Author Archives: Roger Moore

We could use a little daft right about now. But we have to wait, eh? Oct. 23? Amazon that.

Graham Greene’s been a favorite of mine among character actors for years — going back to “Dances with Wolves,” “Northern Exposure,” on through “Transamerica” and “Wind River.” He’s made a career of playing sages with a touch of whimsy, often … Continue reading →

The last reaction I expected the new screen adaptation of “The Boys in the Band” to provoke was indifference. But Tony winner or not, 50th anniversary film remake be damned, there isn’t a whole lot that this stagebound opening of … Continue reading →

Eees teaser for trailer. Trailer later today.

“The Keeper” is a stately, sturdy to the edge of stolid film biography of Bert Trautmann, legendary and beloved goalie for Manchester City soccer from the late ’40s into the 1960s. It’s what he did before that career that makes … Continue reading →

It’s Coppola and Robert Evans and Paramount and Puzo and the battle to make a masterpiece. This could be fun. https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-godfather-making-of-movie-oscar-isaac-francis-coppola-jake-gyllenhaal-robert-evans-barry-levinson-francis-and-the-godfather-1234588678/

Loud, manic, cute and colorful, nobody’ll confuse the Spanish comedy “A Remarkable Tale (Lo nunca visto)” for high art. But the acting’s fun. And this goofy riff on long-held prejudices, cultural decay and immigration fills the bill if you’re looking … Continue reading →

We see the threat long before she does. But Margo “Maggie” Crane (Kenadi DelaCerna) is 15, growing up without a mother in the pre-Internet 1970s of Northern Michigan. Her Native American Dad (Tatanka Means) taught her how to work the … Continue reading →

October 26, this “continuation” of the teen hotties as witches cult hit is available to stream or purchase outright. Black lipstick is totally back.

“Kajillionaire,” Miranda July’s latest Tales from the Quirky Side, is an almost magically eccentric portrait of longing and lowlife grifting. It’s as if the filmmaker who brought us “The Future” and “Me and You and Everyone We Know” took a … Continue reading →