Tag Archives: film

Classic Film Review: Hitchcock’s first take on the dainty and deadly “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934)

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Roger Moore

The earliest signs that the filmmaker would one day to be branded as “The Master of Suspense” in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent classic “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog.” But it took the advent of sound, and several … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Classic Film Review: Hitchcock’s first take on the dainty and deadly “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934)

Netflixable? Denzel’s sons open up August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Roger Moore

Denzel Washington furthers his efforts to keep his promise to “do right by” the late, playwright August Wilson by producing another film of one of Wilson’s plays, this one he assigned to his sons, actor John David Washington to star … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Netflixable? Denzel’s sons open up August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”

Movie Review: Kirkland Fan and would-be filmmaker makes the trek to “Sallywood”

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Roger Moore

A film buff meets his Hollywood idol and wins his dream job working for her in “Sallywood,” a lighthearted indie lampoon of show business, showbiz “types” and the indignities of “I used to be famous.” Sally Kirkland got her start … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Kirkland Fan and would-be filmmaker makes the trek to “Sallywood”

Movie Review: Sex Worker “Anora” marries her “Whale”

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

Full disclosure, I ducked into “Anora” a couple of times, waiting for other movies to start, before finally setting aside the time to watch Sean Baker’s latest, start to finish. The tale of an American sex worker of Eastern European … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Sex Worker “Anora” marries her “Whale”

Movie Review: Eastwood’s made a creaky court case built around “Juror #2”

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Roger Moore

Maybe the answer to “Why did Warner Brothers barely release Clint Eastwood’s ‘final film?” was that it’s just not very good. “Juror # 2” is competently cast, acted, shot and put together. But the script is melodramatic to the point … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Classic Film Review: A Little Romance, a Touch of Class, and Class Warfare — “The Philadelphia Story” (1940)

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Roger Moore

It begins with a screwball tease — a couple, wordlessly breaking up, climaxing with the husband maniacally grabbing the wife by the forehead and shoving her back through the door and onto the floor. But even though the wife is … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Classic Film Review: A Little Romance, a Touch of Class, and Class Warfare — “The Philadelphia Story” (1940)

Movie Review: Beckinsale’s a CIA agent blackmailed into killing her way to “Canary Black”

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Roger Moore

The main draw of a genre film is the promise of cinematic comfort food. A faintly Byzantine plot, some solid action beats delivered by genre veterans in front of and behind the camera and a few pithy turns of phrase … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Beckinsale’s a CIA agent blackmailed into killing her way to “Canary Black”

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 →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Classic Film Review: Kinski and Herzog make each other film immortals — “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972)

Movie Review: “Heretic,” or “Hugh Grant’s Theology Lesson”

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Heretic” is a simple but smart thriller about faith, a horror movie of ideas that is as sinister as it is cerebral. The writers of “A Quiet Place” and writer-directors of “65” keep our focus on two young women, Mormon … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: “Heretic,” or “Hugh Grant’s Theology Lesson”

Movie Review: Pakistan’s animated Best International Feature submission, “The Glassworker”

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Glassworker” is a steampunk fantasy romance in the anime style. Its novelty is that it’s the first Pakistani animated film of this type, and is Pakistan’s submission to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as a contender … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Movie Review: Pakistan’s animated Best International Feature submission, “The Glassworker”