Tag Archives: Alanna Francis

Alice, Darling review — Anna Kendrick impresses in indie drama

February 2, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Mary Nighy | Written by Alanna Francis | 90 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Digital/VOD After a career with her charm light turned up high, it's great seeing the way Anna Kendrick douses that star power for something more nuanced and internal. This modest Canadian/American indie allows her to stretch in a way the… Read More

The Rest Of Us review — Surprising depth in breezy comedy-drama

August 4, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee | Written by Alanna Francis, and Mark Van de Ven | 80 min | On Demand OK, so here's the slightly bonkers premise of this brief, but genuinely affecting Canadian feature: Cami (Heather Graham) is a children's book writer-illustrator living in a lovely, modernist home in a small town somewhere north… Read More