Category Archives: Indie

My Cousin Rachel review — Hitchcockian period drama brings fresh suspense

June 18, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Roger Michell | Written by Michell, adapting the novel by Daphne Du Maurier | 106 min Philip (Sam Claflin) is the young man raised on a mid-1800s Cornwall estate by his elder cousin, Ambrose, who is like a father to him. Ambrose seems to have little interest in women or getting married, but…Read More

It Comes At Night review — Fighting the vague plague

June 15, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Trey Edward Shults | 91 min | On Demand It's rare, but every once in awhile a movie comes along that frustrates not because it's poorly made or awkwardly realized, but because it's thematically so bleak the film leaves you feeling pummelled. It Comes At Night is one of those films.…Read More

New on Canadian Netflix: May 2017

May 26, 2017 flawintheiris

Here’s a cross-section of a number of mildly-to- solidly recommended films recently made available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I’ve written them in the past.) For me, Netflix is a go-to to revisit movies I’ve already seen or to give the odd TV series a…Read More

A Quiet Passion review — Pain, pity, and poetry

May 5, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Terrence Davies | 125 min A solemn, mannered Emily Dickinson biopic, directed by the very literate British filmmaker Davies. On the surface an odd casting choice for the poet, Cynthia Nixon, makes the role entirely her own. We meet Emily when she's still a teen (Emma Bell) frustrated at a seminary,…Read More

New on Canadian Netflix: April 2017

April 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Here's a cross-section of a number of mildly-to- solidly recommended films recently made available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I've written them in the past.) For me, Netflix is a go-to usually to watch films I’ve already seen or to give the odd TV…Read More

Personal Shopper review — Genre mash-up gives Kristen Stewart her best role

April 6, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Oliver Assayas | 105 min My favourite film at last year's AFF, after which I wrote up its delicious contradictions. Watching it a second time I felt like it deserved a little more text. I think it's going to confound a few people, anyone going in expecting either some kind of…Read More

T2: Trainspotting review — Choose Life, Choose Middle Age

April 4, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Danny Boyle | Written by John Hodge, adapting the novel Porno by Irvine Welsh | 117 min The late-coming sequel is a dicey proposition, but if you're gonna do it, it's nice to see the old gang get together—many of the original creative team in front and behind the camera from the 1996 film…Read More

New On Canadian Netflix: March 2017

March 20, 2017 flawintheiris

In an effort to keep up to date with films now available on platforms aside from the big screen, I had a look at the past few weeks of new releases on Canadian Netflix and I’ve got a few films for you to consider when you're looking to chill. (You can click on the movie…Read More

New on Canadian Netflix: February 2017

February 20, 2017 flawintheiris

In an effort to keep you, good reader, up to date with films now available on platforms aside from the big screen, I had a look at the past few weeks of new releases on Canadian Netflix and I’ve got a few films for you to consider. (You can click on the movie titles to…Read More

Top 10 Under-The-Radar films of 2016

January 17, 2017 flawintheiris

As per usual, plenty of the year’s best cinema found their way to us on platforms other than the Cineplex screens, or if they did show at the multiplex, they often came and went relatively unheralded. It’s the fact of Halifax being a small market: Many quality features won’t find distribution in theatres. Here are…Read More