Tag Archives: Mia Wasikowska

Bergman Island review — Summer sonata times two

October 13, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve | 112 min | Two screenings at Carbon Arc Cinema on Friday, October 15 As a FYI for new readers, I help program films at Carbon Arc Cinema in Halifax. The cinema offers tickets and screenings through their website and in person through fall and winter seasons (in non-pandemic… Read More

Judy and Punch review — Woozy tone scuppers unique concept

June 8, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mirrah Foulkes | 105 min | On Demand This film's an awkward, farcical comedy based around ye olde British seaside entertainment, the Punch & Judy puppet show. It's set in the medieval village of Seaside — nowhere near the sea — where married puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and Punch (Damon Herriman)… Read More

Reviews: London Town, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Calvary, London Has Fallen

February 4, 2017 flawintheiris

London Town Directed by Derrick Borte | Written by Matt Brown, based on the screenplay Untitled Joe Strummer Project by Sonya Gildea and Kirsten Sheridan | 92 min | iTunes and VOD Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone) is a 14-year-old living in '70s Wanstead, an East London suburb. Dad Nick (Dougray Scott) moves pianos for a… Read More

Crimson Peak review — More Gothic, Less Horror

October 20, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, Written by Del Toro and Matthew Robbins | 119 min | On Demand This week I noted that Bridge of Spies had some misleading advertising with a somewhat misleading title: It's more a historical drama than a spy movie. For Crimson Peak's promotional assault, the actors and director have been… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2014: Day Eight—Cronenberg, The Guest, and that’s a wrap!

September 19, 2014 flawintheiris

Is it possible it's all over so soon? Must be since I was sitting in a packed house for David Cronenberg's Maps To The Stars on Thursday night, and a week ago I was at the Cohn for the disappointing opener, Elephant Song. As a closer, the Cronenberg film was typically discomfiting from the Canadian provocateur—even… Read More

Tracks review

June 19, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by John Curran, written by Marion Nelson from a book by Robyn Davidson Tracks is one of the summer's gems, and easily one of the best movies so far this year. I saw it last year at the Atlantic Film Festival, and am happy to see it a second time. It's based on the true… Read More

Blockbuster Blues 2014: The Good and The Grim Prospects for This Season at The Movies

May 14, 2014 flawintheiris

This summer's blockbuster selection looks pretty dire, I gotta say. In April we had Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Transcendence. This month we've got The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past. These are big-budget science fiction and fantasy films, highly anticipated, which make all in the Nerd Nation very happy—and me too. But the first three are… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Day 8: Atlantic Shorts Gala, Tracks, Awards and Festival Wrap

September 20, 2013 flawintheiris

I got to see two programs of Atlantic Shorts this year, fewer than I'd have liked, but sometimes that's just how it goes. The Shorts Gala, which I caught in its encore presentation, was stuffed with quality work. Here are a few that really grabbed me:Two Penny Road Kill by Lisa Rose SnowA lovely tale… Read More

Stoker review

March 23, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Park Chan-Wook | Written by Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson | 98 min | On Demand A little like if Dark Shadows was played totally straight, Stoker is a concoction both fluffy and gothic, a self-conscious Hitchcock pastiche that dances on the edge of camp before eventually becoming the thing it pretends to be. Park… Read More

Lawless review

August 27, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by John HillcoatWritten by Nick Cave from the Matt Bondurant book The Wettest County in the WorldIf you enjoyed the gritty Australian western The Proposition, also conjured by antipodean twosome Hillcoat and Cave, you'll find a similar blood-splattered tonality here, their adaptation of Bondurant's tale of his grandfather and two great-uncles' exploits as moonshiners… Read More