Category Archives: Indie

The Wrong Girls review — The next-gen stoner comedy

August 14, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Dylan Meyer | 100 min | ▲▲▲ | In Cinemas (Dartmouth Crossing only in the Halifax area) Welcome to August, when studios release the movies they couldn't quite figure out how to market to audiences who have spent the summer being pummelled into submission by blockbusters. This isn't necessarily a bad…Read More

Is God Is review — A fiery, rage-fuelled revenge picture

July 23, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Aleshea Harris, based on her play | 99 min | ▲▲▲▲ | On VOD Twin sisters Racine (Kara Young) and Anaia (Mallori Johnson) live together, work together, and are literally telepathic. They're both burn survivors living with a tapestry of scars. One day they get a letter from their mother, Ruby…Read More

The Invite review — Moving, hilarious 21st Century sex dramedy

July 11, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Olivia Wilde | Written by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, based on the film Sentimental by Cesc Gay | 107 min | ▲▲▲▲ The Invite is based on a Spanish film, which was based on a play, and I ask you this: how many Hollywood remakes of European comedies, let alone ones based on…Read More

Blood Lines review — Deeply flawed despite good intentions

June 25, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Gail Maurice | 89 min | ▲1/2 Beatrice (Dana Solomon) is a young, queer Metis woman who writes for a newspaper and works at a grocery store in her small town, She isn't happy to see the return of her mother, Léonore (writer-director Maurice), an alcoholic now sober who abandoned her…Read More

Omaha review — An emotional journey with a dark destination

June 9, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Cole Webley | Written by Robert Machoian | 83 min | ▲▲▲▲ | On VOD The story this film is telling serves as a reflection of life for many, the invisible homeless, in these days of late capitalism. Small scale and intimate, with a brief running time, the filmmakers tell a simple but…Read More

Power Ballad review — It’s a banger

June 8, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by John Carney | Written by Carney and Peter McDonald | 98 min | ▲▲▲1/2 I haven't seen everything John Carney has directed, but I really do appreciate the unique track the Irish filmmaker has composed — little humanist ditties, you could call them, with music in their wholesome hearts. The highlights being the…Read More

Backrooms review — The deep, undeniable fear of liminal spaces

June 1, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Kane Parsons | Written by Parsons and Will Soodik | 110 min | ▲▲▲▲ It's rare to go see a movie where when you step outside the screening room you immediately see the world in the frame of that movie. When you come out of Backrooms everything looks a little... off. It's like…Read More

Obsession review — The absolute worst in men

May 27, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Curry Barker | 108 min | ▲▲▲ Bear (Michael Johnston) seems like a decent guy, if insecure. He's had a longtime crush on his friend, Nikki (Inde Navarrette), and would really like to admit his feelings to her. He and Nikki work at a music instrument store with pals Ian (Cooper…Read More

Sirat review — Desert drama gets stuck in the sand

May 19, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Oliver Laxe | Written by Laxe and Santiago Fillol | 115 min | ▲▲ | VOD I try not to make a habit of quoting other film critics, but there's something Mark Kermode, who has a podcast called Kermode and Mayo's Take in the UK, said when describing Sirat, especially the last act,…Read More

East of Wall review — Shaggy docudrama looks good, at least

April 28, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Kate Beecroft | 97 min | ▲▲ | Netflix A unique amalgam of documentary and drama, this picture works as a snapshot of a community — the horse people in the Badlands of South Dakota — and is shot with a lot of care to the landscape by DP Austin Shelton.…Read More