Daily Archives: October 30, 2025

Movie preview: On the road in North Africa, Hunting a Missing Daughter — “Sirat”

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

A Cannes darling gets a November 14 “qualifying” release for awards season. Wider release early next year if awards rain down on this Spanish thriller  from Oliver Laxe.

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Movie Preview: Skarsgård, Pacino and Colman Domingo in Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire”

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

A hostage thriller based on a true story about a guy with a beef with a mortgage broker. Talk about timely. And an anti-hero we can all get behind. Myha’la and Cary Elwes also star in this ’70s period piece … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Black and White Deadpan from the Golden Age of “Indie” — “Down by Law” (1986)

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Roger Moore

Memory always gets the last cut in editing any beloved classic film we embraced, way back when. I recall the totality of writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s work in his indie make-or-break years, the 1980s — the impromptu road trip to Florida … Continue reading →

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