

It’s no stretch to think of “Orange is the New Black” star Taylor Schilling as a kidnapping victim who has little trouble turning the tables on her captor. She plays native cunning well, and carries herself, even in a show … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Joan Jett explains her “Bad Reputation”

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Roger Moore

Little Joan Marie Larkin saw the rock quartets on TV in the 60s and early 70s, and decided she just HAD to have a Sears Silvertone electric guitar for Christmas. “I can’t be the only girl who wants to do … Continue reading →

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