Category Archives: Atlantic

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Day 2: There Are Monsters, Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction and Bunker 6

September 14, 2013 flawintheiris

A couple things about me I should admit right up front. First off, I'm a lightweight when it comes to horror. I've seen a lot of classics, a few torture pornos and a few remakes, but generally, the kinds of things that seasoned horror fans would chuckle at, they terrify me.The second thing I need…Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Something About Cultural Cliches…

September 13, 2013 flawintheiris

Had an interesting conversation today with a friend—also a Come From Away (CFA) like me—and it got me thinking about the cultural mythmaking present in The Grand Seduction. The film is a remake of a film from Quebec, but there are particulars included in the English-language version I don't remember in the original. For instance,…Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013 Day 1: Paddle To The Ocean, The Grand Seduction and the Gala bash

September 13, 2013 flawintheiris

Though the Gala Opening movie is The Grand Seduction, Don McKellar's new picture, the first film of the festival I took in was Paddle To The Ocean, which shows on Friday at 4:30pm as part of Atlantic Shorts 1. I found it to be the perfect get-feet-wet (see what I did there?) entry for the…Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Here We Go

September 12, 2013 flawintheiris

The Atlantic Film Festival, running from today, September 12, through September 19, is a joyous time. I love all of it, but mostly the energy in the moments before the screening starts, or in the line-ups outside. "Are we about to see something life-changing tonight?" is always the question. The AFF has provided me with first-time…Read More

Charlie Zone opens

March 1, 2013 flawintheiris

A heads up for FITI readers living in Halifax, Cape Breton or Toronto, Michael Melski's thriller Charlie Zone is opening today at a cinema near you.It's a tale of the dark underbelly of Halifax, one that I totally believe exists but is rarely represented in locally made movies. I think the last time I took…Read More

Recommended: a blog and short film

December 5, 2012 flawintheiris

I have the good fortune of being part of a community of film lovers and filmmakers here in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I just wanted to take a minute to give a shout out to a couple of those.Dave Howlett has written for Flaw in the Iris. His specialty is horror movies. He's got a great and…Read More

The Atlantic Film Festival 2012: Rust & Bone, the wrap-up

September 21, 2012 flawintheiris

A week flies by when you're at the movies every night. And though there were plenty of films I would have liked to have seen, I'm very happy with what I managed to take in this year. Highlights for me included Sarah Polley's startlingly intimate Stories We Tell, Michael Haneke's Love (Amour) and Thomas Vinterberg's…Read More

The Atlantic Film Festival 2012: Parties and premieres, The Disappeared review

September 14, 2012 flawintheiris

The AFF opening night party is always a blast—even when the heat makes for a human stew, as it did at last year's venue. Last night's edition did not disappoint. Big kudos to the organizers who had the food and free cocktails—champagne followed by rye and ginger—running all evening. The site, the cavernous Cunard Centre,…Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2012: Here we go

September 13, 2012 flawintheiris

It's "Christmas for Carsten," as a friend of mine called it. I've been attending and/or writing about The Atlantic Film Festival since 2003. Invariably I see at least one film that blows me away, something I wouldn't have seen otherwise at the local multiplex monopoly.For those who don't know, the AFF is an annual event,…Read More

COMING SOON: The Atlantic Film Festival

August 31, 2012 flawintheiris

I'm typing away on my cordless Mac keyboard, enjoying what may be one of the last nights I can be in my apartment with the windows wide open. I haven't worn long pants in months, it feels like. I like shorts. I like to show off my knees. This is one of the reasons fall…Read More