Category Archives: Lens Me Your Ears

LENS ME YOUR EARS — Episode 05: “Tech Will Destroy Us”

April 29, 2015 flawintheiris

With Avengers: Age of Ultron opening in cinemas later this week, and Ex Machina arriving May 8 (by most recent reports), Stephen Cooke and I thought it was worth going back to look at movies about our fear of technology. We talk Westworld, Jurassic Park, this summer's forthcoming Jurassic World (when I can remember the…Read More

Lens Me Your Ears — Episode 4 CAR MOVIES

April 14, 2015 flawintheiris

Episode four of the podcast Lens Me Your Ears is on iTunes now! Film expert Stephen Cooke and I check under the hood of Furious 7 take a spin in #1-6, and kick the tires of CAR MOVIES of the past. Come for a ride with us here. Read More

Lens Me Your Ears: Episode 002 — New York Movies!

March 17, 2015 flawintheiris

What is a New York movie? What qualifies? Stephen Cooke, arts reporter for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, and I dive into the ways The Big Apple has inspired filmmakers, especially those who made the classic crime thrillers of the 1970s—from Serpico to Q: The Winged Serpent to The Warriors— but we don't stop there. Go here…Read More

Lens Me Your Ears is here — Stephen Cooke and Carsten Knox talk movies!

March 11, 2015 flawintheiris

The banner of this blog claims it's "a conversation about movies and storytelling," which I hope has been true in the 4.5 years I've been at it. I'm taking the conversation to a new platform. Stephen Cooke, award-winning arts reporter with The Chronicle Herald, and I love talking about movies. Now we have a podcast,…Read More