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Classic Film Review: James Joyce by John Huston, “The Dead”(1987)

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Roger Moore

You don’t have to get old to truly appreciate John Huston’s elegiac ode to Belle Epoque Ireland and his farewell to the cinema. Wintry, wistful, funereal and poetic, James Joyce’s “The Dead” becomes a simple, short and beautiful postcard from … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Scottish Bay, a Burt and a Baby-Faced Peter Capaldi — “Local Hero” (1983)

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Roger Moore

Oh to make the pilgrimage to Pennan, flying in to Aberdeen, recreating the journey a “Local Hero” makes in perhaps the quaintest, cutest film of that golden age of excess, the ’80s. Scottish writer-director Bill Forsyth’s “Gregory’s Girl” announced to … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: An anti-war parable that became a landmark of Japanese cinema — “Ugetsu” (1953)

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The value of people and objects truly depends on their setting,” the potter Genjurô tells a noblewoman and patron at one point in the classic film “Ugetsu,” a Medieval fantasy based on the “Rain-Moon Tales” of 18th century writer Ueda … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Kinski and Herzog make each other film immortals — “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972)

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Roger Moore

A legend from history was speculated upon and two legends were made when Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski shot their breakout film, “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” in the jungles of South America with a stolen camera. This low-budget 90-minute … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A “Gump” sized Gimmick in Search of a Movie — “Here”

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Here” is such an empty cinematic experience that it summons up everything you ever hated about a Robert Zemeckis movie and the Zemeckis “style.” An Oscar winner with enduring classics scattered across his resume — “Cast Away,” “Back to the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Switzerland’s Oscar contender has a Peruvian flavor — “Reinas”

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences changed its “Best Foreign Language Film” category at the Oscars to “Best International Feature,” it was designed to make the Academy Awards seem less Hollywood-centric, less like “English” was the official … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Laura and Liam visit Travel Guide Morocco — “Lonely Planet”

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Roger Moore

With Diane and Bruce as my witnesses, I swear I never thought I’d see Oscar winner Laura Dern in a movie as empty and pointless as “Lonely Planet.” But Susannah Grant, the screenwriter of “Erin Brockovich” and “The Soloist,” took … Continue reading →

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