Author Archives: Roger Moore

It’s not just the title that makes “One Night Stand” the raciest, most sexual Indonesian film to ever make it to Netflix. It opens with a fevered road-side in-the-car hook-up — in broad daylight on the access road to an … Continue reading →

“Anonymous Sister” is one filmmaker’s effort to tell the story of America’s “man-made”/Purdue Pharma engineered opioid epidemic simply by the impact on her family. Writer-director Jamie Boyle tells the story of growing up during the birth of the opioid crisis … Continue reading →

This 1981 French election-year period piece has Charlotte Gainsbourg as a newly-divorced woman with two kids, who takes on a radio gig and takes in a troubled teen she meets on the street. “The Passengers of the Night” — very … Continue reading →

Irene is young, dancing along the fine line between those French labels “gamine” and “coquette” as she dreams of glory as an actress. She’s in her late teens, eager to be accepted in a Paris conservatory, supported by her widowed … Continue reading →

Scenic Greece, Laure Calamy, Olivia Côte and Kristen Scott Thomas is in it, speaking French? July 14.

Today’s journey Around the World with Netflix takes us to Peru, land of the Incas, the Plains of Nazca and these doggoned “¡Asu Mare!” comedies by comic, writer, actor and now director Carlos Alcántara. The films began ten years ago … Continue reading →

“Make Me Famous” is a playful documentary about the New York Lower East Side art scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s, structured as a biography and appreciation of one of the signature characters of that era. Filmmaker Brian … Continue reading →

“Past Lives” is a lovely, bittersweet reverie built on a premise that flirts with fantasy. Are we “fated” to be with who we end up loving and spending our lives with, and if we are, what happens when events conspire … Continue reading →

Treat Williams broke out in “Prince of the City,” a classic righteous officer in a sea of corrupt cops picture, shone bright in “Hair,” in dramas on screen and TV. But when I heard this active, lovely, always working spirit … Continue reading →

“The Catholic School” is a story ripped from recent Italian history, the story of a heartless kidnapping, rape and murder in an age when Italian law did not consider rape a crime against a woman, but rather against the public … Continue reading →