Jonathan Roche, Author at Metrosource

Jonathan Roche Author

Take a Look at the First Fascinating Films for Fall 2019

The curtain has come down on the summer blockbusters, and now Hollywood is getting serious — serious about awards season. The campaigns are already warming up. The plots are...

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This is What You Should Be Binge Watching Right Now

We took a look around at what’s available for your flatscreen pleasure right now, and we came up with a trio of films that could keep you glued to the tube all weekend long....

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These 3 Movies Will Make You Laugh, Cry and Think

A woman named Brittany decides to run for her life. Jeff Goldblum plays a lobotomist with eerie charisma. And a hunky soccer player perceives more than meets the eye. Diamantino...

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These Are the Best Spring 2019 Art Films You Must See

For those whom the blockbuster doesn’t pass muster, check out our wined and refined spring movie recommendations. Charlie Says The title of Charlie Says is more ominous than...

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Cinema’s “El Angel”: Argentina’s Anti-Hero You Can’t Help But Love

One of the more original and etherial character portraits you’re likely to see this year, El Angel tells the short, violent and liberating story of Carlitos, a 17-year-old in...

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Spring Movie Recommendations for LGBTQ Tastes

One teenager turns against another after a fleeting homosexual encounter; a great author revels in her lost-to-history lesbian romance; and a hustler lavishes affection on others...

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Zombie Movie Meets Musical in the Darkly Clever “Anna and the Apocalypse”

A lot of audiences missed this bit of weird holiday whimsy. But now it’s available on several streaming services. Once niche, but now mainstream, zombie films hold a special...

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“Cold War”: Sumptuous Screen Visuals Depict a World War II Romance

Love is often called a battlefield, but it can also be a very long and quiet war. So it is in director Pawel Pawlikowski’s most recent film, Cold War, which follows his Oscar...

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“Ghostbox Cowboy”: A Scam You’ll Want to Fall For Comes to Video

A film as strange and inexplicable as its title: Texan Jimmy Van Horn (David Zellner) is something of a loser, so he bids farewell to America and heads to the booming city of...

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See an Unflinching Look at War Through a Filmmaker’s Eyes in “Never Look Away”

This film is well named, because it’s just over three hours long — yet I never looked once at the clock. That’s a testament to the strong storytelling of writer/director...

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A Shameful Secret Returns to Haunt Arizona in “Bisbee ’17”

The town of Bisbee, Arizona is haunted. Author Colin Dickey describes it well in his book, Ghostland: “Cities that are haunted … seem to straddle past and present as...

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“1985”: An AIDS Victim Returns Home For One Last Goodbye

This flashback to the ‘80s is an earnest tale of a closeted man coming home for Christmas during the height of the AIDS crisis. Adrian (Cory Michael Smith – Gotham)...

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