Daily Archives: September 10, 2024

Netflixable? Comic Rachel Sennott copes with trauma — “I Used to be Funny”

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Shiva Baby,” “Bottoms” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies” have given Rachel Sennott acting baggage, typecasting her as a confident-to-the-point-of-brazen, comically-blunt and cocksure (sorry) young woman whose allure has a contract rider. You don’t want to cross her, or anybody she plays. … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Mike Leigh reunites with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for some “Hard Truths”

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

Michelle Austin and Bryony Miller and star in the latest film from Britain’s most important social-observer/filmmaker, Mike Leigh. Leigh did “Vera Drake” and “Secrets & Lies” and Happy-Go-Lucky” and “Mr. Turner” and “Naked” and “Peterloo” and “Life is Sweet” and … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: How Roy Cohn made Trump — “The Apprentice”

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

The making of a pathological liar, professional credit thief and perpetual failure, tutored by one of the most malignant figures in American political history to be become the MOST malignant figure in American political history. It wasn’t just Roger Stone, … Continue reading →

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