Author Archives: Roger Moore

Remember that sequence of scenes in “The Godfather” in which Don Corleone receives visitors who come to ask for favors, make complaints and request justice? That’s basically the plot for Eduardo Filippo’s play, “Il sindaco del Rione Sanità,” “The Mayor … Continue reading →

The tamest movie ever made about dabbling in LSD and Riot Grrrl culture has to be “Acid Test,” a non-prescription sleep aid of a movie. Here’s a PG rated treatment of an R-rated subject. It’s about a high school senior … Continue reading →

A thriller that turns horrific? Nov. 23 in theaters, Dec. 16 streaming.

A small distributor backs a little known cast that takes on the sensation of 1930s Broadway, Welles’ Haitian set “Voodoo Macbeth.” Oct. 21.

Mostly unknown cast for this Sept. 20.

If it was a “spoiler,” I wouldn’t use the word. And the word for “Don’t Worry Darling” is “Stepford.” I mean, read and comprehend the title. There it is. It’s an easily-grasped and obvious analogy for this satiric thriller from … Continue reading →

Well, there’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back. “How Dark They Prey” is a quartet of ineptly-scripted, randomly-assembled, adequately-shot but amateurishly-acted short horror films that fall under the broad horror subheading of “claptrap.” They include the worst … Continue reading →

Long before they shot the serio-comic transgender odyssey “Tangerine” on a cell phone, over a decade before “The Florida Project” became an Oscar-buzzed drama about the transient-hotel homeless of Orlando, Sean Baker and producer Shih-Ching Tsou co-directed a gem about … Continue reading →

New Orleans at its most demented. Stranger than fiction. But not stranger than science fiction. Sept. 30.

The pop star of the moment stood on a quiet, dimly-lit stage behind lit candles and performed a Bob Marley song, “War,” a cappella. When it was ending, she held up a photo of Pope John Paul. She tore it … Continue reading →