Author Archives: Roger Moore

Bogdan George Apetri’s “Miracle” is a thriller of deceptive simplicity and paralyzing jolts. The director of “Unidentified” and “Outbound” mesmerizes us with a tale in two acts, each a sort of day-in-the-life of two different modern Romanians. The first act … Continue reading →

This is a real eye-popper. Literally. June 17.

Whatever Netflix’s other troubles at the moment, the fact that the might-have-peaked streamer gave Polish director Mateusz Rakowicz his first feature film credit, and that it’s “The Getaway King,” stands them in good stead in my book. A bracing, laugh-out-loud … Continue reading →

A beautiful woman alone in her expensive home, a husband always tied up with business, a handsome gardener who sure would like to “cool off” in her inviting pool. And by the way, he’s got this…partner. Sounds like a porn … Continue reading →

This Sundance entry has a serious fizz about it. This Red Bandish trailer has three or four good giggles in it. Dining in America ” comes our way May 27.

A doomsday conspiracy thriller with Hopkins directing his “team” to save the day, from beyond the grave? Not a big name in the supporting cast. But just the sort of movie you can make in a pandemic. Self quarantined. Could … Continue reading →

A somewhat frazzled turn by Christina Ricci and the ambition to try a big third act plot twist are the chief recommendations of “Monstrous,” a 1950s horror tale about a mother trying to save her son from something not wholly … Continue reading →

“Mau” is a documentary about the Canadian thinker, futurist and designer Bruce Mau, a man who wants to make the world realize “your life is a designed life.” And if the design of that life, this profession, that cultural practice … Continue reading →

The thriller “Thar” is a reminder that Sergio Leone’s Westerns can be adapted to any setting, and that nepotism isn’t just a Hollywood thing. “Thar” is a plodding desert borderland tale of drugs, murder and revenge, decorated with gunplay, gruesome … Continue reading →

Kino Lorber picked this film festival darling up for June 3 release. Striking and unlike anything else “out there?” Oh yes.