Category Archives: Commentary

Podcast Update: LENS ME YOUR EARS on David Fincher and Mank!

December 1, 2020 flawintheiris

Despite these difficult days of COVID, Stephen Cooke and I have kept up with our co-hosting duties on LENS ME YOUR EARS, the film podcast — all recorded remotely. In the past while we've discussed films by indigenous filmmakers, courtroom dramas, and mind- and body-swap movies. Inspired by the arrival of Mank, the new David…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS is back!

September 8, 2020 flawintheiris

Following a late summer hiatus, Stephen Cooke and I have returned to the remote computer crucible to talk about movies. The forthcoming episode, expected Tuesday, will be about Tenet and the films of Christopher Nolan. Coming up next, around September 22, will be a chat about recent and upcoming film festivals. I want to say…Read More

A Decade of Flaw In The Iris

August 2, 2020 flawintheiris

At the end of August I'll have been writing this blog for 10 years. It feels like a bit of a milestone, doesn't it? It's a little shocking even to me how many movies I've watched through that period — I've posted almost 1500 times, but a number of those single posts include multiple reviews…Read More

Check the Haligonian filmmaker in Los Angeles

July 29, 2020 flawintheiris

Here's a heads up about what a friend of mine — who not long ago moved to LA — has been up to. Luckas Cardona Morisset and I have worked on script ideas together, but on his own he's been carving out a career in film and TV for years, and has shot a number…Read More

Saturday evening at Cineplex

July 5, 2020 flawintheiris

On Friday, two cinemas here in Nova Scotia reopened — the Scotiabank Theatre in Bayers Lake, and Dartmouth Crossing — and on Saturday I went to the movies. Things are a little different at the multiplex in a time of pandemic. You'll see a lot of signs with information about contactless ticketing, about making your…Read More

As cinemas reopen in Nova Scotia, will you go to the movies?

June 30, 2020 flawintheiris

Confirmation... At Last Yesterday I saw a couple reports that the theatrical experience is returning to our Maritime province, and today it looks confirmed. On Monday morning a local Cineplex employee posted on Instagram, listing a number of Cineplex Cinemas in the region that will reopen on July 3rd. He indicated the Scotiabank Theatre in…Read More

Emerging Lens Film Festival 2020 on now

June 11, 2020 flawintheiris

It's the 10th anniversary of this local film festival, and it arrives on a strange year — what with a pandemic that's still raging around the world. This is the first film fest to launch in Halifax amidst this social distancing time, and as a result has pivoted to an all-online, all-free model. The Emerging…Read More

Do you remember movie ads in newspapers?

June 7, 2020 flawintheiris

For reasons lost in time, I saved a copy of a Toronto Star supplement called The Weekend from February 2, 1991. I stumbled upon it a few days ago when going through some old files. I know it was 29 years ago — an eternity in the information age — but opening this newspaper was…Read More

FLAW IN THE IRIS: The Film Podcast… so far

March 31, 2020 flawintheiris

My sporadically active podcast launched a little more than two years ago to scratch an itch that I'd had going back to my radio broadcast about movies on CKDU 88.1FM in Halifax, The Love & Hate Movie Show (2005-2009). The idea is that a lot of the best things about film appreciation are the conversations…Read More

Cineplex closed — so what now?

March 17, 2020 flawintheiris

On Monday, Cineplex announced it's closing its 165 cinemas across the country. They'll remain shuttered until at least April 2. https://twitter.com/CineplexMovies/status/1239719325445033985 On the same day. NBCUniversal, one of the United States' biggest entertainment companies, announced it is breaking the theatrical window and will release Universal Pictures films currently screening in cinemas around North America —…Read More