Category Archives: Commentary

FLAW IN THE IRIS: THE FILM PODCAST and LENS ME YOUR EARS updates!

December 23, 2019 flawintheiris

If you're a podcast listener and a fan of film, allow me to humbly offer some seasonal fun for your ears! On FLAW IN THE IRIS: THE FILM PODCAST, this month's episodes have been all about the best movies of the past 10 years. Up now is my conversation on that subject with Helen O'Hara,…Read More

New episode(s) of LENS ME YOUR EARS

December 4, 2019 flawintheiris

Stephen Cooke and I continue to plug away at our podcast project, LENS ME YOUR EARS, with a brand new episode up now. We're talking about movies where the City of London is a featured player, inspired by two pictures now in cinemas: Last Christmas and The Good Liar, but we go back in time to…Read More

Carbon Arc Cinema: The Fall 2019 Season (Part Two)

October 21, 2019 flawintheiris

The Carbon Arc season is in full swing, with films already screened including The Last Black Man In San Francisco, and a mini comedy fest, Wild Nights With Emily, The Art of Self-Defence, and Tel Aviv on Fire. (For the preview of those films, and their trailers, go here. For a review of The Art of…Read More

Podcast Update: LENS ME YOUR EARS and FITI: THE FILM PODCAST

September 24, 2019 flawintheiris

A few new episodes of Stephen Cooke and my film podcast, LENS ME YOUR EARS. The newest is a look back at some of the better-known and lesser-known films of Sylvester Stallone after having seen the mostly god-awful Rambo: Last Blood. We've also explored the interesting and eccentric work of Keanu Reeves, given his ubiquity…Read More

Casting the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

June 22, 2019 flawintheiris

Now that the dust is settling on Avengers: Endgame, currently the second biggest movie in global box office history—with the number one slot in its sights—I think it's safe to assume the executives at Marvel Studios are busy in their boardrooms, mapping out the next stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Rumours abound, and I'm…Read More

Halifax Independent Filmmakers’ Festival (HIFF) 2019 launches

June 12, 2019 flawintheiris

For fans of the art of film, and those fans of Carbon Arc Cinema who drop by this blog interested in the more independent films I'm seeing, you might want to check out what's happening over here. It's HIFF, a festival of creative film—narrative, experimental, documentary, features, and shorts. So, in other words, something for…Read More

Prepping for Avengers: Endgame (back on CTV)

April 20, 2019 flawintheiris

The arrival of maybe the biggest movie—certainly the longest, clocking in at over three hours— in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is less than a week away. Tickets for the first screenings are selling out. This is going to be a very big deal, as it completes Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Click here…Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS podcast update, and Carbon Arc Cinema is back!

March 28, 2019 flawintheiris

Stephen Cooke and I have been getting together every fortnight to see and review new movies in cinemas and talk about older ones that relate by genre or filmmaker—that's basically the mandate of our podcast, LENS ME YOUR EARS. We also mess with the mandate from time to time, but movies are always on our…Read More

10 Pieces of Music Inseparable From a Movie

March 4, 2019 flawintheiris

This post is borne out of a conversation that came up between friends some time ago, about the how some pre-existing songs have been used so successfully in film to make them forever joined with said film in my mind and heart. In some cases it's because the picture introduced me to the song, or…Read More

The Halifax Black Film Festival, Carbon Arc, and a podcast update

February 28, 2019 flawintheiris

Film festival alert! Running from Friday, March 1, to Sunday, March 3, is the third edition of the Halifax Black Film Festival. It was founded by Fabienne Colas, who started similar festivals in Toronto and Montreal. This one's been growing, and this year there'll be screenings, workshops, and programs at multiple venues in Halifax. The opening…Read More