Author Archives: Roger Moore

This quirky country life close encounter comedy co stars Jane Curtin, Zoë Winters and the delightful Harriet Samson Harris of “Frasier.” Bleecker Street has this Marc Turtletaub comedy slated for Aug.11 release.

Some movies come to you, passing on their insights directly, underlining their message and themes. More challenging films make you come to them. Morissa Maltz’s “The Unknown Country” is a rare example of the latter made even rarer by the … Continue reading →

By the late 1960s, John le Carré was just coming into his own as the  the new Graham Greene, a sophsticated, subtle “thinking person’s spy novelist.” “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” had shown the former MI5/MI6 insider … Continue reading →

Writer-director Adam Sigal (“The Two Dogs,” no, me either) has cooked up a true (ish) story about a Hungarian American parapsychologist who visited the Isle of Man in 1935 to figure out why the locals insisted they were hearing from … Continue reading →

He looks worn and weary from a bout…with something, we don’t know what. The rumor that made the most sense to me was a “stroke” after a heated argument, but there’s little evidence of that in his speech, which would … Continue reading →

“Seasons” is a tedious, tepid and inane romance about a woman who toys with her boy “friend” and reaps the consequences. It’s meant to be a rom-com, but it isn’t the least bit funny. The leads are pretty, and Lovie … Continue reading →

If you didn’t see “Glitter & Doom,” a wistful musical set to the songs of Indigo Girls, you should. It’s damned adorable. I saw it, but didn’t realize it was a harbinger of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers having ” … Continue reading →

The mere hint of the fights sampled here is “Old Boy” gonzo. Stuntman turned director Kensuke Sonomura (“Hydra”) really outdid himself this time. “Bad City,” streams Aug. 1 and hits DVD Sept. 19 from our font of all fun films … Continue reading →

“For a number of reasons, film buffs have long harbored the feeling that Orson Welles had a hand in directing some of — perhaps his own scenes — Carol Reed’s film noir masterpiece “The Third Man.” The best arguments for … Continue reading →

If you look at the history of the suicide bombings as a weapon of Palestinian militants, you can see that it’s basically not happening anymore. Sporadic rocket attacks and occasional shootings, yes. So why release this movie when it feels … Continue reading →