Daily Archives: June 24, 2022

Movie Review: Life in Service of the “Good Madam” has supernatural consequences in this South African Thriller

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Good Madam” is a tight, lightly-chilling horror tale from South Africa, a parable of a housekeeper and what “life in service” can mean, in a supernatural sense, in the former Apartheid state. And how this relatively simple story has twelve … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Survivors Face the Sad Aftermath of Gun Violence — “Peace in the Valley”

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Roger Moore

Movies that take us beyond showing gun violence as entertainment are rare. It’s not just the immediate, factual consequences of what happens when a human being is shot, the damage done and the trauma of the moment that we rarely … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: An Afro-Latina filmmaker takes an unblinking look at herself and her family in “Beba”

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Roger Moore

The documentary as autobiography has been around for a while, with filmmakers like Ross McElwee (“Sherman’s March”) turning “personal essay” films into exercises in family history and a soul searching exploration of one’s place in it. Filmmaker and sometime actress … Continue reading →

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