Category Archives: Lens Me Your Ears

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

99 episodes of the LENS ME YOUR EARS podcast

May 8, 2020 flawintheiris

A little more than five years ago in March, 2015, Chronicle Herald arts reporter Stephen Cooke and I launched a podcast on the Village Soundcast Network called LENS ME YOUR EARS. Full credit lies with Stephen's pun-tastic imagination for the title. On the show we discuss new movies in cinemas — or occasionally on streaming…Read More

Halifax Black Film Festival, Carbon Arc, LENS ME YOUR EARS and CTV

February 28, 2020 flawintheiris

There's a lot going on right now. For starters, there's the Halifax Black Film Festival, the 4th annual edition now running three days, from Friday through Sunday, February 28 to March 1. The festival is crammed full of feature films, shorts, documentaries, and panel discussions at the Halifax Central Library on Saturday. Highlights of the…Read More

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

Podcast-palooza! LENS ME YOUR EARS and FITI: THE FILM PODCAST update

June 25, 2019 flawintheiris

Stephen Cooke and I have been busy and regular as flax with our podcast, LENS ME YOUR EARS. Recent episodes have included a look at Avengers: Endgame and the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the films of genius British filmmaking team Powell and Pressburger, and the Criterion Collection, as well as a look at…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

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

February 12, 2019 flawintheiris

The sporadic episodes of FLAW IN THE IRIS: THE FILM PODCAST continue, with a brand new one appearing this weekend as if out of nowhere! In this episode I speak to blogger Hillary Titley about her dry, satiric look at erotic thrillers of the 1980s and 1990s. Go here to find Episode #32 on Apple Podcasts,…Read More

FITI: THE FILM PODCAST, CTV, and LENS ME YOUR EARS update!

December 20, 2018 flawintheiris

So, it's no secret, regular readers and listeners, that I've let my FLAW IN THE IRIS: THE FILM PODCAST go a little quiet recently. But I'm here to tell you it's back—at least for now—with three new episodes! I wanted to connect with fellow cinephiles here in Halifax who go to trouble of putting together…Read More