Category Archives: Film Festivals

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Empire Of Light reviews #TIFF22

September 14, 2022 flawintheiris

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Written and Directed by Rian Johnson | 139 min One of 2019's unalloyed treasures, Knives Out brought ensemble mysteries in an Agatha Christie vein very much back into the mainstream, with a delightful dollop of eating the rich. No shade on Kenneth Branagh's efforts to do the same…Read More

Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Catherine Called Birdy reviews #TIFF22

September 13, 2022 flawintheiris

Queens of the Qing Dynasty | Written and Directed by Ashley McKenzie | 122 min McKenzie, while still fond of the small visual details of characters' bodies, broadens her storytelling palate on Queens with a dose of dryly absurd humour. It's the story of teenaged Starlet, or "Star" (Sarah Walker), in a hospital ward following…Read More

My Policeman, Living, and The Whale reviews #TIFF22

September 12, 2022 flawintheiris

My Policeman | Directed by Michael Grandage | Written by Ron Nyswaner from the novel by Bethan Roberts | 113 min I sometimes feel like French cinema has perfected the melodrama, so nobody else should attempt it. I felt that way with My Policeman, an aggressively average attempt at melodrama with a queer twist. Pop…Read More

The Swimmers, The Grab reviews #TIFF22

September 11, 2022 flawintheiris

The Swimmers | Directed by Sally El Hosaini | Written by El Hosaini and Jack Thorne | 134 min One of Netflix's big features at this year's Toronto International Film Festival was also the Opening Night Gala — a story based on the actual experience of Syrian sisters Sarah and Yusra Mardini (played by actual…Read More

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story review #TIFF22

September 10, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Eric Appel | Written by Appel and 'Weird Al' Yankovic | 108 min People may not recall that the legendary comedy musician, 'Weird Al,' was a film star, briefly, in 1989's comedy bomb, UHF. This is another thing entirely, a spoof of the surprisingly popular music biopic genre, the Rocket Mans and Bohemian…Read More

Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking reviews #TIFF22

September 9, 2022 flawintheiris

Spent a couple hours in line-ups on Thursday to collect tickets and waiting for access to press and industry screenings, but it was all worth it to see two interesting features and get my first taste of #TIFF22 from the inside. I'm sharing photos and videos on the flaw_in_the_iris Instagram account, so if you're interested…Read More

What’s caught my eye at #TIFF2022

September 5, 2022 flawintheiris

I've been spending much of the past week preparing for covering the Toronto International Film Festival — and by preparing I mean reading, reading, reading and scheduling, scheduling, scheduling. My press pass gives me access to all the Press And Industry screenings which run through the day for the first six or seven days of…Read More

FLAW IN THE IRIS is going to TIFF!

August 29, 2022 flawintheiris

Hello, FITI reader! Carsten here. I just wanted to let you know that on September 7 the 46th Toronto International Film Festival will launch, and this year I'll be there. I'll be covering it as a film journalist, podcaster, broadcaster, and blogger, and I can tell you without fear of contradiction I'm psyched to be…Read More

HIFF is back!

June 9, 2022 flawintheiris

In a town where we're blessed by a number of quality film festivals, the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival has earned a reputation for being one of the scrappiest, offering a consistently avant garde and experimental cinematic program. The 2022 edition looks to meet that expectation with a slate of films screening over four days in-person…Read More

National Canadian Film Day/Emerging Lens Film Festival 2022

April 20, 2022 flawintheiris

This week two cinema events are coinciding, both starting on Wednesday, April 20th — one nationwide and one local. National Canadian Film Day (NCFD) is the annual national event celebrating Canadian film. It features more than 1,000 events across the country where audiences can catch a Canadian film locally or through broadcast/streaming. Go here for…Read More