Daily Archives: April 24, 2025

Movie Preview: Chinese history via the Cinema of Jia Zang-ke — “Caught by the Tides”

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

Twenty three years of films from the director of “Ash Is Purest White” and “Still Life” are sampled and re cut to make this epic of modern China. Many of the folks star Jia Zang-ke’s wife,  Tao Zhang. May 9.

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Silencing the cell, it’s “Accountant 2” time

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

Curious to see how they explain Affleck’s accent in this sequel.

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Movie Review: A Gay Fantasia about Honest Abe’s Same Sex Romance — “Lavender Men”

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Roger Moore

“Lavender Men” is an ambitious but meandering and indulgent indie film failure. It’s not the subject matter that does it in, as it’s another film (“Lover of Men”) and play (“Oh, Mary!”) that dives into the notion that Abraham Lincoln … Continue reading →

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