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Classic Film Review: Cocteau Kink? “Les parents terribles — The Terrible Parents,” aka “The Storm Within”(1948)

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Roger Moore

One of the most praised French films of its day, Jean Cocteau’s 1948 dark comedy “Les parents terribles” still summons a chuckle or two and a cineaste’s appreciation of its compact, concentrated mise en scene-focused compositions, cinematography and editing. Its … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Brit DJ with a Dead Brother hears the Birth of New Wave — Turn Your “Radio On”

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Radio On” is an archetypal ’60s “art film” mystery drama released on the cusp of the New Wave ’80s. The tone is downbeat, the story and performances are minimalist and the narrative is literally driven by a 1960 Rover 80 … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “Chris and Martina: The Final Set” of a Love Match built on Sportsmanship

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Roger Moore

The recent news that former tennis champ Chris Evert’s cancer has returned for the third time adds more real-life poignance to a lovely new documentary about her and her longtime foe and friend, Martina Navratilova. “Chris & Martina: The Final … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Dios Mio! Dazzling “I Am Frankelda” loses the Plot

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

The cotton tufts of simulated fog that roll into the stop-motion animated terrors of “I Am Frankelda” can resemble hands of the damned frantically reaching up from the depths of whatever lies below. Vividly-colored sets filled with whimsical human (ish) … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Life Lived on the Margins on an Island off Ireland — “Man of Aran” (1934)

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Roger Moore

Hard lives the way they used to be lived are the subject of documentarian Robert Flaherty’s classic “Man of Aran,” a fictional film capturing the traditions of the past on Ireland’s Aran Islands in the 1930s. A black and white … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Celebrating the NBA Player, Coach and GM — “Jerry West: The Logo”

Posted on May 24, 2026 by Roger Moore

“Jerry West: The Logo” is a glossy updating of the timeworn NFL Films era formula of documentaries celebrating athletes. It’s officially sanctioned, touching on only the uncomfortable corners that its subject — NBA legend Jerry West — approved of. West … Continue reading →

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Series Review: A “Grand(ish) Tour” returns… as a “clip show”

Posted on May 9, 2026 by Roger Moore

We all knew, or perhaps hoped, it would come to this. Richard Hammond even joked about it on their “farewell” program — “We don’t have to end up in the same old folks’ home, do we?” Our three blokey blokes, … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: A Theatrical Cold War Anecdote turned TV Bon Bon — “An Englishman Abroad”

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Roger Moore

An actress on tour with “Hamlet” is “recruited” by Britain’s most notorious spy in 1950s Moscow in “An Englishman Abroad,” a delightfully droll tragi-comedy from the writer who gave us “The Madness of King George,” “The Lady in the Van” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Newly-Homeless Experience Life with “No Address”

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Roger Moore

“No Address” is a sentimental, well-intentioned melodrama about homelessness in America that doesn’t quite deliver on its “There but for the grace of one or two missed paychecks go I” premise. It’s not exactly a “faith-based” drama, though visits a … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pierce, Helena and Gabriel ensure a Young Irish Couple Receives “Four Letters of Love”

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne appear on screen together for the first time in “Four Letters of Love,” a lovely, sentimental and ever-so-Irish romance about fate, faith and the power of words to woo, especially when folded … Continue reading →

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