Author Archives: Roger Moore

On a good vacation, time seems to stand still. You lose track of the days, the deadlines, the impending day of departure. “Good Life” is movie about such a getaway that mimics that stasis. And as anybody knows, “time seems … Continue reading →

It’s “Girls Gone Wild” meets Pete Davidson. Let’s play a game, somebody died and ohmygodohmygodohmygid who did it, you guys? Aug 4, from A24

“The One Big Union,” they called it, an organization that would represent every worker laboring for “The Man.” Unlike the “skilled labor” guilds of the earlier American Federation of Labor, it would take in everyone, including the the extreme exertion … Continue reading →

A generation ago, “Amelie,” the cheerful fantasy about a Paris coquette’s charmed life, became quite the five-time Oscar nominated punching bag, hated for its adorable and adorably-optimistic heroine. Coquettes got a bad name in the cinema after that. Gamines took … Continue reading →

Four Polish filmmakers teamed up for the vengeful and funny “State of Polska” anthology film, “The Land,” a dark episodic comedy about people lashing out, using or abusing the law and punishing each other personally for their unhappiness. This Around … Continue reading →

The new art film oddity from Peter Strickland (“The Duke of Burgundy”) enfolds art, performance art, haute cuisine and horror and comes out June 24.

A grabber premise gets solid if not terribly affecting workout in “The Aviary,” a psychological thriller about two women escaping from a cult across the deserts of New Mexico. On foot, they’re putting distance between themselves and “The Aviary,” a … Continue reading →

The Limey prat piles on Disney. Way to buck up Dictator DeSantis, pal.

Telling its story out of order does nothing for the undercover cop investigating the Birmingham drug trade thriller “Bluff.” This indifferent cop-embeds-with-junkies-and-drug dealers tale is already saddled with colorless performances, banal dialogue, low energy villains and an overfamiliar story arc. … Continue reading →

“The Bad Guys” is a children’s version of a caper comedy, an “Ocean’s Eleven” featuring CUTE critters as criminals. It’s got cartoonish car chases and “Impossible” heist missions. And thanks to droll, cool crook voice work by Oscar winner Sam … Continue reading →