Author Archives: Roger Moore

You don’t have to be a teacher to be triggered by the tense and suspenseful drama “The Teacher’s Lounge,” Germany’s most worthy contender for a Best International Feature Oscar nomination. A gripping story of idealism battered by bruising reality, high-handed … Continue reading →

It stands to reason that a nation of “tinkerers,” motoring enthusiasts and hobbyists would be the birthplace of classic, vintage or “veteran” car restoration and collecting. A culture celebrated for its fix-it-yourself ingenuity and preserve-the-past mania would of course find … Continue reading →

Claudia Piñeiro’s novel “Elena Knows” comes to the screen as a convuluted and mournful affair, a moody murder mystery whose solution seems too obvious too soon to truly come off. Gabriela Larralde’s script transforms the compact single-day search for answers … Continue reading →

A wasting death, a trip to celebrate a life, and to recover from “Good Grief.” Levy tries something sensitive and not at all funny for his writing and directing and starring debut. Jan. 5 on Netflix.

“Cuarancena” may not be the most bourgeois comedy ever to come out of the Dominican Republic. But I’ve seen a few, and I’m guessing it is, and I mean that in the most flattering way. A high-toned dark comedy that … Continue reading →

There’s something to the notion that bomb-battered and nearly bled-out Britain had more to celebrate than most after the end of World War II. That explains the time-delayed explosion of wry, giddy comedies that poured out before they’d ended rationing … Continue reading →

There was something familiar in the tropes, tricks, twists and gimmicks in 2014’s Korean thriller “A Hard Day.” A cop, in trouble and dashing about trying to cover his tracks in a corruption scandal, running over a pedestrian in his … Continue reading →

A Taiwanese/American gangland thriller/action shoot’em up, this one looks jokey and bloody and kind of fun. Jan. 4. Netflix

A refugee smuggling tragedy tears at the fabric of a Greek family in “Behind the Haystacks,” a touching and deeply involving drama that is the Greek submission for consideration as Best International Feature for the next Academy Awards. The Middle … Continue reading →

Ryan O’Neal was ridiculed for being a wooden pretty boy in his early films. But he was very funny opposite Streisand in “What’s Up Doc?” and lowdown amusing in “Paper Moon.” His best role might have been an iconic, largely … Continue reading →