Category Archives: Indie

Reviews: Jane Got A Gun, By The Sea, Rock The Kasbah, Man Up, 5 To 7

June 22, 2016 flawintheiris

Jane Got A Gun Directed by Gavin O'Connor | Written by Brian Duffield, Anthony Tambakis, and Joel Egerton 98 min | ▲▲▲△△ | On DVD, Blu-Ray, and VOD A moody if somewhat standard-issue western from O'Connor, the helmer of the excellent MMA drama Warrior and executive producer on one of the best shows on TV, The Americans. Jane Hammond (Natalie Portman)…Read More

High-Rise review — Pitch black class comedy

May 26, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Ben Wheatley | Written by Amy Jump, based on the novel by JG Ballard | 119 min |▲▲▲△△ Dogs have a rough time of it in High-Rise—injured, drowned, and eaten. Though, by the film's end, you might start to think they were the lucky ones. This is a pitch black comedy, a class…Read More

Reviews: Sleeping With Other People, Match, The Signal, Mojave

April 6, 2016 flawintheiris

Sleeping With Other People Written and Directed by Leslye Headland | 101 min. | ▲▲▲▲△ As a culture, we're missing a lot in this time of so few romantic comedies. These kinds of movies used to show up on a regular basis, and, when they were good as this, allowed for frank reflection of our urban…Read More

Touched With Fire review — Polar Bared

February 18, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Paul Dalio | 110 min. | ▲▲▲△△ Carla (Katie Holmes) and Marco (Luke Kirby) meet while both are institutionalized for bipolar disorder. They spark, their visions of the world feed on each other, their mania increasing with their love. Out of the hospital, they continue their relationship, navigating the challenges of mental…Read More

Reviews: Mississippi Grind, Heist, Kilo Two Bravo

December 7, 2015 flawintheiris

Recent releases available on VOD and Blu-Ray that didn't screen in Halifax cinemas. Mississippi Grind Written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | 108 min | ▲▲▲△△ Ben Mendelsohn is Gerry, a scruffy, hard-up gambler in Iowa who "owes money to everyone." On one of his losing streaks he connects with Curtis (Ryan Reynolds),…Read More

Carbon Arc Reviews: The Second Mother, When Marnie Was There, Phoenix, The Wolfpack, A Poem Is A Naked Person, The New Girlfriend, Tangerine, Court, Dough, Jimmy’s Hall, The Russian Woodpecker

November 16, 2015 flawintheiris

This fall I've been part of the talented crew who program films and help out at Carbon Arc screenings taking place at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. Here are my thoughts on each of the films we screened. (Carbon Arc Cinema returns in the first week of February, 2016.) The Second Mother Written…Read More

Reviews From The Vault: Vol. 3 — Halloween Edition

October 26, 2015 flawintheiris

Between 2005 and 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM. Every Sunday morning I hosted The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of the…Read More

Mistress America review — Modern screwball hits and misses

September 7, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Noah Baumbach | Written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig | 84 min. A return to the frenetic, shallow Manhattanites Gerwig and Baumbach served up in Frances Ha, there's something to celebrate in these New York stories, if only as unique takes on the relationships between young women in the big city. Gerwig stars as another self-absorbed dreamer,…Read More

Reviews from the Vault: Vol. 2 (Atlantic Film Festival Edition)

August 31, 2015 flawintheiris

Between 2005 and 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM every Sunday morning with something called The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of…Read More

In Cinemas: August 28, 2015 — We Are Your Friends, No Escape, Turbo Kid, Testament Of Youth

August 28, 2015 flawintheiris

Ah, the last week of August. Along with mid-February, this counts as one of Hollywood's real dumping grounds, a time of year they'll release movies they have next to no confidence in or they don't know how to market. I think their working theory is that people are in transit, students are going back to…Read More