Tag Archives: AIFF2022

Bystanders review #AIFF22

September 23, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Koumbie | Written by Koumbie, Taylor Olson, and Lisa Rose Snow | 90 min The script for Bystanders has won The Michael Weir Award for Best Atlantic Screenwriting, and it's well-deserved. Bystanders has a script I'd call courageous, how it wades into issues other writers might hesitate to consider. It's the story of… Read More

All That Breathes, Holy Spider reviews #AIFF22

September 22, 2022 flawintheiris

All That Breathes | Directed by Shaunak Sen | 97 min New Delhi is one of the world's largest, and most polluted cities. Its denizens — human and animal alike — have to live with its uncontrolled growth and overpopulation and the city's poisoned air and water. This is an astonishing film, a look at… Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS on #TIFF22 and #AIFF22

September 21, 2022 flawintheiris

As regular readers of FLAW IN THE IRIS — and followers of the site's Instagram account — know I've recently returned from Toronto where I covered the 2022 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. (Click here to read all the reviews.) On the most recent episode of the podcast I co-host with the multimedia… Read More