Category Archives: Indie

Carbon Arc Cinema review: Rose

I am the Artistic Director at Carbon Arc Cinema, part of a group of programmers who choose the films we screen. This weekend we're screening Rose, a Danish film set in France, on Friday, and an encore screening of Fallen Leaves on Saturday.   Written and Directed by Niels Arden Oplev  | 106 min | Carbon…Read More

Carbon Arc Cinema Review: Amanda

I am the Artistic Director at Carbon Arc Cinema, part of a group of programmers who choose the films we screen.  Written and Directed by Carolina Cavalli | 93 min |  Carbon Arc Cinema  Our film from last weekend, Scrapper, was the debut from a British filmmaker, and this week we have another debut, this…Read More

Carbon Arc Cinema review: Passages

I'm the new Artistic Director at Carbon Arc Cinema, part of a group of programmers who choose the films we screen.  Directed by Ira Sachs | Written by Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, and Arlette Langmann | 91 min | Carbon Arc Cinema  This is the first feature to screen at Carbon Arc Cinema under the auspices…Read More

Tara Thorne’s Compulsus screens in Halifax

 Written and Directed by Tara Thorne | 80 min | Screening at Carbon Arc Cinema  A version of this post first appeared on the blog in September 2022 during coverage of the Atlantic International Film Festival — this week the fest having shrugged off that awkward, unloved tag, FIN.  So, this isn't a proper review…Read More