Author Archives: Roger Moore

Writer-director Kaveh Nabatian’s debut solo feature is a sensual and mystical love triangle tale of self-centered dreams, narcissistic agendas, sex, salsa and Santeria set among the immigrant communities of Montréal. “Sin La Habana” (Without Havana) is compact and completely immersive, … Continue reading →

Perhaps the biggest bonus to come from Brian Cox‘s lauded turn in the hit HBO series “Succession” is that it made him just viable enough to get a few indie feature films made, little grace notes added to a career … Continue reading →

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the Governor’s Awards for the next Oscars, and a screen queen, a comic king and a celebrated editor will take home honors. Angela Bassett has two Golden Globes, and she … Continue reading →

Film fanatics don’t need an excuse to re-watch classic films, some of them over and over again across the decades from when we first encountered them. But if you’re a critic, one reason you do it is to check back … Continue reading →

Two grannies try to throw together their good-looking-but-still-single grandkids in “Make Me Believe,” a seriously bland, barely comic rom-com from Turkey. It’s a formula film that stumbles badly when it strays from the formula. But it has three stand-out features … Continue reading →

We were prepped for Robert Duvall’s Big Moment for a decade before it happened. From “The Godfather” (1972) through “Network” (1976), “The Great Santini” (1979), “Apocalypse Now” (1979) and “True Confessions” (1981), people who knew acting and film scholars with … Continue reading →

If a “twee” falls in the woods, would anyone hear it? “Asteroid City” is the latest from the Tsar of Twee, Wes Anderson. It’s an all-star, pull-out-all-the-stops “comedy” that wrestles existentialism, Group Theatre, “The Twilight Zone,” 1950s paranoia and 1950s … Continue reading →

Dreamworks cleverly timed the release of “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken,” to follow Disney’s live action “Little Mermaid” remake into theaters and into the hearts of parents and children everywhere. OK, maybe not. A movie in which mermaids are vain, murderously … Continue reading →

You know what they used to say Katzenberg was King (OK, dauphin) of Burbank. “If you don’t come in Saturday don’t bother showing up for work Sunday.” Not a huge turnout for this kiddie preview of “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken.” … Continue reading →

What was the last thing you watched on Youtube? I use it to browse for movie trailers, to track down “lost” concert performances, archived moments of history, condensed versions of college basketball games, famous bits of sports history. An obscure … Continue reading →