Author Archives: Roger Moore

A dramedy about a porn star who comes home to his small town? This one opens in Dec.

This one earns limited release Nov. 2.

A parable about parenting and a grim fairytale about grief and the Natural Order of Things, “Lamb” might be the oddest film you settle in for this year. Special effects technician turned director Valdimar Jóhannsson conjures up an Icelandic story both … Continue reading →

“Sweet Thing,” the latest film from veteran indie filmmaker Alexandre Rockwell is an ambling, self-consciously arty and yet utterly conventional coming-of-age drama starring his children, Lana and Nico. If you only remember his breakthrough film, 1992’s wry “In the Soup,” … Continue reading →

“Lust Life Love” sets out to be a “Polyamorous Sex in the City” with a lot more sex, a bit less glamour and no fun at all. Writer, co-director and star Stephanie Sellars takes a shot at lifting her acting … Continue reading →

If you have any fondness at all for the movie, the myth that was “Ghostbusters,” here’s the definitive “How we made that” documentary about the comic blockbuster of 1984. Me? I got the warm fuzzies for actor and co-writer Harold … Continue reading →

I can’t count the number of movie or TV characters I’ve run into in American or international films or TV who explain their flippant fluency in American English with the line, “I learned it watching Hollywood movies.” It’s an accepted … Continue reading →

And so it goes…Nov. 19? Fascinating figure, captivating writer, a great subject for a biographical documentary.

“Keep it simple, stupid” is something many a screenwriter should keep taped on her or his keyboard when conjuring up a movie. That’s particularly beneficial if you’re trafficking in screen thrillers. Judging from his movies, I’m guessing writer-director Hadi Hajaig … Continue reading →

One image I’ve never been able to shake from my memory, decades after reviewing a history of hip hop documentary, is the picture of young Tupac Shakur in ballet tights. The hardest of the hard rappers, “assassinated” according to some … Continue reading →