Tag Archives: Charlie McDowell

Windfall review — Desert-set noir delivers lean, effective story

April 30, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Charlie McDowell | written by McDowell, Jason Segal and Justin Lader | 92 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Netflix Here’s a film from the director of The One I Love, an indie science fiction picture from a few years back that I really liked. Like the earlier picture this one's set in a luxurious… Read More

Reviews: Ida, Blue Ruin, The One I Love, White Bird In A Blizzard

December 31, 2014 flawintheiris

A few impressions of films now available on one of the alternative platforms—Netflix, DVD, Blu-Ray, VOD, iTunes, what have you—that didn't open in local cinemas. Ida A spare and gorgeous black and white drama from filmmaker Pawel Pawilikowski (My Summer of Love, The Woman In The Fifth), Ida is set in Communist Poland in the… Read More