The Lost Daughter review — Maggie Gyllenhaal wows out of the gate

January 3, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante | 121 min | Netflix | ▲▲▲▲△ About 20 minutes into Maggie Gyllenhaal's debut as a feature filmmaker I was starting to wonder when the film would start. The film feels like an almost plotless travelogue about an academic, Leda (Olivia Colman)…Read More

Margrete: Queen of the North review — Scandi royals grasp for power

January 2, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Charlotte Sieling | Written by Sieling, Jesper Fink, Maya Ilsøe, and Lars Bredo Rahbek | 120 min | On Demand | ▲▲▲△△ Scandinavia, 1402: Queen Margrete I (Trine Dyrholm of Love Is All You Need, and In A Better World ) rules Denmark, Sweden, and Norway — governing through her adopted son, King…Read More

311 films in 2021

January 1, 2022 flawintheiris

Happy New Year! I wish I could share my Top 10 of 2021, but it isn't quite ready yet. Soon! (Here's my alternative list, ICYMI.) For New Year's Day I'm doing something new on FITI. Inspired by an Instagram post from Edgar Wright, where he listed all the films he watched in 2021, I thought…Read More