Author Archives: Roger Moore

“Desperation Road” is a Southern Gothic tale of blood, family, a debt that may never be repaid and the debtor who is determined to change that. Actress turned director Nadine Crocker’s cast gets the little things right as their director … Continue reading →

Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Blues fan Martin Scorsese must have had fun selecting the string band music, jazz and blues for his long period piece about the nearly erased history of “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Some of the … Continue reading →

The odd lovely moment slips into “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s grim and epic treatment of a systemic mass murder of Osage Indians for oil rights in 1920s Oklahoma. But then, when you’re Martin Scorsese and you put … Continue reading →

You can’t really call it a preview when it’s the night before opening. But I missed it on the festival circuit and had to see it in a theater, no matter what my kidneys might say. Three hours and 24 … Continue reading →

The Czech and Slovak joint production “Nightsiren” is a witchy tale about superstition, ritual and the function of witchcraft in an age-old patriarchy. Director and co-writer Tereza Nvotová has conjured up an obscure, opaque thriller of symbolism and violence, old … Continue reading →

“Open” is an “open marriage melodrama complete with “rules” that are broken, celebrity, an unplanned pregnancy and stalking. But the hook here is that writer, director and co-star Miles Doleac imagines our heroine, played by his wife and co-star Lindsay … Continue reading →

I counted one legit laugh in the Danish pregnancy comedy “Maybe Baby (Bytte bytte baby),” a film about two couples of differing ages experiencing the (scientific) miracle of childbirth. They have a joint baby shower, and the holisitic “hippy” couple’s … Continue reading →

“This Much We Know” is an old-school first person essay documentary and new style “performative” bit of navel gazing about suicide, how we understand it and why Las Vegas is the “suicide capital of North America.” But filmmaker, interviewer and … Continue reading →

The late Tom Sizemore’s waning days and only slightly-diminished talents were utterly wasted on “Impuratus,” an under-lit, under-edited and over-written period piece mystery just now coming before the public. It’s a supernatural thriller about a 1920s detective summoned to hear … Continue reading →

“When Evil Lurks,” the Argentinian horror thriller titled “Cuando acecha la maldad” in Spanish, drops the viewer into a world where “evil” is recognized, accepted and somewhat understood. Even if the locals in this corner of rural Argentina can’t figure … Continue reading →