Daily Archives: November 12, 2023

Netflixable? Mexico’s “Hurricane Season” unravels a murder and the prejudices that led to it

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Roger Moore

Literary devices and constructions don’t always translate easily to the screen. And the current screenwriter obsession with making many a script play out in “chapters,” denoted in pointlessly distracting onscreen graphics, is one of the clunkiest. Even when you’re adapting … Continue reading →

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Next screening? Bradley Cooper is Lenny, “Maestro”

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Roger Moore

Cannot. Wait. Great cast. Real ambition here. It looks soulful. And I see an unerring grasp of the man’s voice and walk and way of carrying himself.

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Classic Film Review: Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts star in Lindsay Anderson’s “This Sporting Life” (1963)

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Roger Moore

“This Sporting Life” sets up as a formulaic hardscrabble “rise and fall of a sports hero” drama, the tale of a miner who gets his first taste of success and the “good life” of the English upper classes via stardom … Continue reading →

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