Author Archives: Roger Moore

The Cold War Soviet military provides a high-stakes backdrop for “Firebird,” the true story of a gay romance in a place where homosexuality wasn’t merely shunned and shamed, it was forbidden and persecuted. It’s a policy that returned under the … Continue reading →

A little IFC Midnight sci Fi horror for you. Coming soon.

Richard Dreyfuss, Anna Camp and Isaiah Mustafa saddle up — or sit and shoot — in this Western due out June 24.

Switzerland’s “Escape King,” a bourgeois-born career criminal who declared “I like to steal my luxury,” and a sickly, crusading leftist lawyer who fell for him would seem an unlikely pair to hang a story about the pursuit of justice, human … Continue reading →

Bale and Taika and Tessa. Natalie’s back? And golly, Russell Crowe? Fun fun fun. July 8.

“One Second” is an often loud, generally goofy Egyptian comedy of the High Concept school. It’s no better and not really any worse than a lot of similar Hollywood farces built on similarly silly concepts. But the novelty of it … Continue reading →

Imagine “Fire Island,” New York’s gay getaway, as a version of Jane Austen’s Bath in the early 19th century — a vacation town where all the right people mix and mingle, court, flirt and perhaps “couple.” That’s what writer and … Continue reading →

Mexican star Eugenio Derbez’s Hollywood films lean heavily on “sweet” and “sentimental,” which is some compensation, considering “Instructions Not Included” co-starred an adorable child, “How to be a Latin Lover” underwhelmed and “Overboard” was a dog. They’re all slow, something … Continue reading →

“Office” star Novak wrote, directed and stars in this dark dive into Texas conspiracyland as a big city podcaster on the trail of something stupid and dopey, or downright sinister. He’s going to have to decide. Issa Rae, Boyd Holbrook, … Continue reading →

When film buffs think of scripts by Paul Schrader, they think of down-and-dirty-and-bloody tales of sins, sinners, atonement and maybe a glimpse of salvation through all the violence, revenge and sex. And we can see Schrader (“Taxi Driver,” “Cat People,” … Continue reading →