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Documentary Review: A Filmmaker Father Reckons with the Loss of his Son — “Remake”

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Roger Moore

The grim finality of loss hangs over legendary filmmaker Ross McElwee’s “Remake.” A meditation on grief, guilt and an obsession to honestly and frankly document one’s life and share it with the world, it may not be the last film … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Star Director Remembered in his Own Words — “Sydney Pollack: Collected Interviews”

Posted on June 5, 2026 by Roger Moore

I’m really enjoying and learning a lot about the celebrated, Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack through the assorted journalist interviews, public Q & As and filmmaker-to-filmmaker chats gathered in “Sydney Pollack: Collected Interviews. “ This University Press of Kentucky publication reminds … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Australia’s Oscar hopes rely on Mongolians who know “The Wolves Always Come at Night”

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

“The Wolves Always Come at Night” is an evocative immersion in a dying way of life, that of nomadic Mongolian goat, horse and cattle herders. Gabrielle Brady’s documentary captures the stark beauty of the treeless brownscape of the Mongolian steppes, … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: The “Mr. Scorsese” Saga in Five Parts

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

Film buffs idolize him. Film students long to become him. His fellow filmmakers emulate him. Actors long to work with him. And film journalists relish the chance to bask in his presence and find something to ask or say to … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “aka Charlie Sheen” shows us a Bad Boy at 60

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Roger Moore

Here’s a thought. Of the legions of Hollywood offspring who became “nepo baby” movie stars, Charlie Sheen may be the only one to question his status and how he got it, who developed guilt over his fame and even his … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: A Silent Saga of Celluloid, Cinema and Yukon History — “Dawson City: Frozen Time”

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Roger Moore

A mesmirizing movie of film, pop culture and Canadian history, “Dawson City: Frozen Time” slipped by many of us when it earned film festival circuit and limited release back in 2017. But its beauty and breathtaking ambition make it a … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Seminal Cinema — The Exquisite “Ju Dou” (1990) is Restored

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Roger Moore

The “Fifth Generation” of alumni of China’s Beijing Film Academy first made their marks at home and abroad with two ’80s films — Chen Kaige’s “Yellow Earth”(1984) and Zhang Yimou’s “Red Sorghum” (1988). The color in their titles was a … Continue reading →

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Series Review: Returning to the Gold Standard — “The Story of Film: An Odyssey”

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

I reviewed “The Story of Film” back when it first made its way to the US via Netflix over a dozen years ago, and like everyone else who weighed in on it, called it “a film school” course in streaming … Continue reading →

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Series Review: “Titans: The Rise of Hollywood,” a History of Hollywood on a “Drunk History” Budget

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Louis B. Mayer, the Hollywood mogul who co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film studio still around today as Amazon’s MGM, was born Lazar Meir in Dymer, Ukraine, before emigrating to Canada and then the United States. William Fox, whose name remains emblazened … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Godard, Bardot, Palance and “The Odyssey” — “Contempt” (1963)

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Roger Moore

Jean-Luc Godard, the most-analyzed, dissected and critiqued auteur of his generation makes his grand statement on the compromises and sell-outs required by salope déesse cinema with “Contempt,” his biggest-ever hit, a movie about making movies. The critic turned cinematic revolutionary … Continue reading →

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