Author Archives: Roger Moore

Brazilian critic turned filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho made a smart, thoughtful documentary about films and criticism (“Critico”) some years back, and made a film festival darling that was Brazil’s submission as Best International Feature in 2014, “Neighboring Sounds,” a drama … Continue reading →

Well, this looks to send up Britain’s mania for its pre Arthurian past, does it not? Lots of lesser known outside the UK funny folk also in the cast, but that’s a good thing. April 5 in Python Land.

This has “festival darling” written all over it. Little-known (nepo baby included) cast headed by Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari, celebrated for being candy-colored, cute sci-fi on a budget. And chatty — “When Harry Met Sally” chatty. That’s the comparison … Continue reading →

Watching any mainstream Hollywood film of the mid-to-late ’60s is like wading into The Land of the Lost. A half century after the annointing of that corner of the Left Coast as the cinema’s capital and global arbiter of “cool,” … Continue reading →

The new German thriller “Sixty Minutes” lives or dies on the back of its brutal, sometimes bloody brawls, which push mixed martial arts mayhem in the movies to a new level. The beatdowns, punchups and kickdowns are savagely-staged and breathlessly-photographed … Continue reading →

A dead weekend for new releases, mostly gassed out existing titles and really cold weather in a lot of the country made this corner of January a non starter at the cinema. “Mean Girls” is adding another $11 million and … Continue reading →

Ms. Ridley co-stars with Dave Merheje in this Rachel Lambert dramedy (?), whose biggest selling point is that Oscilloscope Labs has it. And we never go far wrong with their releases. Jan. 26.

“Trunk: Locked-in” is a tense and paranoid “work the problem” thriller about a woman struggling to get out of the Audi trunk she’s been drugged and stuffed into, desperately reaching out via cell phone for help from family, the authorities … Continue reading →

They filmed this one in S.C., and it looks sweet and just soft and squishy enough to not merit a theatrical release. Hulu has this Searchlight release, starting Feb. 9. Here’s a link to my review of it.