Daily Archives: August 13, 2022

Documentary Review: A Town’s Jewish Populace Erased, Preserved in “Three Minutes: A Lengthening”

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Roger Moore

The ancient town of Nasielsk still sits just over 30 miles north of Warsaw, Poland, its population roughly the same that it’s been for over a hundred years — just over 7400. But a huge number of its citizens were … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Alison Brie is down for “Spin Me Round”

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Spin Me Round” is a screwy, slow-building cringe-comedy about a simple chain restaurant manager who gets more than she bargained for in a corporate training retreat in sunny Italy. It takes a while to get anywhere, but as we’re in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Remembering a Bomb and trying to make sense of the guy who made it — “Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate and the Price of Vision”

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Roger Moore

Here’s a book that stopped me short when I saw it on the shelves. “Michael Cimino? Who even gives him a passing thought any more?” He’s remembered for making a Vietnam epic and then the quintessential, megalomaniacal Hollywood bomb, for … Continue reading →

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