Author Archives: Roger Moore

Thirteen and “tested” by their first year of secondary school. This Lukas Dhont drama was a Cannes hit and an A24 pick up. Coming soon.

I rather liked this Taiwanese take on loneliness. Ming-liang Tsai’s never been to Casselberry, a city of lakes and Big Box Stores with houses and apartments scattered within. I dare say he’d connect with the disconnection of such Florida suburbs … Continue reading →

This German production of the classic Erich Maria Remarque anti-war Great War novel might have been an Oscar contender a few years back. You know, when “1917,” “The Laureate” and “Journeys End” came out. There have been other versions of … Continue reading →

A few essential facts you have to know before deciding whether to watch “Medieval,” a fictionalized early 15th century account of the exploits of Czech hero Jan Žižk. The knight, rebel and celebrated general who “never lost a battle” was … Continue reading →

Awards season Oscar bait with a top drawer supporting cast for the Jewish kid who learns about racism via family history and what a classmate and friend is subjected to. November.

Netflix has this Oct. 7. Based on a best seller, intriguing, promising? Ok.

“Saloum” is a distinctly West African thriller about drug trade-connected mercenaries who escape from a military coup only to face their biggest test in a nature preserve in Saloum, Senegal. It’s crackling good long before it turns supernatural. And their … Continue reading →

“Hold Me Tight” is a beautifully mysterious French tale of grief, guilt, regret and madness. Adapting a play by Claudine Galea, actor-turned-director Mathieu Amalric (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”) finds exquisite melancholy in a story of a family that’s … Continue reading →

A family with a daughter deep into Wednesday Addams cosplaying shows up in a small midwestern city, and people start dying. Suicides, deaths that don’t look like suicides, heart attacks, always with the little girl giving somebody the evil eye, … Continue reading →

No, this one doesn’t star Kurt Russell and has nothing to do with hockey. This “Miracle” is a Romanian thriller involving cops and a nun. Pretty good, too. Is Mims, Fla. ready to read Romanian subtitles? Let’s hope so. MovieNation, … Continue reading →